[1] The building of Park Street started in 1761 and it was Bristol's earliest example of uniformly stepped hillside terracing.

[2] The street runs from College Green up a steep incline northwards to join Park Row near the eastern corner of the Clifton Triangle.

[2][5] In 1758 a design by George Tyndall was approved for Park Street to connect to Whiteladies Gate, one of the turnpikes.

The upper part of the street was developed from about 1786 and work was suspended in the financial crisis of 1793, resumed and completed about ten years later.

[6] These had plain facades three windows wide, and as in the earlier Unity Street development they were faced in Bath Stone with a rusticated ground floor.

The general conversion from housing to commercial premises since then, however, has meant the loss of the original ground floors; only No.51 retains its pediment, rustication and railings.

[13] About a third of the buildings on Park Street suffered bombing on 24 November 1940 in the Bristol Blitz: 30 were destroyed, 6 burnt out and another 3 severely damaged.

[2][5] During World War II Park Street was designated for white troops from the United States Army.

The lounge bar was the library with mahogany panelling: above the first-class Grand Saloon with French-style gilding overlooks Frog Lane.

[20] Visible from the viaduct, on the side of a building in Frogmore Street, is a controversial mural, named Well Hung Lover, by local graffiti artist Banksy.