A New Pendleton

Creating A NewPendleton

In the early 90's I was asked to build a model of an area of Pendleton which was about to be redeveloped. Broadwalk was an area of post-war housing that had become run down and neglected. The existing towers were to be refurbished and allocated for student accommodation. The site is quite close to Salford University. The model was built to a scale of 1:500.

 

More recently, Salford City Council have proposed the redevelopment of the remainder of Pendleton, a project valued at £650million.  The scheme includes 1600 new homes and refurbished tower blocks, new parkland and sports facilities. I was commissioned to build a 1:2000 scale model which was to be used for public consultation. The original redevelopment can be seen in the top right hand corner of the picture below and to the left is the shopping centre.