Plans for Debenhams building in Bristol city centre unveiled
www.bristolpost.co.uk
The store closed its doors two years ago

Not only is Premier Inn being replaced with two tower blocks, now Debenhams will be ripped down and replaced with two tower blocks.

These will really dominate the skyline in that area of the city.

  • sadcoconut@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I think an a new street from Broadmead to the Bear Pit would help make Stokes Croft feel more connected to the rest of town. The buildings proposed are pretty uninspired and look like every other new block of flats.

    Also included in the plans is a two-storey community building which the architects and developers say they want to be a library or health centre.

    Lol, if the developers think Bristol Council is about to pay for a new library they need to pay more attention to local politics.

    When I was a kid, riding up and down the Debenhams escalators was exciting but I suppose that’s probably not a good enough reason to keep them around!

  • TheRoxyWC2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    We really do need a new vision for our city. Tower blocks aren’t the answer, (outgoing) Marvin.

  • FlanFlingerEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    two blocks of 520 new homes

    Surely that’s a good thing?

      • TediousParrot@feddit.ukOPEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        I was firmly in the camp of ‘why isn’t there enough really affordable homes/lets’ but a post I saw the other day made me consider a different point of view…

        As long as the homes are inhabited, building unaffordable isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it increases the housing stock overall.

      • FlanFlingerEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        mean 104 of the 520 should be designated to a housing association to rent out.