well, I will not be around when it is all finally complete so I will not be affected but it would be nice to see them use the more traditional materials in the replacement buildings such as brick, stone marble terra cotta, tile etc. Look what happened to the wonderful old buildings when they rebuilt the Bull Ring in the 60's, why didn't they restore the much loved old market hall instead of destroying it, Saint Martins was once the dominant feature of the Bull Ring and rightly so, it certainly isn't now ! I realise there are a lot of Brummies who like the new Bull Ring, particularly the younger generation but its not for me, I have not even visited the new Bull Ring nor never will. Please excuse my rant but the ravishing of the old city centre is a sore point with me. Eric