Stories bring a city to life. Many stories have been forgotten, such as the story of the owner of the City Hotel coaching house. He had a rivalry with other coaching houses in the city. Sadly, he lost his trade when the railway came to Coventry. He became ill-tempered, and a few years later, he took his own life, but in very suspicious circumstances.
The aim is to write a potted history of every building that existed within the Coventry city walls. This archive will be used in the Coventry Rebuilt Time Machine. As you explore, a pop-up menu with a QR code for each building will be available. The QR code will link to this website, allowing you to delve deep into its history. This means instead of a paper archive, the story is attached to a 3D model.
I’m experimenting with different ways of displaying, ordering, and searching the histories, so please bear with me.
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