It’s not quite a pickled calf – but the rebirth of a troubled Toxteth community might be art. The legend of the street and the young architects succeeding where every official diagram has failed has caught the art worlds attentionAt the end of Granby Street in Liverpool’s Toxteth,past relentless rows of tinned-up houses punctuated by half-demolished corner shops, the mood is unusually festive. Television crews have been here for the past few days, or camping out amid the jungle of pavement plant pots and poking their cameras into tumble-down terraces. But for once they haven’t near to report on the sorry legend of urban dereliction that has plagued these streets for the past 30 years. It’s not the normal social affairs correspondents,but packs of bewildered cultural critics – because this is the street that’s been shortlisted for the Turner prize. Related: Turner prize 2015 shortlist: three women – and a housing estate Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com