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On the afternoon of 24 November 1940, 148 aircraft of the Luftwaffe left airfields in Northern France heading for Bristol. The concentration point was to be the City Docks, and their objective was to destroy Bristol's industry and port facilities. 135 aircraft reached the target area, and dropped 156,250 kg (344,470 lb) of high explosives, 4,750 kg (10,470 lb) of oil bombs and 12,500 incendiaries.
Castle Park View is a 26-storey high-rise in Bristol, England. Completed in 2022, the development occupies the site of the former Central Ambulance Station at the corner of Castle Street and Tower Hill and was proposed in 2017, with work starting in 2019.
Castle Park View: 98 26 2022 Residential Castle Park: 2 Soapworks 81 21 2024 Residential Old Market: The image is a former soap factory forming part of the development. 3= Castlemead: 80 19 1981 Office Castle Park: 3= St. Mary Redcliffe: 80 3 1442 Religion Redcliffe: Previous tallest building in Bristol between 1442-1446, until the tower ...
Bristol's city centre was severely damaged, especially in November and December 1940, when the Broadmead area was flattened, and Hitler claimed to have destroyed the city. [96] The original central area, near the bridge and castle, is now a park featuring two bombed-out churches and fragments of the castle. A third bombed church has been given ...
The park was created after wartime bombing damaged much of the pre-war shopping area which stood here. The ruined shells of two churches, St Peter and St Mary le Port, still stand in the park (with the aid of concrete reinforcements) and the foundations of Bristol Castle are also a feature. There are small formal gardens around St Peter's ...
A tower block evacuated in Bristol due to structural problems was not constructed according to plans when it was built in 1958, the city’s mayor has said.
In 2022, Groupwork won the competition for a housing project in Castle Park, Bristol, with a proposal that includes a low-carbon 30-storey tower from MP stone and wood. [74] [75] If completed, it would become the tallest massive-stone skyscraper, exceeding Pouillon's 20-storey 1953 tower in Diar es-Saâda, Algeria.
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