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Sep 1, 2015 · Welcome to Bridgetown: Directed by Adam Thomas Smith. With Patton Oswalt, Doug Benson, Loren Bouchard, Matt Braunger.
- Adam Thomas Smith
- 2015-09-01
- Documentary, Comedy
- Patton Oswalt, Doug Benson, Loren Bouchard
Aug 11, 2023 · Welcome to Bridgetown. Jon Chaisson's Blog o' Writing, Life, and Everything in Between
Dec 30, 2022 · Here we are at the last Welcome to Bridgetown entry of 2022. It’s been a busy year of change here: getting a new Day Job, being in-person social again, putting multiple novel projects on indefinite hiatus, and allowing myself to focus on personal needs.
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- National Heroes Square
- Parliament Buildings
- The Garrison Historic Area
- Nidhe Israel Synagogue
- Bridgetown Boardwalk
- Shopping in Bridgetown
This small, triangular ‘square’, between Broad Street and the north side of the Careenage, is the hub of central Bridgetown. It used to be called Trafalgar Square and there is a statue there of Lord Nelson that predates its London equivalent by 30 years. Admiral Nelson visited Barbados with his fleet in 1805, a few months before his death, and the ...
Across Broad Street to the north of the square are the neo-Gothic Parliament Buildings with their red roofs and green shutters. Founded in 1639, Barbados has the third-oldest parliament in the Commonwealth, after Britain and Bermuda. The present buildings, where both the lower house (House of Assembly) and the upper house (Senate) still meet weekly...
South of central Bridgetown is the Garrison area that guards the entrance to Carlisle Bay and the capital. During the 18th century the Caribbean was the scene of numerous military conflicts, primarily between Britain and France who fought for supremacy. In the face of a possible French invasion in 1785, a permanent garrison was built and Barbadosbe...
This beautifully restored place of worship is an early 19th-century building on the site of a 17th-century one, one of the two earliest synagogues in the western hemisphere. In 2011 the synagogue and excavated mikveh were designated as UNESCOprotected properties and stand as an important symbol of the island’s Jewish history. A small revival of Jew...
To the west of Chamberlain Bridge, along Wharf Street on the northern side of the Careenage, is the wooden Bridgetown Boardwalk. Featuring vintage-style street lamps and benches and a number of shops and cafés, it offers a good view of the yachts, charter fishing boats and catamarans docked in the Careenage. About halfway along, on the corner of Pa...
Broad Street is Bridgetown’s main road and business area and is lined with shops, small malls, banks, offices and fast food restaurants. It runs east to west from Fairchild Street to Cheapside Road, and colonial-style buildings dating back to the 1800s rub shoulders with more modern buildings. Many of the shops are devoted to cruise-ship passengers...
Established in 1628, with a population of nearly 290,000, Bridgetown is the beating heart of Barbados. Both its capital and largest city, it’s a vibrant, vivacious place steeped in history, where its unique blend of African, American and British heritage comes alive.
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Dec 16, 2022 · This means a few things suddenly come into play: the original cast of the Bridgetown Trilogy can return to some degree while I introduce a new cast as its central focus; I can explore a few worldbuilding points that I’d introduced in the books but did not have time or space to expand further; and most importantly, I can answer a few important ...
