Union Terrace Gardens - Rejection of The City Garden Project

Rejection of The City Garden Project

On 22 August 2012, Aberdeen City Council finally rejected the City Garden Project by two votes. The chairman of the Friends of Union Terrace Gardens, Mike Shepherd, said the council had made the “correct decision”. The councillors supported an alternative proposal from the Independent Alliance Group, to regenerate Union Street, the Arts Centre, the Music Hall, the Lemon Tree and the Mither Kirk.

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