Thanks for the almost overwhelming feedback Smuggler, whoever you are. We would agree with you that the Green House would make a great wine bar. We do have idea for the Landmark, bus station and if you send pictures may be able to produce a ‘what if’ for those and the empty hotel site.
A boarded up empty pup in sydenham had a makeover recently on it’s boarded up hoardings. The pub is the Greyhound, so they painted ‘grey hounds’ in grey silhouettes over it (in the style of those old dog playing poker portraits you used to get in pubs). A simple solution that made a difference.
Were a fan of the smugglers articles, while we may not always agree with what he says, it’s good that someone has the balls to say it. And it needs someone to say the brutal truth sometimes. Best of all it raises debate.
The difficult bit is turning debate into solutions and actions.
There has been debate about making this into an exhibition. We have had designers in Devon contact us about helping out. I’m totally in favour of an exhibition, especially if they use an empty shop to do it in.
We have received a few images from people in Ilfracombe asking for makeovers. Many thanks for your images, keep sending them! We can’t do them all, but we will endevour to publish some more in the coming weeks.
Thanks
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