@SaveCQBelfast

An independent voice for Belfast's Cathedral Quarter #saveCQ https://xitter.cf/t.co/WMou2iaEYy

 Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Have you ever been to The Commons on Ormeau Road? If not, tonight would be a good time to give it a try. Meg Hoyt from Belfast Cycle Campaign will be chatting to academic and Save CQ Chair Agustina Martire about how we can build a caring city. Book few tickets at link below 👇
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The Last Tuesday - A monthly conversation about Belfast’s places and spaces

This month, Meg Hoyt will be chatting to Academic Agustina Martire about how we can build a caring city

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Public Engagement on the Eastern Transport Plan (ETP) 2035 (Belfast City Centre; and Belfast...

The Department has prepared the draft Eastern Transport Plan (ETP) 2035 and is launching a 12-week public consultation to gather the views of stakeholders and the wider public.

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"Under the proposals, the Bridge Street area beside the old Assembly Rooms will be transformed into a new public realm space." BBC News - Belfast city centre: Proposals to pedestrianise parts of city unveiled - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjy5…

Belfast city centre: Proposals to pedestrianise parts of city unveiled

The details are contained in the draft Eastern Transport Plan 2035, which is now the subject of a 12-week public consultation.

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"Under the proposals, the Bridge Street area beside the old Assembly Rooms will be transformed into a new public realm space." BBC News - Belfast city centre: Proposals to pedestrianise parts of city unveiled - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjy5…

Belfast city centre: Proposals to pedestrianise parts of city unveiled

The details are contained in the draft Eastern Transport Plan 2035, which is now the subject of a 12-week public consultation.

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“Cobbled lanes and old warehouses house galleries, gig spaces, restaurants, yoga studios and enduring cultural institutions." “Once home to Victorian merchants and traders, Hill Street now delivers excellent coffee, cinnamon buns, and Cashel Blue cheese.” share.google/gqPICnHVfAb4F5S…

‘More than justified’: Cathedral Quarter named ‘second coolest neighbourhood’ in UK

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‘Can it be rescued?’ Over £10,000 raised to help save historic Belfast bookshop

Keats and Chapman on North Street is a favourite destination for readers, but the shutters are set to come down for the final time at the end of October

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Latest update from North Street bookshop Keats & Chapman: owner Bill has created a GoFundMe page to see if the shop can be saved. Support it if you can - link below 🤞 gofundme.com/f/save-our-book…
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So sorry to see this, and the fact that the bookshop has sought updates, clarity, and new premises from different stakeholders to no avail is deeply disappointing.
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Update from Keats & Chapman bookshop on North Street 📚... Call by if you can before it closes on 30 October.
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Update from Keats & Chapman bookshop on North Street 📚... Call by if you can before it closes on 30 October.
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This is from the interview we did with Bill from Keats & Chapman nearly 10 years ago for the Save CQ campaign - savecq.wordpress.com/2017/12…

Voices of CQ

“I’ve been in this premises for 11 years next month. Before that we were in North Street Arcade and had everything destroyed in that fire. I grew up in a house full of books, and when I neede…

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Rebekah McCabe from Save CQ said: “The heart of the city centre is to be demolished and replaced with something generic." “It feels like the city is being held to ransom by this investment company and their need to turn a profit." irishnews.com/news/northern-…

‘We’ve felt neglected for years’: Historic Belfast barber is latest independent trader to leave...

Tivoli Barbershop, which traces its roots back to the late 1800s, is set to relocate moving across Belfast after decades operating in the Garfield Street and North Street

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"These beautiful panels show why the Assembly Rooms is one of Belfast’s most historic and culturally significant assets & we want to conserve, reinvigorate & reuse it [to] benefit our citizens [and] act as a catalyst for further city centre regeneration." shorturl.at/PREh2

New exterior interpretation at the Assembly Rooms brings its people, history, and architectural...

FOR more than 250 years the Assembly Rooms has been part of the lives of countless people, both locals and visitors to Belfast. Today, ongoing research and conservation are revealing new aspects of...

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“These are not just shops; they are informal community hubs, economic lifelines, and keepers of local culture. “Their loss strips away not only jobs, but the sense of place that makes a city feel like itself." share.google/JNWJC3Y6OPpLEJ4…

Death of Belfast bookshops continues with city centre store set to pull shutters down for good

Keats and Chapman is among the last remaining bookshops in Belfast city centre, and will close for final time this autumn

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Andy Burnham stopped off at the Cathedral Quarter on Thursday during his first visit to Northern Ireland since becoming Prime Minister. Mr Burnham is in Belfast for the latest part of his cost-of-living tour of the UK, and will be hearing from young people before meeting with Stormont political leaders where talks are expected to be dominated by the budget crisis. 📸 Presseye
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📢 The Academy Street consultation webpage from Castlebrooke Investments is now live. 📢 The deadline for consultation feedback is 25th September. northst-donegallst.co.uk/aca…
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📢 Castlebrooke Investments will be holding a consultation on the Academy Street part of their updated Cathedral Quarter development proposals at The MAC, from 3pm-7pm, *tomorrow* Wednesday 26 August.📢
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More tip-top comms from Castlebrooke 🙈: "... we're not clear about whether this is a temporary thing or it's going to go on, or whether they're going to take the building down - nothing has been communicated to us." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c980…

Tribeca Belfast: Safety barrier at derelict building an 'absolute eyesore'

The metal fencing has closed off a section over the footpath on Donegall Street and limited part of it to a single lane of traffic.

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Both these images were taken in 2006. One has since become a successful hotel. The other is owned by Castlebrooke Investments, is surrounded by scaffolding and fallen further into dereliction.
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The deadline for consultation feedback on Castlebrooke's proposal for North Street/Donegall Street has been extended to 25th September. Tell them what you think of the new plans at the link below 👇 northst-donegallst.co.uk/hav…
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