Reply To: Is award for Cow’s Lane a load of bull?

Isn’t it the case that once the pioneer excitement fades from these places and they go mainstream, the cracks always start to appear? In London we’ve seen this happen in Covent Garden (now tourist hell) Clerkenwell, Hoxton…

…but where it’s starting afresh, there’s still a buzz. Liverpool’s Ropewalks area today, for instance, feels very much like Temple Bar in the early days.