Since your photo was taken in 2009 Ell., there has been further development (yet another cafe I believe) which is obscuring the view of St. Martins even more.
Yow! Why do they DO this? It takes a lot of work to get planning permission for a conservatory in your own garden, yet they can seem to approve the most awful things in the historic City Centre in the name of progress.
Water used to cascade down them into pools but they were removed as they built more restaurants and called it spiceal St.Not sure I quite get these features although I do like the illuminated version. All adds to the atmosphere of a place at night (and maybe helps to keep the vandals at bay too!). So what are these? Viv.
Hi Brumgum and Ell. Think water features must have added soothing dimension, so pity they've gone. The disappearance of the bulls on the exterior walls of the 1960s Bull Ring doesn't seem to have ever been fully explained. And there were at least two, maybe even three of them. Pity really because not only did I like the style but they were also a distinctive feature of the 60s Bull Ring. Viv.