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Centenary Square developments 2019

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So there will be an "invitation only gathering" where "Waheed Nazir, Director for Inclusive Growth, Birmingham City Council; Simon Marks, Director for Optimising Assets, Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership and Sasha Bhavan, Architect, Knox Bhavan Architects (a member of the competition judging panel) will all talk about the square's rebuild. Invitation only so that no-one gets to talk about how useless and a waste of money the whole thing is. For Director of Inclusive Growth and the Director for Optimizing Assets please read "invented job for useless pratts not capable of doing anything useful"
 
Well Mike if you can Baffle by Waffle at these meetings they'll all leave after a very good meeting or so they think , I think it's technical term is Hyperbole Mike
 
And I would query the article's description of "Forward", which went up in flames, as a statue. Cannot see it as a statue anymore than the plastic case of the laptop I am writing this on
 
mikejee said:
And I would query the article's description of "Forward", which went up in flames, as a statue. Cannot see it as a statue anymore than the plastic case of the laptop I am writing this on
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mikejee said:
And I would query the article's description of "Forward", which went up in flames, as a statue. Cannot see it as a statue anymore than the plastic case of the laptop I am writing this on
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I'd agree with you agin Mike , am I right in thinking that eyesore Typical family statue is back in place ?
 
reading the report john yes it is..apparently where it was situated before was near flower beds which became muddy and made it difficult for people to take a closer look at the statue so now it is in a more exposed area on a hard surface :rolleyes:
 
They do a better job of squares in Spain!

Plaça de la Independència, Girona seen May 2019.



Plaça Sant Francesc, Montblanc



Plaça de la Font, Tarragona

 
They do a better job of squares in most Europen countries, Ell. Here in Crete many small villages have their own square with a large community centre and/or church on one side of the square. I was in one in Fourni, a couple of miles from here on Wednesday night for the Fire Festival. The Community Centre has space to store dozens of tables and white plastic stackable chairs and portable barbecue equipment and a portable dias used as a stage for the band. Rows of tables and chairs were laid out for us to eat and we went up to the BBQ, bought own souvlakis and chips and drinks. The band and space for the dancing was on another side and, when the time came, three ceremonial bonfires were lit for the young men to jump over. (I think that H & S might jump on that one in the UK!).

The food was good and cheap, and we were charged 5 euros to cover the cost of the band. It's very similar in villages in Tuscany too. And a team of village volunteers cleared up after we had left. Admittedly we don't have the massive traffic problem that most British cities have.

Maurice :cool:
 
Was a market square in Sudbury, Suffolk. They have a market there two times a week, car park rest of the week. I don't recall seeing many squares in East Anglia when I was there the other week. Plenty of villages with timber framed buildings though, and Georgian ones.
 
Attached is a YouTube link that shows the completed tram route from New st station to Centenary square.
I know it is a CGI but even so, when completed the area should look rather good. I'm looking forward to visiting in the near future.
 
Given that many municipalities, in the UK, are raking in a lot of cash from car parking fees, the new square could well end up, in time, being converted, in parts, to a car park. I know of a couple of places that have taken over civic amenity areas as car parks.
 
It seems that the surface is not very level, "wonky" is used in the link. I think those little steps and variations could prove difficult for wheelchair users, those less able, and clumsy ones like me! It will be a skateboarding paradise so we will have to keep our wits about us!! It was tricky enough before with all those cyclists whizzing around taking short cuts under the previous library.
rosie.
 
Some views on a hot Saturday. These photos behind the barriers. Everything apart from the bit near Symphony Hall and The ICC has been done.







A Real Birmingham Family without barriers or grass.



Amphitheatre cut off again.





Barriers around Industry & Genius have gone near Baskerville House.



Edward VII never even left when the paving was done.

 
ellbrown said:
Some views on a hot Saturday. These photos behind the barriers. Everything apart from the bit near Symphony Hall and The ICC has been done.







A Real Birmingham Family without barriers or grass.



Amphitheatre cut off again.





Barriers around Industry & Genius have gone near Baskerville House.



Edward VII never even left when the paving was done.

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EllBrown As good as your pics are , you'll never sell this eyesore to me
 
I popped along on Sunday to check out the reflective pool and fountain everyone else on Social Media has been taking. Please no negative comments from those of you hundreds of miles away from Birmingham! Thank you.

Video clip - click to view it on Flickr.

https://flic.kr/p/2gv45oH

Kids having fun





Towards Symphony Hall, The ICC and The REP (all three due for renovations again)



Hyatt and Symphony Hall



From the Library of Birmingham, Baskerville House and Hall of Memory.



Library mirror image



Paradise Birmingham mirror image



Another view from the REP down to Paradise Birmingham



People of any age can run into the jets if they want to.

 
Some views of the square without the pool that have opened up with the new paving.

From the Hall of Memory.



Library of Birmingham and Baskerville House. Used to be grassed around the Amphitheatre from 2013 - 2017.

 
I like the view through the trees. When those trees mature, plus the sound of the water, I think it will be a relaxing place to sit. The children seem to be enjoying a little paddle too and the dancing fountains. (I like those). So I think it has quite a few plus points. Recently visited Calais, which as a town has very little in the way of historic buildings thanks to WW2, but they have similar fountains in the square and lots of children were playing around them after school. Nice to see. Viv.
 
ellbrown said:
I popped along on Sunday to check out the reflective pool and fountain everyone else on Social Media has been taking. Please no negative comments from those of you hundreds of miles away from Birmingham! Thank you.

Video clip - click to view it on Flickr.

https://flic.kr/p/2gv45oH

Kids having fun





Towards Symphony Hall, The ICC and The REP (all three due for renovations again)



Hyatt and Symphony Hall



From the Library of Birmingham, Baskerville House and Hall of Memory.



Library mirror image



Paradise Birmingham mirror image



Another view from the REP down to Paradise Birmingham



People of any age can run into the jets if they want to.

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Ellbrown still does nothing for me , thats all from me 40 minutes away
 
dont all be shocked as i actually think i like the look of the reflective pool although i have not yet seen it close up...whether it is always treated respectfully remains to be seen..

lyn
 
ellbrown said:
I popped along on Sunday to check out the reflective pool and fountain everyone else on Social Media has been taking. Please no negative comments from those of you hundreds of miles away from Birmingham! Thank you.

Video clip - click to view it on Flickr.

https://flic.kr/p/2gv45oH

Kids having fun





Towards Symphony Hall, The ICC and The REP (all three due for renovations again)



Hyatt and Symphony Hall



From the Library of Birmingham, Baskerville House and Hall of Memory.



Library mirror image



Paradise Birmingham mirror image



Another view from the REP down to Paradise Birmingham



People of any age can run into the jets if they want to.

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Looks good. This will be popular with families on hot days. Along with the other attractions of the city, this enhances brums positive image to visitors.
 
Bob Johnson said:
Attached is a YouTube link that shows the completed tram route from New st station to Centenary square.
I know it is a CGI but even so, when completed the area should look rather good. I'm looking forward to visiting in the near future.
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Well they are slowly getting there with the tram tracks. Below is a photo I took last Sunday (7th July) showing the track coming across from Paradise Street on the left in the distance, and going up Broad St on the right of the photo.

This section of tram track will run from outside New Street station in Stephenson Street (where the trams currently stop), up Pinfold Street, along Paradise Street (beside the Town Hall where there will be a tram stop), then over to Broad Street.

Eventually the tram will run all the way down Broad Street to Five Ways and beyond, but this first section (due to open later this year) will only go as far as Centenary Square (near the Hall of Memory) where there will be a tram stop outside the new HSBC building on Broad Street.

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