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Centenary Square developments 2019

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I can't find the old thread "Metro Works Begins" so will post these here. (Edit thread no longer available).

Tram tracks curving round Paradise Circus into Centenary Square.



 
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Nice to see silver birch trees have been planted as well as other trees and shrubs to soften the landscape. Viv.
 
A few more views from Commonwealth Social on Saturday.



Are you game?



At least the jets weren't on, she'd get wet, so only getting rained on!



Solihull and the trees



Amphitheatre

 
What does the “Welcome to common ground” poster refer to ? (Photo #4 post #126). Viv.
 
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What does the “Welcome to common ground” poster refer to ? (Photo #4 post #275). Viv.
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BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES SEEKS COMMON GROUND WITH THE WEST MIDLANDS

INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECT LAUNCH

As part of its three years to go celebrations, the team behind Birmingham 2022 is dialling up the countdown to the Commonwealth Games by rolling out an art-led community research project that aims to connect communities across the West Midlands.

Birmingham 2022 is staging an innovative research project called Common Ground, which will visit nine locations across the region throughout June and July, inviting people to have a conversation about the Games and to explore how Birmingham 2022 can benefit their community and create a legacy in the region.

Featuring local artist illustrators Room 0121 and Void One who will be joined by a team of researchers, Common Ground hopes to engage local people to explore how they feel the Games can bring people together and provide a catalyst for change to benefit them and others living in their local area. The findings will be used by the artists to create a visual interpretation of the conversations, as they happen, at each location.

Common Ground will conclude with an exciting Birmingham 2022 milestone, an event called Commonwealth Social, taking in Birmingham city centre on Saturday 27 July. The

Commonwealth Social will mark the momentous milestone of three years to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2022 by uniting the people of the city and the region, who are pivotal in helping to shape Birmingham’s Games. The Commonwealth Social will also reveal the new Birmingham 2022 brand identity, which has been co-created with local communities across the West Midlands to truly reflect the region.



Common Ground will take place in the following locations on the dates below:

Saturday 22 June Cannock Cannock Shopping Centre Saturday 6 July Coventry Broadgate Sunday 7 July Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Food & Drink Festival Friday 12 July Stourbridge Ryemarket Shopping Centre Saturday 13 July West Brom Sandwell Arts Café, New Square Sunday 14 July Sutton Coldfield Community Games - Wyndley Leisure Centre Wednesday 17 July Solihull Touchwood Shopping Centre Saturday 20 July Walsall Saddlers Shopping Centre Saturday 27 July Birmingham City Centre – Centenary Square
 
Bob Johnson said:
BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES SEEKS COMMON GROUND WITH THE WEST MIDLANDS

INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECT LAUNCH

As part of its three years to go celebrations, the team behind Birmingham 2022 is dialling up the countdown to the Commonwealth Games by rolling out an art-led community research project that aims to connect communities across the West Midlands.

Birmingham 2022 is staging an innovative research project called Common Ground, which will visit nine locations across the region throughout June and July, inviting people to have a conversation about the Games and to explore how Birmingham 2022 can benefit their community and create a legacy in the region.

Featuring local artist illustrators Room 0121 and Void One who will be joined by a team of researchers, Common Ground hopes to engage local people to explore how they feel the Games can bring people together and provide a catalyst for change to benefit them and others living in their local area. The findings will be used by the artists to create a visual interpretation of the conversations, as they happen, at each location.

Common Ground will conclude with an exciting Birmingham 2022 milestone, an event called Commonwealth Social, taking in Birmingham city centre on Saturday 27 July. The

Commonwealth Social will mark the momentous milestone of three years to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2022 by uniting the people of the city and the region, who are pivotal in helping to shape Birmingham’s Games. The Commonwealth Social will also reveal the new Birmingham 2022 brand identity, which has been co-created with local communities across the West Midlands to truly reflect the region.



