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Demolition of Bristol eyesore makes way for university campus

Temple Quarter’s rich past includes housing squatters, Royal Mail, a factory and cattle market

Demolition work is under way at Bristol’s most famous eyesore, bringing an end to a sprawling, derelict building that became a playground for squatters, illegal ravers and graffiti artists.

The former Royal Mail sorting office, which was once reportedly likened by the former prime minister David Cameron to the “entrance to a war zone”, is to be brought down to make way for a new university campus.

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from Culture | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2SdD4AE

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