Au revoir 178 Above Bar

Tomorrow, we will hand the keys back after 15 years.

This building, 178 Above Bar St, is coming to the end of its history, with just seven years to run in the headlease and council plans to sell all of upper Above Bar for development when the leases revert to the council.

At the moment, you can see the wall and just make out where this lettering was

We’re so grateful to have been part of the history of this 114 year old building, which started as a Milliners and was various sorts of clothing shop until 2005 when it briefly became ‘Taste of Africa’ restaurant before we descended on it.

It has one more chapter, as we know the new tenants 🙂 we will pass on news about this once they’ve solidified their plans!

For us, the building will live on in the name of our pop-up, Bunker178

The way we will remember it – full of people having a lovely time

About janifranck

Artist, activist, founding director of The Art House in Southampton.
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