Common Ground will take place in the following locations on the dates below:

Saturday 22 June Cannock Cannock Shopping Centre Saturday 6 July Coventry Broadgate Sunday 7 July Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Food & Drink Festival Friday 12 July Stourbridge Ryemarket Shopping Centre Saturday 13 July West Brom Sandwell Arts Café, New Square Sunday 14 July Sutton Coldfield Community Games - Wyndley Leisure Centre Wednesday 17 July Solihull Touchwood Shopping Centre Saturday 20 July Walsall Saddlers Shopping Centre Saturday 27 July Birmingham City Centre – Centenary Square
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Thanks for that, there will of course be only one common thing about it all, it will put the rates of West Midlanders up (all in a good cause of course) Two questions though: is Birmingham still a city in its own right, or is it just part of the West Midlands metropolis and the games are being hosted by not Birmingham, but the West Midlands, but located in Birmingham and how is the Metro going to be of any advantage (if its completed in time)?

Bob
 
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Thanks for that, there will of course be only one common thing about it all, it will put the rates of West Midlanders up (all in a good cause of course) Two questions though: is Birmingham still a city in its own right, or is it just part of the West Midlands metropolis and the games are being hosted by not Birmingham, but the West Midlands, but located in Birmingham and how is the Metro going to be of any advantage (if its completed in time)?

Bob
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Commonwealth Games 2022: Birmingham event to cost £778m. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will cost £778m, the government has announced. Three-quarters of the public funding for the 11-day event will come from central government, with £184m having to be found by Birmingham City Council.

I'm sure that the total cost will escalate as all large projects do.
Birmingham is still a 'City' in it's own right but part of the 'West Midlands'.

I'm sure the 'Metro' will be completed in time for the 'Commonwealth Games' and will be beneficial to the many tens of thousands of visitors who may want to escape the city after visiting any of the city centre venues that will be hosting events.
I'm looking forward to the games taking place.
 
On the preparations for the 2022 Games, the photos seem to show a lot of hoardings. The publicity one wrapped around the amphitheatre for example makes it look like it’s still under construction. The same for other features in the Square that are wrapped in this way. But maybe this will all go in 3 years time once the advertising has done its job. Viv
 
The Westside Metro Extension to Centenary Square isn't finished yet. That's why what was Broad Street is still fenced off. Also the end near The ICC wasn't done due to the upcoming refurbishment of Symphony Hall and The ICC.

Those things were only temporary there last Saturday. Probably all gone now.
 
Symphony Hall and The ICC hoarded off from Centenary Square for the refurbishment on that side. The old 1991 paving bricks yet to be dug up.



Looks like Centenary Square Tram Stop will go near where those new barriers end.

 
Water jet fountains on again, kids enjoying them like a swimming pool. Got these new views from the Discovery Terrace and Secret Garden.











Level 9 was closed for a private party, so this was as high as I went this time, not that you can see it from the Skyline Viewpoint.
 
It was raining and no one was using the reflective pool but the jets were on.





The walking route past Symphony Hall has slightly changed again. The gates around the site were closed for demolition. Not sure if this means that the external facade of Symphony Hall will go, or if they will finally dig up the last of the 1991 paving bricks?
 
Ell,

That's the only trouble with big paved squares when it's raining, they look so dismal, and lack somewhere to shelter if you want to get from one side to the other. We have a largish one in Neapoli, but at least there are shops on three sides, so movement is still possible without getting soaked to the skin even when it is tipping it down! :)

Maurice
 
Inside of The ICC or the Library of Birmingham round here. Rain wasn't that bad when I went past here.

Possibility of the next tram extension opening by December 2019 to Centenary Square.
 
This will be the way to Centenary Square Tram Stop.



Seating area at Marmalade at The REP



The paving on the service road between The REP and The ICC has not been done (in the direction of Cambridge Street).
 
Centenary Square a bit further back from Baskerville House and the Hall of Memory towards Paradise Birmingham.

 
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