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Constitution Hill and Barr Street

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Astonian

gone but not forgotten
HI GUYS
I Went to barr street hockley on saturday via warstone lane and i was totally shocked to se the state of the place
i came down pasing the old lucas,s factory and on to constituon hill and down and around into barr street and i found a complete run down area
all the old companies had gone with alsorts of faling down factorys that was years ago along constitution hill there was some fine office that
tht had the architech dezigned struction but are in a bad state of rpair and filthy looking why does the council do some think about these building
as it is a ghost town now in that part of the city as you come towards the city ;some think or some one wants to take care of it and tidy the
area up find out whom owns them and make them tidy them up Astonian;
 
You're not the first one to draw attention to this,although there are success stories such as the Lord Clifden and the College Of Law have refurbished a couple of buildings it's a bit sad because as you say there's some interesting architecture in the area. This story was originally in the Mail i think..
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Let's+revive+this+street%3B+YourSay.-a0261302188

Digbeth which is a similar type of area although still a bit tatty around the edges is quite vibrant in comparison...


https://digbeth.org/
 
Last July we went to the Lord Clifden (a lovely pub) to catch some live music as part of the Birmingham Jazz Festival. We parked in a small public car-park on the corner of (I think) Hockley St and Barr St, and like Astonian we were shocked at the state of the buildings. I had quite a few customers in the Barr St area, most of them long gone by now, I should think, and although it was an industrial neighbourhood it was at least reasonably clean and cared-for. One or two of the semi-derelict factories date back to the mid-19th century, and I'm surprised they didn't have preservation orders on them. Such a shame, especially when compared with the Jewellery Quarter on the other side of Great Hampton Street, where everything (well, nearly everything) is looked-after and spick-and-span.

G
 
One building near St Paul's Metro Stop is being converted into a hotel. Hampton by Hilton I think.



Some of those photos are mine!

Compare the area to Bradford Street in Digbeth!
 
ellbrown said:
One building near St Paul's Metro Stop is being converted into a hotel. Hampton by Hilton I think.



Some of those photos are mine!

Compare the area to Bradford Street in Digbeth!
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Yes i noticed some were yours El, amazing in this shot of yours how that ancient relic of a building is still intact and clinging to the side of the reconstruction somehow.
 
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