AND THE POWER OFAND IMAGINATION MASS THE POWER THE DREAMING CITY THE DREAMING CITY: GLASGOW 2020 AND THE POWER OF • • MASS IMAGINATION. This book maps out the story of our cities — the places they are now and the places people hope they will become. It is told through the experience of one city — Glasgow. THE DREAMING The Dreaming City contains the journey of an experiment in opening up a city’s future. The experience of Glasgow CITY 2020 — and a programme of events which reached out across the city and its citizens — shows that people have the capacity and imagination to make their own futures. The project used stories and storytelling to provoke : GLASGOW 2020 thinking about the future across the whole city. This book contains a selection of some of these stories, as well as examples of other materials. It offers a different perspective to the world of ‘the official future’ and breaks new ground in how we think about the future of cities. Gerry Hassan is Head of Glasgow 2020, Melissa Mean is Head of the Self-Build Cities Programme and Charlie Tims is a Senior Researcher at Demos. £10 ISBN 978-1-84180-186-5 © DEMOS AND THE POWER OF MASS IMAGINATION GERRY HASSAN GERRY HASSAN MELISSA MEAN MELISSA MEAN CHARLIE TIMS CHARLIE TIMS In 2020 I wish that every child born in Glasgow regardless of where they live will have the same chances and oppurtunities in life. ¶ My wish for Glasgow in 2020 is that the city continues to grow and prosper and that visitors from around the globe continue to enjoy the beauty and diversity of this wonderful city. ¶ My wish for Glasgow in 2020 is that the city will continue to build on it’s established and excellent reputation for being a foremost and pioneering, cultural, social, and business centre for Scotland ¶ I wish Glaswegians were proud of their city as we all should be and that the thriving culture and idiosyncracies that make Glasgow what it is go from strength to strength ¶ I wish for Glasgow to be a place where we live equally as one!! And at peace. ¶ I wish that people in Glasgow will be more positive and have more confidence in their abilities. That people who wish for things get their finger out and actually achieve. Oh, and I wish that there are still gigs in the Barrowland Ballroom. ¶ In 2020 I wish Glasgow has everything that it has ever wished for. ¶ I wish everyone is happy and has a roof over their heads. ¶ No more poor people. No more homeless people. Just people who care and are happy. ¶ Let Glasgow grow, please. ¶ Let Glasgow flourish out with the city centre as much as in the city centre! Please! ¶ No more neds — homeless — better housing — health service … and weather ¶ I wish Glasgow to become a leading city fight anti-racist campaigns in 2020. I wish by that year we can live equally as one in peace and harmony. I wish by then racism is abolished, poverty is abolished, no one is homeless. I wish that this is not a dream and becomes a reality. ¶ I wish by 2020 that all Glaswegians are proud of their beautiful city and continue to welcome all its visitors with open arms. ¶ Late night openings of Glasgow museums, art galleries and shops. ¶ I wish for litter and chewing gum (?) free movements and no beggars. A bigger police presence to deter crimes. Better health education for all ages. More sports facilities and play areas for children and youths. Creation of more jobs. Total free health care for the elderly. Tolerance and understanding between all our citizens. Construction of M94 extension. ¶ I wish that Glasgow became a smoke free zone totally and wish Glasgow became a healthier city to live in. ¶ I wish the G.H.A would check that jobs are done before sending two or three workmen to do a job and it still isn’t done. It took five calls before a new light which had a loose screw was fixed. ¶ I wish for no one to be homeless. ¶ I wish for a better world. ¶ I wish in 2020 that people see Glasgow for the fabulous and diverse city that it really is. I hope we are all embracing different cultures and social backgrounds, accepting people for who they are and realise we all have a part to play to make Glasgow great. I hope we are all proud to call ourselves Glaswegians. ¶ I wish Glasgow’s football teams could be as good as Newcastles! ¶ I wish the powers that be would do something about dog owners allowing their dogs to fowl up pavement; and spitting on streets it is worse than smokers putting fag buts on the road, and they are being fined for this. ¶ That all Glaswegians get