{"id":4925,"date":"2011-10-20T23:27:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T22:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2011-10-20T23:27:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T22:27:52","slug":"old-gaol-window-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=4925","title":{"rendered":"Old Gaol Window Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag11\/11102001.jpg\" alt=\"Old Gaol Progress\" \/><br \/>\nThe view from East St Helen Street to the new flats of the Old Gaol development looks quite imposing. This is the view from the walled garden of one Abingdon&#8217;s oldest houses. \u00a0The new flats will look better when the scaffold is down, but it seems an imposition on people living down that side of the street.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag11\/11102002.jpg\" alt=\"Old Gaol Progress\" \/><br \/>\nLarge posters have appeared in the windows fronting Bridge Street. One thing they mention is \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theoldgaol.com\/\">theoldgaol.com<\/a>, a website launched on 1st August,\u00a0which has details about the properties and what prospective buyers can enjoy if they move to &#8220;Abingdon on Thames&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The website has a gallery of pictures of the development, and a virtual tour of how it will all look.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag11\/11102003.jpg\" alt=\"Old Gaol Progress\" \/><br \/>\nIn the virtual tour this building is cleaned up with decorative windows. People are seated inside and alongside in the conservatory where the old entrance used to be.<\/p>\n<p>Finally to quote <a href=\"http:\/\/theoldgaol.com\/\">theoldgaol.com<\/a> website about the designated public areas <em>&#8220;&#8230; attractive pedestrian walkways linking Bridge Street to East St Helen Street will ensure easy access within the Town Centre.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The new restaurant quarter comprises 11,848 sq ft of flexible space that provides for up to three or four restaurant premises.  External seating is available for each unit overlooking either the River Thames or within the attractive courtyard.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><em>Throughout the year the public gardens and courtyard will be able to host Art &amp; Craft exhibitions, open-air theatre productions, picnics, festivals and weddings (subject to the appropriate licenses).&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The view from East St Helen Street to the new flats of the Old Gaol development looks quite imposing. This is the view from the walled garden of one Abingdon&#8217;s oldest houses. \u00a0The new flats will look better when the scaffold is down, but it seems an imposition on people living down that side of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}