Reading regeneration: The oracle Flashcards
Reading is located ___km west of London
65
True of false: South reading is located close to the M7 motorway
False-
South reading is near the M4 motorway
Reading was once famous for b___ and b___ and b___ production amongst other things
Biscuit and beer and bacon
Reading is now one of the UK’s major ___ centres
ICT
There have been __ major attempts to evolve Reading
Three
The attempts to evolve Reading are:
- ___ distribution road
- p_____
- The oracle
Inner distribution road
Pedestrianisation
The oracle
In 19__ the inner distribution road was introduced. It was supposed to remove traffic away from the CBD as in inner ring road.
1969
Since the IDR failed, p____ took place in shopping centres
pedestrianisation
What happened in reading in 1970?
Broad street was pedestrianised
What happened in reading in the 1990s?
Friar street was pedestrianised
After Reading’s CBD became pedestrianised, it became more popular but was seen as being “under shopped” and having a competitive disadvantage by the borough council due to what?
Lack of an indoor shopping centre
The oracle has over ___ shops
90
The oracle cost £——-
£200 million
____ people work in the shops
3.5k
True or false: In the oracle, there is a 8 screen cinema
False- there is an 10 screen cinema
The oracle has over ___ dining establishments
30
___ million shoppers visited in the year ____
22 million
2001
The city has a retail catchment population exceeding ____ million
1.7
Vrai ou faux: Only affordable homes were created as part of the regeneration
False- both high-prestige and affordable homes were created from empty spaces above offices and shops
True or false: The oracle won a waterways Renaissance award in 20014
False- It was in 2004
