Road building was central to planning policy for much of the 20th century in Bristol, England. The planned road network evolved over time but at its core was a network of concentric ring roads and high-capacity radial roads.
Bristol and Bath Regional Planning Scheme 1930
Lewins Mead, showing typical 1970s architecture and remains of vertical segregation deck
Looking along the planned line of the Outer Circuit Road towards St Paul's Roundabout from Lower Ashley Rd. Easton Way lies beyond the roundabout.
Stokes Croft, looking north. Newer buildings on left are set back to allow for road widening
The Centre, Bristol
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The Centre is a public open space in the central area of Bristol, England, created by covering over the River Frome. The northern end of The Centre, known as Magpie Park, is skirted on its western edge by Colston Avenue; the southern end is a larger paved area bounded by St Augustine's Parade to the west, Broad Quay the east, and St Augustine's Reach to the south, and bisected by the 2016 extension of Baldwin Street. The Centre is managed by Bristol City Council.
View of northern end of The Centre, March 2018, before removal of Colston statue
The Tramways Centre in the early 1900s
The water fountains and paddling area in 2006, part of the 'Promenade Option'. The sail structure, removed in 2009, is shown behind
St Augustine's Reach, pre-1850, looking south across what is now Magpie Park