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The Affective Digital Histories archive comprises open and publicly accessible data, including images, press cuttings, audio and video clips, and creative commissions. The materials have been digitised and catalogued by researchers at the University of Leicester and can be accessed here via the Explorer, or through the University of Leicester's own Special Collections Online.
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An empty and dilapidated building standing on the site of the Curve. The LUCA Centre can be seen to the right of the colour photograph.
Curve grows, with Alexandra House and other buildings in the background. A colour photograph.
Colour photograph of empty building on Rutland Street, demolished in 2005 to to make way for Curve. The Leicester United Caribbean Association building is visible to the right.
Black and white photograph of the building opposite Odeon Cinema, Rutland Street.
A colour photograph of Urray House, disused and dirty. Detail of the front windows.
A colour photograph of Urray House, disused and dirty.
A video (audio only, duration 1 minute and 43 seconds) of a man talking about his memories of the Cultural Quarter in the 1980s, 1990s, he mentions several of the nightclubs and the Leicester United Caribbean Centre.
Colour photograph of graffiti style artwork on the wall of Studio 79, a dance studio opposite the Phoenix car park.
Colour photograph of the entrance to Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the entrance to Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House. Atlantes figurines support the brackets on the main cornice.
Colour photograph of a door with the letter F depicted above.
Colour photograph of a window embossed with a floral design and incorporating the text Faire Brothers & Co., Limited.
An early photograph of Alexandra House.
Collection of photographs of Alexandra House.
Black and white advertisement for Faire Bros. Ltd, appearing in the Leicester Official Handbook 1956
Colour photograph showing the detail of the roof of Alexandra House.
A collection of newspaper cuttings from the Leicester Mercury regarding Faire Brothers Ltd.
11 second sound recording of a toilet flushing.
Colour photograph of a door to the Wimbledon Building, Wimbledon Street.
A 1 minute 35 second sound recording of a van being loaded at Phoenix Arts.
20 second recording of the sound of someone walking on gravel.
A 39 second sound recording of the hubbub in the Phoenix CafeĢ.
A 7 second sound recording of the clanging of a metal gate.
Black and white photograph of the Pfister and Vogel Warehouse, built in 1923.
Colour photograph showing the Pfister and Vogel warehouse with boarded up windows and peeling paintwork.
Colour photograph showing the entrance to the Pfister and Vogel warehouse in a state of disrepair.
Colour photograph of the Pfister and Vogel warehouse restored and reopened as the Leather Factors apartment complex, with Thai restaurant.
Colour photograph of graffiti with the Phoenix building in the background, taken from alongside St George's Way.
Colour photograph of graffiti on a hoarding at the side of the Phoenix car park alongside St George's Way.