The Lace Market area in Nottingham has undergone various regeneration projects since the 1970s with some successes in attracting new developments like the National Ice Centre and Nottingham Contemporary arts center to boost the local economy, but full regeneration is still a work in progress as evidenced by mixed evidence found on street views of the area and businesses reporting increased foot traffic but galleries saying increased awareness will take more time.

1. Lace Market rebranding - success?
Use this powerpoint and the internet to
practice:
1. Data response
2. Evaluation of rebranding

2. The Lace Market has been the target of a
variety of regeneration projects since the
early 1970s. It has had some successes but
the process is not complete.
The Lace Market
Old Market area
Square
National Ice
Centre
The Lace Market tram
stop
Broadmarsh Shopping
Centre
The Galleries of
Justice
Nottingham
Contemporary

3. Go through streets in the Lace Market spot
evidence that regeneration is working or not.
Go into Google maps and use Street View:
• You could start at 12 Fletcher
Gate, Nottingham (the Lace Market Tram Stop)
• Try 14 Broad Street, Nottingham
• Or Stoney Street, Nottingham
• Or Goosegate, Nottingham

4. National Ice Centre opened in 2000 at a cost of £43 million, funded by the
National Lottery, City Council and English Partnerships. It has 2 Olympic size
ice pads and a range of other facilities. The Ice Arena was planned to
regenerate the edge of the Lace Market.
Try Google map street view – Bellar Gate, Nottingham

5. Developments around the Ice Centre

7. Nottingham Contemporary Arts Centre opened in November
2009, costing £20 million, funded by the Arts
Council, National Lottery and Nottingham City Council. The
Contemporary opened with a David Hockney Exhibition
(right) and received a great deal of publicity at the time.
http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/
Nottingham
Contemporary
Lace Market
Tram line

8. Article from Nottingham Evening Post
Lace Market boost on back of Nottingham Contemporary
Nottingham Evening Post, March 24, 2010
THE new Nottingham Contemporary is bringing a boost to the Lace Market. Two privately-owned
galleries selling art have opened nearby and a number of cafés have sprung up on High Pavement
and elsewhere. Even star chef Sat Bains is looking for a nearby site.
Tim Desmond, of the Galleries of Justice, said he had yet to see a lift in visitor numbers as a result of
Nottingham Contemporary "but we think awareness will grow because the Galleries can be seen from
Nottingham Contemporary – but it will take time.”
Restaurants report good trade, helped by the 100,000-plus visitors to Nottingham's latest attraction,
Which opened in November. Delilah, the delicatessen, reports that previously quiet Sundays have
seen brisk trade since November. John Shorrock at The Living Room, said: “We have seen an
increase in takings which we are attributing to an increase in footfall in the Lace Market area.”
City council deputy leader, Coun Graham Chapman, said: "We expected the gallery to have this
sort of effect on businesses in the area. But it has outperformed our expectations both in
terms of visitors and the amount of local people visiting it and going back."

9. Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday
Cross
Nottingham Contemporary wins top award
Nottingham Evening Post 20th May 2010
The new centre for contemporary art has won a
Royal Institute of British Architects national
award.
Nottingham City Council and the architects,
Caruso St John, were praised for creating a
gallery that allows it to compete on an
international scale.
The jury said: “The city council credit their new
building with a resurgence of confidence in the
city, it's put Nottingham on the map.“
The gallery is eligible for the RIBA Stirling Prize,
awarded live on Channel 4 to the architect of
the building that has made the greatest
contribution to British architecture in the year.

10. Galleries of Justice
http://www.galleriesofjustice.org.uk/

11. Nottingham’s Creative Quarter
• Follow the link to the blog
http://www.salgeog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/
nottingham-creative-quarter.html
• Find out about:
– The aims of the Creative Quarter,
– Financing,
– Who are the players (who is involved) and their
role
– What is happening