Hanging out with Alex Highrise: The Strange Beauty of the Dove Street Flats

It took me a long time to actually take a look at the Dove Street flats. Out of the corner of my eye I had seen them, three 1960s towers poking over the top of the buildings on the west side of Stokes Croft,  or catching a glimpse of them down the long staricases and alleyways that run from Kingsdown down the side of Cotham Hill.

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Guerilla Urbanism Comes to Town

If you are free at 8:45 PM on Wednesday 16th February tune in to Four Thought on Radio 4 (though the programme will be available for a week or two  on iPlayer too).

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A Godwin Source Book, Part 4: Ceramics

In his early architectural work, especially on churches, Godwin took a close interest in tiling, and his sketchbooks include many plans and designs for the floors of Northampton Town Hall and other buildings.

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Flying Coaches and Pig-Faced Ladies: Reinventing the Bear Pit

The Bear Pit (aka the sunken pedestrian precinct in the centre of the St James Barton Roundabout) is not just ugly and neglected – it is contagious.  

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A Godwin Source Book, Part 3: Wallpaper

 
For most of the 1870s Godwin was designing high-end wallpaper for some of the country’s leading paper stainers and art furniture houses. 

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Lesson In Berlin

Stokes Croft is changing, visually, culturally and economically; compared to even to a couple of years ago there is now more street art, more artists and exhibitions, more businesses and punters.

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A Godwin Source Book, Part 2: Bristol Architecture

While in later life Godwin was a creative polymath,   the first twenty years of his career were focused on architecture and much of that work was done in Bristol.

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If you want something done, do-it-yourself: A Godwin Source Book, Part I Fabrics

There is, as far as I can see, no online directory or compilation of Godwin’s many different works.  Images and information are scattered across many sites, in various museum collections, private ownership and antiques galleries.  

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Rediscovering Godwin: The Patron Saint of Stokes Croft?

Stokes Croft  is, as you will know from the sign in the central reservation at the southern end of the street, twinned with St Ives.  

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Blink and You’ve Missed It: Stokes Croft in 1000 Objects

For an urban location that is over two centuries old, it sometimes feels strange that transience is a defining characteristic of Stokes Croft.  

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