'STADIUM IS REALLY GOING TO PUT THIS AREA ON THE MAP'

How city's Ten Streets emerged from decay to become a thriving hub

- By CONAILL CORNER

IT seems to all be happening up in the Ten Streets area of north Liverpool, as an increasing number of businesses and residents continue to flood the district with creativity and growth.

And that’s not to mention Everton's giant new Bramley Moore Stadium, which promises to bring more people to the up-and-coming area.

A mere 15 years ago, Ten Streets was largely industrial and derelict, with once great structures left to decay as fossils of the once imperial importance of Liverpool’s dockland. But in 2014, the Titanic Hotel opened, and then came the Invisible Wind Factory two years later - a creative space known for hosting concerts, workshops, and special events.

More creative businesses began to move into the area, and, in 2017, an ambitious Ten Streets vision was launched by Liverpool City Council, with the aim of turning the location into a ‘Cultural Enterprise Identity Hub.’ The 10 streets, from Oil Street to Saltney Street, are all parallel, running between Great Howard Street and Regent Road.

Skip to the present day, and there's a feeling of excitement in Ten Streets and the surrounding area, with more and more people and companies making it their home. Councillor Nick Small, Liverpool City Council's Cabinet Member for Growth and Economy, says the vision is for the district to emulate the Baltic Triangle’s success in becoming a hub for the creative and digital sector while ‘preserving the area’s integrity and character’

He told the ECHO: “The creative sector is one of the key growth sectors for Liverpool, alongside things like life sciences and other parts of the knowledge economy. Its importance probably goes beyond that, because cities with strong creative and digital sectors become hubs for innovators, which is something we want in Liverpool to drive the city forward.