by PRSC | Saturday, February 6, 2010 | Art, Turbo Island
Turbo Island during its last Community- led makeover, Feb. 2009 Below, the Inspector’s judgement. Particularly illuminating are Paragraphs 11 and 12, of which a small excerpt is quoted below: The (Hoarding is not) preventing regeneration of the wider area or the...
by PRSC | Monday, August 24, 2009 | Art, Turbo Island
Almost a month ago, we removed the chess table from Turbo Island, at the request of the Police and the Artists in Jamaica Street Studios. There has since been no noticeable diminution in street drinking in the Croft. The drinkers have simply moved. They have reverted...
by PRSC | Friday, July 31, 2009 | Art, Turbo Island
The chess table which was on Turbo Island has been removed under pressure from the Police and from some residents, but certainly not all… The existence of the table on Turbo Island acted as a focal point for street drinkers, as Turbo Island has always...
by PRSC | Friday, July 31, 2009 | Art, Turbo Island
How times change… Stokes Croft can’t seem to keep itself out of the media these days… Last week, the Casualty TV crew filmed around Stokes Croft, and drama ensue on Stokes Croft… Hardly anybody noticed, because these kinds of scenes have been...
by PRSC | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | Art, Turbo Island
For an area full of pubs, clubs and street drinkers, the lack of nearby Public Toilets has meant that Turbo Island’s sub-station has been an open latrine for many years. This year, the stench has been heady… On Saturday night, this “No Pissing”...
by PRSC | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | Art, Turbo Island
Dear All I am very pleased to be able to tell you that Bristol City Council served a discontinuance notice on Primesight Ltd last week. This requires them to remove the advertising hoarding on the corner of Jamaica Street within 8 weeks. This does not mean that the...
