Thanet is an Island again?

You should be familiar with Google maps or Bing Maps, but what if we did become separated from the rest of the Country again or Kent at least? Would we build a bridge or access it by an underground train or by boat? Rumours say that Sanswich will flood by 50 years time, but maybe not all of it anyway. It is great to say that you live on an Isle. It has fantastic history and greeat new things happening at the moment (Turner Centre, Dreamland etc...) But what if the view was to change from beyond our control..and the society and ordinance was to be re-mapped like hundreds of years ago? See below for a Google map of the Island of Thanet.

Dreamland Heritage Park Visions

Here are some of the views you would be able to see once inside the newly re-opened Dreamland Heritage Park. As a student, I am currently writing my dissertation on the history of our Dreamland here in Thanet and how the park has become the influence of the parks Luna, Steeplechase and Dreamland in Coney Island and particulary the decline of the park since the 1960s (from an architectural, historical and urban position). I have found many satellite views and photos and made comparisons, its amazing the changes that have happened in a specific site such as Dreamland.

But anyway these computer modelled views show the latest plan in 3 dimensions.

Arlington House Tesco

Could it be as famous as our fantastic Art Deco/Modernist Dreamland Cinema Building? With the Vegas Style influenced logo featured on its fin? Well there are rumors that Tesco stores Ltd are to open a new store in Ramsgate- located on on the site of the former £Stretcher, Dixons and across the road where Tesco first began in Ramsgate in the former superdrug store. But there is now fresh hope again- for Margate, as it is quite honeslty on the up! The Turner Centre too is featured in the press. If Tesco has it's way we could be seeing the run-down Arlington Square site- rejuvenated with a much needed improvement. There are so many prospect at the moment too- along with Ramsgate's boating pool to be featured on the Tv. Tesco have been discussing plans with KCC and TDC for a regnenertaion on the flats and the mall arcade. The plans will go to public consultation and see coloured panelling applied to the 1960's tallest building along the front and the store in the arcade- well Tesco is afterall one of the largest companies in Britain and it will make them look good in the eyes of the people. I have photo montaged a look for the tower- like a large Tesco carrier bag, with the Dreamland-like logo displaying Tesco Tower or maybe a good respectable influence for it could be by Sauerbruch hutton architects.

Westwood Cross Spot the Difference

I remember ever since the mid-90's that Westwood Cross was on a new wave length. It was changing and I knew some how it was going to change. How I knew Westwood Cross then was Pierce Signs, the old Homebase store, Co-op hypermarket, Sainsbury's, Toolshop, bus station, the Haine Hospital, a computer shop and some 1930's terrace houses. This was all to change and the prospects of a newer and bigger retail outlet was to not only use the land of existing building- erasing the foundations from the landscape, but was also to thrive on some empty sites- that luckily had hardly if any trees on, but still made Thanet Earth and Beautiful an entirely different concept.
But today using satellite imaging you can see the difference between late 90's and mid 2000's.


Above late 90's Westwood Cross.


Westwood Cross Mid-2000's

Dreamland Heritage Park

This is the new proposal for the Dreamland Site, I'm still unsure about how much other development and what is planned for the remainder 50% of the 20 achre site, but i was led to believe that it was housing.

So, this is the image above created for the proposed Heritage park in 3D, see the unofficial newly created website: link

Some images of the various views you would get from standing inside and around the park on its opening will also be uploaded on their.

Ramsgate Royal Sands Video

Click below to view the video of the Royal Sands Development in Youtube

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Dream-on Dreamland this Summer 09!

Fantastic news that a summer fair of rides and amusements to be place on the site of Dreamland this summer for 2 weeks. Its starts 0n the 12 of this month and finishes up on the 31st of August, I hope those are the correct dates anyway! good news for the site. I'm not sure the exact location, but it would be nice to think that it is on the major old park site.

This should give us a glimpse of the future to see how advantageous, popular and profitable it is...but the major task is to bring fun, and laughter to all tourists and locals...at apparent good prices!

oh, another item ...i was wondering if anyone watched BBC' 2's Coast programme, this week featuring Blackpool...a really interesting a true episode...where prof John Walton (tourist and resort expert) talked on the decline of seaside towns in Britain and what has and should have been done. (see link below)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00m53vj/Coast_Series_4_Anglesey_to_Blackpool/