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St Barnabas in springtime

a view that has now been lost since Oxford University built a row of ugly blocks at the southern end of Port Meadow
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Isisbridge said:

The Port Meadow is an ancient grassland on the river floodplain, which has been grazed for centuries and never ploughed. It is a Scheduled National Monument and Site of Scientific Interest, and an environmental haven for the people of Oxford.

But the meadow's wide open views have now been damaged by Oxford City Council allowing Oxford University to build a row of massive blocks around the south-eastern perimeter. This has been likened to building a skyscraper next to Stonehenge, and campaigners are fighting to have the top storeys removed.

www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/10943788.Planning_minister_tells_Oxford_City_Council_and_Oxford_University_they_should_be_ashamed_over_Castle_Mill_flats

St Barnabas in springtime (2013)
10 years ago

Studley said:

Golden blooms in a sun-kissed field
A hedge beyond that forms a shield,
Happier times from yesterday
Sadly lost and gone away.
9 years ago

Isisbridge replied to Studley:

The Meadow still has its golden bloom,
But yonder eyesore blocks now loom,
Since Oxford Uni spoiled the day
By building Roger Dudman Way.

picnic at Roger Dudman Meadow
9 years ago

Howard Somerville said:

Sorry - what, where of who is "Uni"?
22 months ago