. Over the years it grew from one of the smallest towns in wales to one of the largest ports in the world.

When looking at the Cardiff Bay are it is important to understand its history and why it needed regeneration.
Cardiff bay, formerly known as Cardiff Docks, was originaly founded as the main port for exporting coal and iron in 18th century.

Cardiff Bay owes much of it's history to the Industrial Revolution of the 1780's and played a major part.Cardiff docks was one of the most important ports of the world. Coal export played a major part in the development of the docks during the 19th century
Cardiff's economy was founded on its docks
Coal from the nearby vallies of South East Wales came to cardiff to be exported all over the world.
80 years ago Cardiff was a major international port.
People from all over the world came to work here.
The dockside community of Butetown had a multiracial mix, unique in South Wales. TIger bay The locals called it.
The docks declined with the decline of the Welsh coal industry, bringing unemployment and poverty to the area.
Unfortunately, during the decline of coal exports in the late 1930s, Butetown began to suffer from the effects of mass unemployment. It became dirty, noisy and crime levels were rising. As a result, the wealthier of it's inhabitants moved to the more reputable suburbs in Cardiff, and in their place arose a multi-ethnic community formed by people from all over the world.
The 1960 brought a first attempt at redevelopment. The old houses of Tiger bay were knocked down
Isolated geographicly from the rest of the Cardiff, TIger Bay had a reputation for crime and violence
The future for the area seemed bleak.