{"id":38768,"date":"2024-01-16T16:10:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T16:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38768"},"modified":"2024-01-15T17:55:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:55:34","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-firm-tearing-down-former-banksy-building-in-dover-say-restoration-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38768","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Firm tearing down former \u2018Banksy building\u2019 in Dover say restoration has begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/7d\/Banksy_in_Dover_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5446602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-38769\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Banksy_Brexit_Image_Bench_Street_Dover_Oast_House_Archive_Commons_Wiki-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a>Work has begun to restore a Banksy artwork after the building it was spray-painted on was torn down.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/7d\/Banksy_in_Dover_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5446602.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banksy in Dover<\/a> by Oast House Archive, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a> via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Kentonline<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The demolition of 11 Bench Street, in Dover, is now complete. The former Castle Amusements site was home to the famous piece of art, which depicted a workman on a ladder chipping away one of the stars of the EU flag. Banksy created the mural in2017\u2026<\/p>\n<p>DDS Demolition was tasked with tearing down the former Funky Monkey nightclub, which was demolished in August, as well as the former Banksy building&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/dover\/news\/banksy-building-bulldozed-but-can-iconic-artwork-be-saved-297302\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work has begun to restore a Banksy artwork after the building it was spray-painted on was torn down. image for illustration: Banksy in Dover by Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38770,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38768\/revisions\/38770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}