The rise of Urban Green was not something I welcomed; it seemed like a hand off to a commercial enterprise. Besides, I know Newcastle City Council ...
However, it seems my fears were misplaced. There is still no assurance that the City Stadium site (a.k.a. "Battlefield') is really safe from some gimcrack scheme. I have seen nor heard of any proposal to give this increasingly important 'green space' some official designation, but can it be delayed forever?
Meanwhile, along with some other specimens around and about, a tree I have watched with some curiosity spring up besides a motor car show room across from my Battlefield has soared ahead of itself as 'blow in' – I cannot see how anyone could have planted it where it is today.
Trees are a promise to the future.
