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Square · built 2025

Market Street Plaza

A 120-space car park became a public square with shade, seats, a water table and a stage — designed with 2,980 people over eighteen months.

Area
4,600 m²
Responses
2,980
Workshops
24
New trees
48
The new plaza with a canopy and trees
Massing model used in workshops
Workshop modelBuilt

Timeline

How it happened

  1. ListenStreet stalls, school visits, 1,100 postcards
  2. MapWalking, waiting and sitting surveys
  3. Co-design12 workshops with a 1:100 model
  4. VoteThree options, 2,980 votes
  5. ReviewOne-year check: what works, what doesn't

Results

What people asked for

Shade and trees78%
Places to sit64%
Water for kids52%
Space for events47%
Keep some parking18%
Heat map of where people stop and sit
Where people stopped and sat during the 2024 surveys.
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