From a former POLIS student. Worth to be looked at…
*Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft*: a community organisation that is working to create their area as a
cultural quarter:
www.prsc.org.uk
*Tobacco Factory*: the regeneration of this old tobacco factory kickstarted the gentrification process
of the South of Bristol. George Ferguson (the guy in the video) also happens to be a director of the
Academy of Urbanism
www.academyofurbanism.org.uk & a great
patron of cultural regeneration in the city.
www.youtube.com channel of the tobacco factory
*Artspacelifespace*: a collection of artists that have been invited to temporarily take over the old
Police Station in the Centre as the developers (Urban Splash) cannot currently afford to develop it
& they realise the potential of artists to revitalize areas.
www.artspacelifespace.com
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