Post 19) Broad Quay

YOU, Dear patient history lover, will soon be able to download and explore 1820s Bristol for yourself as I recreate more and more of the lost city in Sketchup and Enscape3D.com.  Enscape are going to make the application web/cloud based via a link in an upcoming patch around October 2018. This means I can export a standalone version of the 3D gameworld and you can download and explore it  and adjust the time of day, seeing the gas lights come on, and the moon come up without having to have Sketchup or Enscape installed!

Post 18) Verdant contemplation

Climb the 5 stone steps and take an evening stroll on College Green amongst the 90 x 50 foot mature Lime trees. A work in progress.

Post 17) resumption of project

After over 3 years enjoyably and somewhat addictively posting over 600 comparison views on the facebook group Bristol Then and Now photographs during which time some work has been done on this project, this project is now back on track with almost daily progress since the begining of March 2018. See my facebook page for more regular updates.

St Peters Hospital then and now wipe

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Post 16) Housekeeping

Project Progress

No blog posts since July, but I have been maintaining the flavour of the project with relevant finds posted on facebook, see links bar above

Have been as busy as ever 

Taking  a lot of time with collating and organising nearly 4 years worth of pdfs, photos, maps, plans and watercolours that had got very very out of hand and messy on 2 drives and numerous USB fobs!!

Creating photo real textures in adobe, or buying them from turbosquid and CGtextures

Scanning square on building photos from Reece Winstone books for accurate ”quick wins”

Grouping all evidence by street

Further digital Map and contour tracing

Screen dumping Britain From Above evidence

Screen dumping and re-stitching sections of zoomed in auction catalogue watercolours

Scanning Walter Ison elevation drawings from the Georgian Buildings of Bristol

Further photo recon trips to Redcliffe, Clifton, Cliftonwood and the Old City including specific visits to Goldney Gardens, Royal Fort, Red Lodge and 2 river trips

Finding loads more 18^th and 19^th century Bristol digital pdf guidebook, topographical book and history book scans in mainly north American sponsored online archives.

Practising and learning further sketchup 3d modelling techniques and time saving and organisational tips.

Discovering dozens of relevant surviving (pre 1830) building elevation drawing pdfs on the Bristol City Council planning applications portal

Doing gradient plans of key city streets to drape the traced map layers over

Actual modelling work, mostly map alignment and elevation drawing alignment  including selected buildings in King Street, Redcliffe Hill, St Nicholas church,

Back of Bridge Street, St Werburghs Church, St Stephens church, The Pithay, Union Street, River Frome , the Cathedral and Clifton St Andrews.

Also Cornwallis Crescent, Elle Bridge Island group at the Narrow Weir watering place and St Peters Church / Hospital area as per the 3 renders below.