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relatively intact, but it was demolished in 1966–7 as part of the Plan for
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buildings housing shops, and from 1937 its south end carried the "Guinness Clock", which was visible to people travelling up Old Town Street and was a landmark in the city of the time.
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Real Estate Fund for £55m. On 20 November 2006, it was announced that
Kandahar Real Estate had taken a 50 per cent stake in the centre. The centre was bought by
266:"for crimes against architecture", as the worst new building in the United Kingdom. In 2007, it won two retail industry national awards, one of which was the
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built in the early 20th century at the junction of four main roads and several minor ones. The roundabout consisted of
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store was built, partly over the site of the original circus. It opened in 1971 and was also named Drake Circus.
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off this new roundabout was renamed Drake Circus. A two-level shopping centre with open malls and a large
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On 3 February 2005, it was announced that the shopping centre had been sold by P&O Estates to
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Estates, tried again in the early 2000s. Plans were drawn up for a much larger centre, and after
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Devon Roads. An illustrated survey of the development and management of Devon's highway network
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Initial proposals to redevelop this mall in the early 1990s failed, but the developers,
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In 2007, the centre's management introduced a code of conduct which, like one the
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The scheme suffered a setback in
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was opened adjacent to the mall, which is operated by Drake Circus.
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committed in 2005 and the building opened in
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The old Drake Circus shopping mall was demolished in 2004.
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here (links under
Archive Film on the left of the page)
653:"Drake Circus As It Was (the Guinness Clock – 1960s)"
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The building was designed by London-based architects
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935:BBC Devon special feature on Drake Circus
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576:"Bottom of the barrel – Carbuncles 2006"
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766:"More moves in city development plans"
527:"Eade on: how sops make Plymouth rock"
792:"Plymouth city centre revamp: Photos"
729:BBC archive films from 1966 and 1967
680:The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History
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818:"Shopping centre set to lose store"
742:Eade, Christine (21 January 2005).
549:"Controversy over £200m shops plan"
258:, preserved as the city's civilian
196:425,000 square feet (39,484 m)
896:"Shopping centre ban on 'hoodies'"
625:"City mall wins location accolade"
525:Christine Eade (3 November 2006).
359:centre introduced in 2005, banned
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433:Interior a few days after opening
406:The new centre under construction
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682:. Plymouth Data. Archived from
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469:"Doors open at £200m complex"
254:. Situated behind the ruined
1131:Castle Place Shopping Centre
1019:Drake Circus Shopping Centre
233:Drake Circus Shopping Centre
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1047:Castlepoint Shopping Centre
599:"The malling of our cities"
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172:No. of stores and services
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705:Hawkins, Michael (1988).
578:. Building Design website
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318:signed up as the first "
291:The circus survived the
1141:Swindon Designer Outlet
1052:Dolphin Shopping Centre
192:Total retail floor area
324:multi-storey car park
686:on 28 September 2013
445:One of the entrances
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655:. BBC Devon
375:The Barcode
361:hooded tops
269:Retail Week
222:drakecircus
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72:Coordinates
1156:Categories
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828:31 October
802:7 November
776:31 October
746:. Building
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609:5 November
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451:References
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141:Management
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1108:SouthGate
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301:Tavistock
286:Edwardian
162:Architect
126:Developer
85:4°08′15″W
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908:3 August
901:BBC News
822:BBC News
637:3 August
630:BBC News
241:Plymouth
64:Plymouth
60:Location
983:Bristol
381:Gallery
339:Primark
316:Allders
312:P&O
305:C&A
276:History
217:Website
209:Parking
180:No. of
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