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==Culture==
 
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Gateshead Council has for many years pursued a policy of using art as a motor for urban regeneration<ref>http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/Art/arthome.aspx</ref>. This policy culminated in recent years with the opening of the Baltic, a centre for contemporary art in a converted grain warehouse, and the Sage Music Centre, on its formerly run-down quayside<ref>http://www.balticmill.com/</ref><ref>http://www.thesagegateshead.org/</ref>. The arts complex is surrounded by expensive apartments and is connected to the cafes, bars and hotels of Newcastle's quayside by a landmark opening pedestrian/cycle bridge, likened to an opening eye<ref>http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/bridge/Background.aspx</ref>. Britain's largest sculpture, the [[Angel of teh North]], by [Antony Gormley]] is located in Gateshead<ref>http://www.antonygormley.com/home.html</ref>.
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Gateshead Council has for many years pursued a policy of using art as a motor for urban regeneration<ref>http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/Art/arthome.aspx</ref>. This policy culminated in recent years with the opening of the Baltic, a centre for contemporary art in a converted grain warehouse, and the Sage Music Centre, on its formerly run-down quayside<ref>http://www.balticmill.com/</ref><ref>http://www.thesagegateshead.org/</ref>. The arts complex is surrounded by expensive apartments and is connected to the cafes, bars and hotels of Newcastle's quayside by a landmark opening pedestrian/cycle bridge, likened to an opening eye<ref>http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/bridge/Background.aspx</ref>. Britain's largest sculpture, the [[Angel of the North]], by [Antony Gormley]] is located in Gateshead<ref>http://www.antonygormley.com/home.html</ref>.
    
==Regeneration==
 
==Regeneration==
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