With a scheme to transform a disused South Shields pub into luxury apartments rejected again earlier this month, we have dusted down a series of impressions showcasing how different artists have envisaged the future of the town and surrounding area.
9. Lighting the way
Phase one has included the construction of The Word, the National Centre for the Written Word, as foreseen in this 2014 model. | JPIMedia Photo: Stu Norton
10. Kept to its Word?
And here is how it looks following its 2016 completion. | JPIMedia Photo: JPIMedia
11. Market forces
Spot anyone familiar on this 2014 computerised image of how the Market Square would look as part of phase one? | Other 3rd Party Photo: SEND IN
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12. Old Town Hall
Those same figures didn't quite make it onto our own photographer's picture of the finished work. | JPIMedia Photo: Stu Norton