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Park Street is a major shopping street in Bristol, England, linking the city centre to Clifton.It forms part of the A4018. [1]The building of Park Street started in 1761 and it was Bristol's earliest example of uniformly stepped hillside terracing. [2]
The Park Street riot occurred in Park Street and George Street Bristol, England, on 15 July 1944 when many black US servicemen (GIs) refused to return to their camps after US military policemen (MPs) arrived to end a minor fracas. More MPs were sent, up to 120 in total, and Park Street was closed with buses.
Standing near the top of Park Street on Queens Road, [6] it is a landmark building of the University of Bristol that currently houses the School of Law and the Department of Earth Sciences, as well as the Law and Earth Sciences libraries. [7] It is the fourth highest structure in Bristol, standing at 215 ft (65.5 m). [8]
It is situated in a desirable location on Park Street, being close to Bristol Cathedral and the University of Bristol. Although the basement currently operates as a nightclub, the agent has said ...
The Park Street riot occurred in Park Street and George Street on 15 July 1944. Racial tensions inflamed by earlier incidents, [16] and the racial segregation of GIs both in the UK and abroad, [17] came to a head in Bristol when a large number of black GIs refused to come back to their camps after US Military Police came to end a minor fracas ...
The 1974 Bristol bombing was a twin bomb attack carried out by the Provisional IRA in a shopping street in Bristol city centre on 18 December 1974. A bomb was placed in a holdall outside Dixons Photographic shop on Park Street which exploded just before 8 pm. Nine minutes later another more powerful bomb detonated in a dustbin 30 yards away. [1]
The Bristol Guild of Applied Art, more commonly referred to within Bristol as simply The Guild, was a privately held department store on Bristol's Park Street in the UK. Founded in 1908, the Guild was inspired by the philosophy of William Morris , and originally offered a place for artists and craftsmen to come together, learn from each other ...
Freemasons' Hall from the opposite side of Park Street Detailed image of the main entrance including the railings. The frieze above the main entrance by EH Baily. Freemasons' Hall, Bristol, also known as the Masonic Hall, is a building on Park Street in the city of Bristol, England. It is a Grade II* listed building [1] initially built in 1821.