on better in the future and make it the city it should be. ¶ I wish all the drugs in Glasgow and everywhere to disappear. ¶ I would life to see poverty, homelessness and such like eradicated. I would also like to see Glasrow Rangers bring home the Champions League. ¶ I wish to see Glasgow a cleaner, healthier, safer city in the years to come. Also the health of the citizens of Glasgow should be adressed — People in poverty are still dying younger in the 21st Century ¶ I am not yet born yet, due 28/7/06. I wish by 2020 that Glasgow is a safer, friendly and happier place i.e. no drugs, bigotry, crime etc. ¶ I wish that in the near future that night time in Glasgow became a safe and quite time so that 1 and all could sleep well at night. ¶ I wish that the youth of Glasgow to be given a belief in their abilities and the courage and self confidence to fulfill their dreams and aspirations. ¶ I wish the city to be a safer city, regarding crimes, also healthier, Glasgow is the most friendliest place to be. ¶ In 2020 I wish that all the people of Glasgow are living a healthy lifestyle with a roof over their heads, and enjoying the exact same opportunities as the next person in education and employment. ¶ I wish to see Glasgow a more healthier and stable/safe enviroment. Smoking ban lifted. Drug Free. My children safe purely, myself in a safe enviroment. ¶ Give true Glaswegians the once opportunity to tour their city and see the sites that tourists PAY FOR we don’t know enough about our own city. ¶ In the year 2020 I’d hope Glaswegians would all be open minded to trying everything the city has to offer — art, music, theatre, dance, clubs — only since I’ve opened my mind to things I wouldn’t usually try have I properly appreciated how great Glasgow is. ¶ I wish for a giraffe, smoking a pipe. ¶ I wish for six monkeys a-piece. ¶ I wish for a cleaner (please, please crack down on dog dirt, broken bottles etc and litter dropping), more bike-friendly, less polluted Glasgow. More opportunities and empowerment of our citizens would be good. A happy, multi-cultural, lively, vibrant city! ¶ I wish to wake in a city that has dynamic buzz, 24-hour culture and where I feel safe (will that city be Glasgow?) ¶ I wish in 2020 that Glasgow is a friendly happy City. ¶ I wish not to see glass bottles in Glasgow. ¶ I wish for millions of pounds. ¶ My own fall ship and crew of scoundrels. ¶ I wish I was a pirate. ¶ I wish I was rich. ¶ In 2020 I’d wish for a Glasgow which remembers and is proud of its history. It should also appreciate its diversity and friendliness as that’s what makes Glasgow what it is. Its also what makes it so memorable to everyone else! ¶ I wish for another forty happy and prosperious years ahead and my children and grandchildren health and happiness. ¶ In 2020, I wish for a Glasgow that has accepted it’s cultural diversity and continued in its ability to live in the hearts of the people who live there. When I go abroad and people know I’m from Glasgow I’m proud, I wish for that to continue. P.S — I hope the patter never changes! ¶ I wish that Glasgow’s diverse culture continues to thrive and Glasgow is a city for us all to be proud of. ¶ I I wish all animal and child cruelty was stopped and happiness and health for my children as they grow. ¶ I wish for some Baklava. ¶ I wish the grafiti artists would be put to use painting senior citizens wish houses, and that more money will be spend on keeping Glasgow’s parks the best of the world. ¶ I wish that Glasgow will have, in 2020, some architectural sights to rival the beauty of Edinburgh. Our for peace, culture and vibrancy are great, we just need to work on forgetting about the big motorway that goes through our city — spoiling the beauty of our city. ¶ I wish the sun would shine more in my city of health and Glasgow. A Glasgow with style (and sun). ¶ People would smile more and care for eachother more. ¶ I wish the prime minister would pass a law that all Neds should be shot. ¶ My wish is for Glasgow prosperity for to continue being a great city and not too submerge it’s identity by trying to be like every other city — we are different. But — always the but — Glasgow is not just the West End and the Merchant City, everyone. ¶ I wish that by remember all the other areas ¶ I wish that Glasgow had underfloor heating and everyone could travel round the city for free with more contempary art being brought to the general public to participate 2020 that, there are no homeless in e.g.