The Creative Arts Building at City College Norwich
- Credit: David Bussey
The architects of old Norwich are well known but what about those of the 21st century? Derek James takes a look at a fascinating new booklet
From council houses to shops and from additions to landmark buildings to high-rise homes….this is the changing face of Norwich.
The story behind the latest developments are told so well in a booklet you can buy for a fiver, tuck under your arm and go exploring…looking at some of our major new developments.
Yes, we have lost too many fine old buildings in the past, but it is interesting to look at the new ones and consider the role they are playing in 21st century life.
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3:04 PM May 7, 2021
Louisa Theobald, children s expert at Waterstones, with her floral inspired creation in the shop window for the Florists Feasts.
- Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archant2021
Norwich has bloomed into colour this week thanks to the return of a centuries-old floral tradition.
Anne Falgate, Cupcake & Co owner in Upper St Giles, with the floral inspired creation at the shop for the Florists Feasts. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
- Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archant2021
While the weather has been somewhat more grey, garlands and floral displays have decorated shops and businesses as part of a flower festival which began over the first May bank holiday weekend.
Published:
3:04 PM May 7, 2021
Louisa Theobald, children s expert at Waterstones, with her floral inspired creation in the shop window for the Florists Feasts.
- Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archant2021
Norwich has bloomed into colour this week thanks to the return of a centuries-old floral tradition.
Anne Falgate, Cupcake & Co owner in Upper St Giles, with the floral inspired creation at the shop for the Florists Feasts. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
- Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archant2021
While the weather has been somewhat more grey, garlands and floral displays have decorated shops and businesses as part of a flower festival which began over the first May bank holiday weekend.
Buildings at Anglia Square in Norwich.
- Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archant2021
Fresh plans for the revamp of Norwich s Anglia Square should be based around a more environmentally sustainable scheme with lower-density homes, says the city s civic watchdog.
The scrapped plans for Anglia Square.
- Credit: Weston Homes
The Norwich Society, along with Historic England and SAVE Britain s Heritage, were among those which objected to the plans for Anglia Square.
The controversial plans, which included a 20-storey tower block, more than 1,200 new homes, a hotel, cinema, car parks and new shops, were approved by Norwich City Council, but were called in by the government.
His online talk is available on the website of the Norwich Society, which he is a member of.
Mr Hooton said between 1870s and 1890s there were an estimated 600 pubs within the historic city walls, compared to around 80 that now exist.
He said there were a variety of reasons why there were fewer pubs running now, from changing habits in society including buying supermarket alcohol and households watching more television in the evenings, to taxation and stricter drink drive laws.
There was also a reduction in pubs around the 19th century because of the temperance movement, which saw a rise against the consumption of alcoholic drinks in society.