Bristol's Old City to be given a makeover
By ptics | Friday, February 22, 2013, 11:41
The Old City area of Bristol is to be given a bold makeover in a move aimed at making it a prime destination, attracting more visitors and restoring it to former glories.
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Bristol’s Old City to be given a makeover.
The local community is being invited to a workshop to consider proposals which have been developed from the public consultation last autumn.
These include an experimental traffic system, suspending parking bays and removing through traffic from Corn Street north of St Nicholas Street to create a more pedestrian-friendly, continental-style environment and encourage more on-street activity.
The workshop will be held at The Old Council House on Tuesday, February 26. For details contact citydesigngroup@bristol.gov.uk
The changes are part of the Mayor of Bristol's vision for the city which he wants to make the most welcoming in Europe.
The Old City is central to this vision with Corn St restored as a proper high street, and with a high-quality redevelopment of the St Mary le Port site to restore the historic heart of the city. The Mayor has also plans to introduce traffic-free Sundays as part of his 'Make Sundays Special' campaign.
The Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson said: "The Old City area is the historic heart of the city and a key part of our heritage. The proposals, which we have consulted widely on, will help make it more attractive, more visitor-friendly and more vibrant, drawing in tourists and Bristolians alike.
"The launch of a Saturday market will also give local businesses a shot in the arm, as will my 'Make Sundays Special' initiative starting in June during Big Green Week."."
Comments
Surely you jest?
South Bristol has for years been the part of the city that is conveniently forgotten when things to make an area more attractive are decided and Bedminster is the forgotten part of South Bristol.
On the few occasions when things do get done they tend to be not done that well. For example South St Park not having lights installed despite residents requests for lights resulting in it becoming a place where drunks/drug users now hang out or people bring their status dogs to breed (I didn't believe reports of that until I saw it happening myself one evening).
Another example was the half-baked 'makeover' of East St a few years ago where quite nice lighting columns that did enhance the area and only needed a lick of paint were replaced with something out of 70s Russia and street furniture was painted the shade of grey usually associated with battleships or mental institutions.
The urban art on shop shutters which was supposed to brighten up the area has already in a number of cases fallen foul of idiots who think that the art (and residents homes, cars and businesses in many of the surrounding streets) are somehow enhanced by the addition of their infantile tags.
Residents groups and even residents do try their best but after a while it gets quite wearing when ideas to enhance the area are done in a manner that actually leads to a decline or are ignored completely in favour of 'the better areas of Bristol' (i.e. anywhere North of the river).
By Kaptain_Von at 13:20 on 26/02/13
ReportHow about something similar for Bedminster?
By hippychic1 at 17:20 on 25/02/13
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