The Granby Four Streets: Building a Blueprint for Community Empowerment

When residents refuse to let their community die, extraordinary things can happen.

In 2010, the majority of the 200 terraced houses in the Granby Four Streets area of Toxteth were empty and in serious disrepair. The streets that had once been "a haven of joviality, music, liveliness, nice people" were destined for demolition - another casualty of Liverpool's post-industrial decline. But the residents had other plans.

Today, these same …