The Hayes

Coordinates: 51°28′44″N 3°10′30″W / 51.479°N 3.175°W / 51.479; -3.175

The Hayes (Welsh: Yr Aes) is a commercial area in the southern city centre of the Welsh capital, Cardiff. Centred on the road of that name leading south towards the east end of the city centre, the area is mostly pedestrianised and has an open-air snack bar.

Historically, the area's most prestigious building is the Old Library, known as the Cardiff Free Library, Museum and Schools for Science and Art during its near-century (1882 to 1988) of use as the second incarnation of the city's central library. The latest, fourth permanent Cardiff Central Library opened in 2009 and is situated at the opposite end of the Hayes.

Scenes of BBC's Doctor Who and Torchwood have often been filmed here.

Architecture

Cardiff is famous for its Victorian arcades. These include the Royal and Morgan arcades, both of which have entrances on The Hayes.

Renovation

In 2006, the shopping portfolio of The Hayes began an upgrade. With the closure of the David Morgan department store plans were made to renovate the building into new luxury apartments with retail units below. As of 2012, The Hayes is home to the most fashionable brands in Cardiff, becoming the luxury shopping street of the city. The Hayes features prestigious stores such as Fred Perry, Urban Outfitters, Moss Bros., White Stuff, House Of Fraser, TK Maxx, Molton Brown, Joules, Waterstones and the very exclusive, world-renowned Dr. Martens.

Pride (comics)

The Pride are a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain team, a criminal organization that controlled the Los Angeles area of the Marvel Comics universe. As they are the parents and the initial and most prominent foes the Runaways have faced, they are perhaps the team's greatest enemy to date. The Pride consists of six couples - the mafia controlling Wilders, the time-traveling Yorkes, the telepathic mutants Hayeses, the alien invaders Deans, the mad scientists Steins and the dark wizards, the Minorus.

The Pride was often considered to be an efficient super-villain team that barred other villains from controlling Los Angeles. Although the real world did not know of The Pride's existence, other mafia mob bosses controllers had, such as the Kingpin, who admits the group ran Los Angeles with efficiency and vision. The Pride first appeared in Runaways #1, published by Marvel Comics in 2003, and were created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona.

Origin

Original Pride

Although The Pride were the center of focus throughout the first volume of the series, their actual origin was only covered in the thirteenth issue. The six couples were called together in 1985 by the Gibborim, three mythical giants who had ruled the world when it had "originally been one, serene utopia". The Gibborim informed the couples (who revealed themselves to be aliens, time-travelers, magicians, scientists, mutants, and criminals) their desire to turn the world into the same peaceful utopia it had been millions of years before, but did not have the strength. The Gibborim required the six couples' help ("a Pride") to wipe out the entire planet, and when they achieved their goal, six of the twelve who served them the best would be able to rule the world with them, while the other six would perish with the rest of the human race. The couples agreed, and formed The Pride.