Viva Brighton Issue #59 January 2018
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BITS AND BUSES<br />
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ON THE BUSES #33: LORD COHEN (ROUTES 7 & 5A)<br />
Affectionally known as ‘Mr <strong>Brighton</strong>’, Lord Cohen was a city planner of great<br />
ambition, who made a lasting impact on local housing… though some of his<br />
more unusual ideas failed to materialize. These included creating a continental<br />
bathing site by the West Pier, a garden path stretching from Preston Park to the<br />
sea, and an entertainment pavilion on the seafront.<br />
The founder of the Alliance Building Society, Cohen improved the lives of<br />
many <strong>Brighton</strong> & Hove residents with his flair for town planning. Under his<br />
guidance, affordable housing was constructed in the suburbs, bettering the living<br />
conditions of hundreds. Cohen also enabled home ownership for those for whom<br />
it had previously been thought impossible, through the provision of mortgages.<br />
A socialist, Cohen acted as a Labour councillor and was elected mayor by the<br />
then predominantly Tory <strong>Brighton</strong> Borough Council.<br />
Cohen was a flamboyant character and was well liked within the community, although his bid to be MP for<br />
Kemptown was unsuccessful. He is credited with acquiring land for the University of Sussex and saving the<br />
Theatre Royal. He was often referred to as a ‘one-man benevolent fund for the town’; many turned to Cohen for<br />
advice and emergency funding.<br />
‘Mr <strong>Brighton</strong>’ died suddenly of leukaemia in 1966, aged 69. He thus missed the inauguration of the <strong>Brighton</strong><br />
Festival in the following year, which is a great pity: he had been one of the motivating forces behind <strong>Brighton</strong>’s<br />
cultural showcase. Saskia Solomon<br />
Illustration by Joda (@joda_art)<br />
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