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THE second part of the report of the Committee on Planning and Reconstruction of the Oxford Preservation Trust, which has recently been issued, makes a number of detailed recommendations. Turning first to the new civic centre, it is recommended that it should be located where the three roads from Headington, Iffley and Cowley converge, a sufficient area being also allocated for a proper shopping centre for the eastern half of Oxford, including a new covered market. The St. Ebbe's area should be re-planned, the greater part of the site of the Oxford Prison, including the Castle Mound, being made into a public park. In the western section a new joint railway station should replace the present inconvenient and unsightly structures. In the central section the covered market should be removed, and possibly two new markets substituted, one in Castle Street and the other in East Oxford. Gloucester Green might become a square for shops and offices, while Holywell with Merton Street should preserve its present character.
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RECONSTRUCTION IN OXFORD AND LIVERPOOL. Nature 150, 297–298 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150297a0
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