horsencart
master brummie
I took a few photos of the area before the tarted the area up https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=eastside&w=79249056@N07
I took a few photos of the area before the tarted the area up https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=eastside&w=79249056@N07
Thanks for those photos horsencart of Eastside before they knocked all those buildings down.
I only started taking photos of Eastside after they had knocked most of them down, so it is very interesting for me to see the area as it was.
For those that don't know, this area is where the huge HS2 station is going to go (if and when they ever build HS2).
This HS2 station will be massive, taking up much of the empty space between Curzon St and the existing train line into New St station.
It will also be a very long station, stretching from Moor St station and Moor St Queensway, right down almost to the Ring Road at Lawley Middleway.
This station will totally transform Eastside.
p.s. For those that try to click on my Panoramio link above, I have since deleted it.
Planning chiefs have given the green light to proposals to transform a historic Birmingham factory into a £60 million innovation centre for businesses, artists and academics to collaborate.
Birmingham City Council formally approved Birmingham City University’s plans to regenerate the 120-year-old derelict Belmont Works building into Phase Two of its STEAMhouse initiative.
The proposals were given the go-ahead during a planning committee meeting this morning, paving the way for builders to start preparatory work on restoring the 1899-built structure.
The overhaul will see the restoration of the Grade A listed building on Cardigan Street in Birmingham’s Eastside, which has stood derelict since being gutted by a fire in 2007.
It will now be used to provide access to state-of-the-art technology, workspaces and business advice for people across the region.
Discussing the plans, councillors said it was unfortunate that an ‘amazing’ building had fallen into disrepair following a fire, but it was pleasing that the site would now be used to benefit the region.
The Victorian Belmont Works factory, which was originally built in 1899, served as the headquarters for the historic Eccles Rubber and Cycle Company and has since been used to produce linen clothing, bedsteads and pianos.
The building will be transformed to house STEAMhouse’s new site providing additional facilities and spaces for SMEs.