July 18, 2018 07:41 pm PDT
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UK railway arches, the last bastion of publicly owned commercial space, engines of small business, about to be killed by privatization
A quirk of British rail history left 4,555 railway arches in public ownership through National Rail, and these commercial spaces are that most rare of British commodities: publicly owned, reasonably priced commercial spaces that welcome quirky industries and small businesses that are the nation's only respite from endlessly homogenised high-streets sporting the same fast food chains, betting shops and chain grocers. (more…)
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