Radford Boulevard
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Radford Boulevard by Mick Garratt as part of the Geograph project.
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Radford Boulevard
Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 5 Jul 2008
A ring road half encircling Nottingham was conceived in the 1870s, fifteen years before the advent of the motor car. The roads: Gregory, Radford, Lenton and Castle Boulevards were styled on the tree lined boulevards of Paris completed ten years earlier and led to the rapid development of the west of the city. The building on the far corner of this junction with Hartley Road is The Boulevard, formerly the Boulevard Hotel and dates from 1883. In spite of a facelift in 1988 the building now looks a little sad. On the right the wall and fencing are all that remains of the works of John Player, the cigarette manufacturer, a major employer in the area. The site is now occupied by a supermarket and retail units. The round faced building on the right beyond the junction is the Boulevard Works which is proposed for conversion into student accommodation.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.960096
Longitude
-1.176569