Talk:Westquay/Archive 1

West Quay and The Marlands
West Quay helps the ecconomy of shopping in Southampton and with other shopping centres and Department stores in the City, Marlands Shopping Centre just up the road from West Quay also helps the shopping Economy in Southampton and they are both easy to acess in the city off Above Bar Street just up from the Bargate Monument

By Anon, 21:24, 10/08/07
 * What are you trying to achieve by writing this on the discussion page, especially in all bold text? Please, get a spell checker too.  Leevclarke 22:36, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It's not called Marlands anymore, it's called The Mall. Supposed 13:05, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

suggested move to WestQuay
Since this article is about the shopping centre, which is branded WestQuay (no space) and only one part of a larger area called West Quay, I suggest that this article be moved to WestQuay or possibly WestQuay Shopping Centre. Any comments/objections? Waggers (talk) 10:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

criticism
Anecdotally, the West Quay construction involved considerable disruption; furthermore the completed centre has increased traffic congestion in the city and (arguably) led to the closure of a number of small businesses on the High Street that can't afford to move to the shopping centre (or don't want to). Is it worth researching and including a criticism section?

Logically shouldn't we be surprised if a massive shopping centre was an unalloyed good? Comrade jo (talk) 10:26, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * That makes a lot of sense. Another common criticism was the demolition of the old Daily Echo building to make way for the Above Bar entrance. I think a well referenced criticism section would be a useful addition to the article. Making sure it's balanced and completely referenced will be key though. waggers (talk) 12:43, 21 May 2012 (UTC)