A Nottingham city centre street with a closed pub and nightclub is becoming 'unrecognisable', according to locals and conservationists. Huntingdon Street in Nottingham runs across the city centre and is a major city centre thoroughfare familiar to many residents.
But in recent years a deluge of student accommodation construction, paired with a series of business and venue closures, has resulted in a huge amount of change. The street's Aldi closed last year, with plans recently submitted for the closed-down Foresters Inn to be replaced by a six-storey tower, and a 38-storey student skyscraper in the works for the former Victoria Works site - adding to the project underway at the demolished Halfords.
Hilary Silvester, executive chair of Nottingham Civic Society, said the street was a remnant of a neglected part of the city's history, but was likely to be "unrecognisable" soon. "It absolutely might be unrecognisable in the future. The street is a bit hodge-podge, it developed during the 20s and 30s, but it has some bits that reflect interwar Nottingham and almost a modern look," Ms Silvester said.
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