Old Natwest Building

Old Natwest Building on Bute Street.

Train Station

Old Butetown Train Station Building.

Old Butetown Train Station, Bute Street to the left, Lloyd George Avenue to the right.

Merchant House

Merchant House, Cardiff 

Merchant House (now called Merchant Place) opposite a new housing block. 

Merchant House 

Merchant House with view towards Wales Millennium Centre.

Map taken form Google showing location of Merchant Place and Cory Buildings (now all part of Merchant Place development)

Bute Street Maps

Butetown Map 1920.
Bute Street in the centre, showing Sophia Street and others leading off it.
Note Loudoun Place, which as recently undergone major redevelopment.

Showing the length of Bute Street. Housing to the left, Bute Street running alongside the railway and the dock and warehouses to the right of the railway lines. 

Warehouses and West Bute Dock.
The warehouses are where Lloyd George Avenue is today, these included wire rope work, wood storage and corn mills.

a few interesting places

Hello Delaine,
I've taken a few more photos of places in and along Bute Street, I shall upload them on to the blog later today.
If you follow this link it'll take you to the developers site and give you a little more detail about the various sites.

Like I say, I will pop the photos up on the blog this afternoon.

Little map taken from the Merchant Place website.

Taken from the website, just to show you the location

App Developers in South Wales Area

Hello all,

I've been doing a spot of research in terms of apps and developers. I've found 3, that are mentioned in the other post, that are in the local(ish) area that might be interesting to work with if you want to continue with this idea.

A brief bit of information on each:

Company Name:         Caboodle Media
Website:                      http://caboodlemedia.com/
Phone:                         0845 4025 340
Address:                      Technium,
                                    Llanelli Gate,
                                    SA14 8LQ
email:                          enquiry@caboodlemedia.com


Company Name:         Kapow Creative
Website:                      http://www.kapowcreative.co.uk/index.html
Phone:                         02921 25 2221
Address:                      15 Plantation Drive
                                    Croesyceiliog
                                    Cwmbran, Gwent
                                    NP44 2AN
email:                          info@kapowcreative.co.uk



Company Name:         Rantmedia
Website:                      http://rantmedia.com/
Phone:                         02920 766568
Address:                      18 Lambourne Crescent
                                    Cardiff Business Park
                                    Llanishen
                                    Cardiff
                                    CF14 5GF
email:                          hello@rantmedia.com

QR codes and Apps

Hello again,

I've been doing a bit more research on apps and QR barcodes. I'm not sure how familiar you are with them so I've written a short bit of information on both of them, I've also included links where possible to websites that'll explain a bit more.

QR Codes are the simplest of the two. Quick Response Codes are a means of linking a user to a web page,  text or address and can be generated online quite simply by using websites like http://goqr.me/.
Most mobile phones now come with a QR scanner as part of the camera, with others you have to download a scanning app, of which there are many.
It's a great idea if you're doing something like a guided tour or even an audio guide, put a QR code next to a place of interest and members of the public can scan the code on their mobile phones and be directed to a web page that has more information on it.

Here is a site that'll explain an little more about it's capabilities. QR Codes

This is a QR Code for this blog...scan it and see!

We've talked about the possibility of producing an app to go along with the exhibition, this is slightly more complicated and would require getting a developer on board, but as you and Hannah had discussed, this would be a great workshop for children to get involved with and it's something that they could really make their own. After looking at the top free apps of 2011 it was clear that social networking apps were on top. Maybe this is something to think about?

I've found a few companies in South Wales that will build the app you're after, kapowcreative are based in Cwmbran, Rant Media are based in Cardiff and Caboodle Media are from Llanelli. Just click the links to have a peek at their websites.
This app could be really fun and it would be great to draw on other peoples information and links with other groups.