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Treborth Botanic Garden
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Graffiti
Date: 12 July 2022
Location: Holyhead Road, Bangor 53.22777, -4.13410
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Happiness… ☕🍰
HAPPINESS
is a cup of
COFFEE
and a slice of
CAKE
Date
23 May 2021Location
Tesco Extra, Caernarfon Road, BangorSH 56147 69806; 53.20579°N, 4.15532°W
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Date
22 November 2020Location
Tesco Extra, Caernarfon Road, BangorSH 56147 69806; 53.20579°N, 4.15532°W
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Tesco, Bangor23 fascinating facts about the number twenty-three (The Independent)
There’s no such thing as destiny. There are only different choices. Some choices are easy, some aren’t. Those are the really important ones, the ones that define us as people.
Walter Sparrow, The Number 23
Treborth Botanic Garden
Two Dragons Garden, Treborth Botanic Garden
Date
17 October 2020
Location
Treborth, Bangor
SH 55240 71098; 53.21714°N, 4.16947°W
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Chinese Walking Stick Bamboo
Chinese Walking Stick Bamboo
Date
17 October 2020
Location
Bog Garden, Treborth Botanic Garden,
Treborth, Bangor
SH 55240 71098; 53.21714°N, 4.16947°W
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“Chimonobambusa tumidissinosa
Chinese Walking Stick Bamboo
From Southwest Sichuan and northeast Yunnan (China), has been used for walking sticks since the Han Dynasty. Edible shoots.”
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2017 Retrospective
Treborth Botanic Garden
Treborth Botanic Garden
Date
20 May 2017
Location
Treborth, Bangor
SH 55240 71098; 53.21714°N, 4.16947°W
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The land for Treborth Botanic Garden was purchased by Bangor University in the 1960s in order to develop a plant collection for its Botany Department. The garden had previously been developed in the 1840s as part of the Chester and Holyhead Railway’s planned tourist destination Britannia Park. This was designed by architect and gardener Sir Joseph Paxton (1803 – 1865) – best known for designing the 1851 Great Exhibition’s Crystal Palace. However, lack of funding led to the project being abandoned.
The botanic garden is host to more than 2,000 native and exotic species and the university maintains six glasshouses on the site. The university provides free access to the grounds to the public throughout the year.
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People on the Pier – Bangor Pier (5)
On Bangor Pier
Date
2 April 2017
Location
Garth, Bangor
SH 58451 73224; 53.23710°N, 4.12236°W
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Bangor Pier (4)
Bangor Pier
Date
2 April 2017
Location
Garth, Bangor
SH 58451 73224; 53.23710°N, 4.12236°W
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Veillance
Veillance
Date
26 February 2017
Location
Pontio, Deiniol Road, Bangor
SH 57929 72174; 53.22753°N, 4.12972°W
Information
The Veillance datascape artwork was designed by Llanfairfechan-based artist and design consultant Ronan Devlin, Designer-in-residence at Bangor’s Pontio Arts and Innovation Centre.
“A new interactive artwork that visualises information generated by our networked devices. Our digital devices regularly share information with government agencies and third party companies for both surveillance and commercial purposes.
“Veillance invites you to browse the internet using a device provided in the exhibition. Your searches will be intercepted, your data captured and reconfigured to create an immersive audio-visual experience.
“Your browsing will reveal words that are identified by UK and US global security services as ‘triggers’ for potential suspicious activity. These words appear to leave the screen echoing the journey your information makes from you to outside agencies. A list of websites with which your device is communicating is created in real-time, illustrating the constant communication between you, your data and outside agencies.
“To comply with data protection laws, the artwork intercepts only publicly accessible information from unencrypted websites.”
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B&M in the rain
B&M in the rain
Date
25 February 2017
Location
St David’s Retail Park, Caernarfon Road, Bangor
SH 57090 71100; 53.21766°N, 4.14179°W
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Penrhyn Castle
Penrhyn Castle
Date
28 December 2016
Location
Llandegai, Bangor
SH 60219 71962; 53.22624°N, 4.09534°W
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Dr Zig’s Extraordinary Bubble Shop
Dr Zig’s Extraordinary Bubble Shop
Date
14 May 2016
Location
Vaynol Estate, Bangor
SH 53812 69633; 53.20359°N, 4.19017°W
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Dr Zig’s was started up in 2011 by Paola Dyboski-Bryant and was named after her son Ziggy who was two years old at the time. The eco-friendly company sells bubble mix and kits and also provides giant bubbles at events such as parties and festivals. Their premises in former dairy buildings on the Vaynol Estate comprise a manufacturing unit, café and shop, outdoor play area and the ‘Bubble Barn’ – a giant bubble venue for parties and events.
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Harvey’s, Bangor
Harvey’s, Bangor I
Date
1-2 April 2016
Location
Cyttir Lane, Caernarfon Road, Bangor
SH 56381 69985; 53.20745°N, 4.15191°W
Information
Harvey’s US-style diner and drive-thru outlet in Bangor opened in March 2016, with planning permission having been granted in September 2015. The restaurant was built on open ground next to Tesco Extra to designs by consulting engineers H A Structures. The chain, owned by St Asaph-based family-run business Restaurant 72 Ltd, opened its first restaurant in Llandudno in 2012 and a drive-thru in Rhuddlan in 2014. It also has ambitions for outlets in a further four locations: Menai Bridge, Holyhead, Wrexham and Chester.
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