Street that Survived

Featuring 17th Century buildings, in the 1950s the entire destruction of this street was considered as part of changes that were believed to be required, such as slum clearances, road widening, and the creation of open spaces. The City of Winchester Trust was formed in an effort to limit the destruction of these old buildings and Canon Street was one of the streets that were saved, but many others on the list were demolished.

Canon Street, Winchester

You forgot to mention that, although now a very fashionable and well-heeled part of Winchester, Canon street was for many years in the 18th and 19th centuries home to a good number of "ladies of the night"!

Much of the rest of old Winchester, such as Lower, Middle and Upper Brook streets, which followed the original Roman grid pattern of streets, were demolished to make way, first for a car park, and currently for a hideous shopping centre. And let's not mention Friarsgate / Silver Hill

Great shot. Of course, in some towns, Councils are still allowing the demolition of many fine buildings. Not that local authorities are in any way corrupt, or anything. I certainly won't have that said about them...

Indeed. Fine, upstanding fellows all. Let no man impugn them.

Which reminds me...

One cannot hope to bribe or twist,
Thank God, the local councilist.
But seeing what the man will do,
Unbribed, there's no occasion to.

Originally said of British journalists, but applies equally to local councillors.

G

PS: That's one thing to be said in favour of the aristocracy. Chester is one of our finest and most unspoilt towns, thanks in no small way to the Duke of Westminster, who has resisted the efforts of the proletariat to bulldoze it.

It's gone off the photographic thread somewhat but if a picture can generate this sort of discussion then it has indeed succeeded. Public opinion was to replace the 1950s concrete eyesore in the middle of Coventry but English Heritage said, "No. You can't. It's the only example left in the country. It's all been demolished."