Bristol Royal Infirmary – new extension
The University Hospitals Bristol (UHB) proposes to build a Cardiology Research Unit (CRU) at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
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2018
Bristol Open Doors
For one weekend a year, Bristol Open Doors allows you see inside buildings old and new across the city.
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Stokes Croft
Watkins Jones, a student accommodation specialist, has acquired a large site on the opposite side of Backfields to the former Coroner’s Court. The Society strongly supports redevelopment of this site but regrets that it cannot support this proposal.
Cargo Work – Wapping Wharf
The developer Umberslade has new plans for the offices on the corner of Cumberland Road and Wapping Road that the image shows.
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BCS Trip to Oxford June 2018
What do Oxford and Bristol, two seemingly very different cities, have in common? Skylines under threat; insurmountable transport challenges; ugly in-your-face-developments; an expanding student population and a shortage of affordable housing. Quite a lot, it turns out.
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St Michael’s Update October 2018
The Civic Society was ultimately unsuccessful in their bid and the selected purchaser was Ian Johnson, a Clifton resident with the excellent track record of sensitively restoring the Observatory on Clifton Down.
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Robert Southey
On Monday 18 June a plaque was unveiled at Kingsdown Parade to commemorate a celebrated Bristolian, Robert Southey.
John Henry Iles
John Henry Iles was born in Bristol in 1871 and the plaque, at 91 Sommerville Road overlooking St Andrews Park marks his matrimonial home.
Seawalls cafe and toilets
An application for planning permission has been submitted to the Council to demolish the public toilets at Seawalls on the Downs and replace the building with a café incorporating new toilets.
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Design awards winners 2018
The Bristol Civic Society Design Awards were announced by Jonathan Foyle, architectural historian, at a well-attended presentation at The Station.
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Design Awards – 21st June 2018
This year’s Design Awards will be held at The Station, Silver Street, Bristol on Thursday 21st June 2018, doors opening 6.15 pm, presentations start at 7.00 pm.
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Trip to Oxford – 19th June 2018
Bristol Civic Society trip to Oxford, hosted by the Oxford Civic Society. There will be two streams to the visit, a study tour and a historic appreciation tour.
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