Expert reveals the history of famous street under Broadmarsh Centre
Just the foundations of the historic street remain to this day
06:56, 6 JUN 2021 (Image: Joseph Locker/Nottingham Post)
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A leading city archeologist has revealed the story behind the last remaining part of one of Nottingham s most famous ancient streets.
The history of Nottingham street lost for the development of the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre
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Haunting footage emerges from within the condemned walls of Nottingham s Broadmarsh Centre
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By Greig Watson
image copyrightAndrew Phillips
image captionThe Broadmarsh has lain derelict for months and will take a year to demolish completely
Have shopping centres had their day? With retail habits changing and the designs of the 1960s thoroughly dated, some centres are struggling to survive - but Nottingham has been offered a radical time-travelling solution to its own urban problem. Always unwelcoming, now it s apocalyptic .
It s not a tagline any city would want, but architect Peter Rogan s description neatly sums up the half-demolished hulk of Nottingham s Broadmarsh Centre.
The 1970s concrete and brick monolith has reached this sorry state by lurching from one failed renovation plan to another over the course of 20 years.