With the autumn 2020 detailed drawings showcasing homes, offices and bridges as part of Sunderland City Council’s Riverside Sunderland Masterplan, we thought it was an opportunity to look back at a host of other visions of the city’s future to see how accurate – or not – they have so far turned out to be.
25. College campus
Not that the same area has not undergone significant regeneration. Here's how artists thought the new Sunderland College campus, in Park Lane, would look. Photo: n
26. The real deal
And here's the £30m campus itself after it opened in 2016. Photo: Stu Norton
27. Seaburn Shelter
Now it's down to the beach and how artists visualised the Seaburn Shelter project back in 2011. Photo: NOP
28. Firm favourite
Perhaps the only thing the artists got wrong eight years ago was underestimating how many people would visit it. Photo: Stu Norton