http://www.bristol-culture.com/2011/08/18/bristol-city-in-the-sky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bristol-city-in-the-sky A cultural meander through Bristol with plenty of stops for food and drink along the way Tue, 27 May 2014 17:41:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 http://www.bristol-culture.com/2011/08/18/bristol-city-in-the-sky/#comment-34 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:37:33 +0000 http://bristolculture.wordpress.com/?p=9288#comment-34 The plans also involved an elevated motorway running a few yards – sorry, metres – from the spire of St Mary Redcliffe, towards Temple Meads and Old Market…

]]> http://www.bristol-culture.com/2011/08/18/bristol-city-in-the-sky/#comment-33 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 06:52:27 +0000 http://bristolculture.wordpress.com/?p=9288#comment-33 Well, I recently walked on that Nelson Street overhead walkway, taking a route from new the Old Vic to near Broadmead. Not so bad, makes a really interesting walk actually. Overhead walkways aren’t per se disastrous. In Hong Kong, for example, overhead walkways help make the city centre bearable, otherwise the traffic would overwhelm you. In Manila, they’re used (in Greenbelt) in magically attractive pedestrian shopping areas. One problem with overhead walkways can be that when you start on one, it isn’t obvious where its going to bring you out. But well-integrated with mixed use developments, surrounded by shops, and well-signed, they often work very well. Of course they’re only good for densely populated cities, and Bristol just hasn’t got the density to make ‘em work. But rather than knocking these ones down, it might be worth adding signage and bringing them to life.

]]> http://www.bristol-culture.com/2011/08/18/bristol-city-in-the-sky/#comment-31 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:42:42 +0000 http://bristolculture.wordpress.com/?p=9288#comment-31 Oh, good grief. Joanna: is that true? Who can we thank for stopping that?!!

]]> http://www.bristol-culture.com/2011/08/18/bristol-city-in-the-sky/#comment-30 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:29:59 +0000 http://bristolculture.wordpress.com/?p=9288#comment-30 The most awful thing I heard was that they wanted to empty out the harbourside, pour concrete into it and make a motorway through the city but under Clifton. Unbelievable.

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