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This is View 21 picture 2, and this picture was taken in January 2010. Not a huge amount of change. You can just see the modern flats on the left (these can be seen clearly in View 20 Picture 3) You can also see a new modern addition half way down on the right (all white and glass). View 21...

This is view 21 and only two pictures in this set. This is View 21 picture 1. This picture was taken in July 1988. It was taken at the Northern end of Sheepcote Street, looking at the Western side of the road, the picture facing South towards Broad Street. Here is a small map showing where I...

This is View 20 picture 3. It is the view as it was in January 2010. On the left of the flats you can see the Sea Life Centre, and also sticking out above the flats is part of the building on Brindley Place. You can also see the Millenium Wheel which is just outside the "front" of the...

This is View 20 picture 2. This picture was taken in August 1989. Work has already started on the NIA site on the left, and the Convention Centre is beginning to take shape. In the distance you can see the Hyatt hotel is well under way with half its external cladding on. View 20 Picture 2)...

More historic pictures of the Broad Street area being redeveloped in the late 1980s and 1990s This is view 20 and three pictures in the set. This is View 20 picture 1. This picture was taken in July 1988. It was taken in Sheepcote Street (the very Western end of the whole site) looking East...

More historic pictures of the NIA being built. Now View 19, and only two pictures in this set. First is View 19 Picture 1 This shows the building of the National Indoor Arena, picture dated July 1990. I am standing on the canal, the Convention Centre would be behind me on the right, and...

More pictures of the NIA being built This is View 18 and I am posting all three photos in this set as again they are not that exciting. First is View 18 Picture 1 This shows the site for the National Indoor Arena, picture dated August 1989. I am standing in St Vincent St, where the railway...

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Horsencart had had some of his photos "stolen" and used in a book without his permission and without any payment. Sadly with Flickr you either have to make you photos public or private, and of course if they are public anyone can download them and...

This whole area around there is being redeveloped. The huge Wholesale Market on Upper Dean street has moved to another site and all the buildings on that site have already been demolished (see photo below). As part of this development the existing Indoor market and Rag market will be...

Now for View 17, photos 2 and 3, the last two photos of View 17. First view 17 Picture 2, and dated July 1990 and the NIA well on its way now. View 17 Picture 2) View towards NIA site - July 1990 And below a photo taken in November 2010 after the NIA had been long finished. View 17 Picture...

More pictures of the NIA being built Now View 17, and three pictures in this set. This is View 17 Picture 1 This shows the site for the National Indoor Arena, picture dated August 1989. I am standing in Sheepcote Street, where the canal goes under the road, looking towards what will become...

This is how the NIA site looked in December 2010 It is basically View 15 and View 16 merged. It is actually a merging of three photos showing the whole of the NIA building. View 15 and View 16 (MERGED) View towards NIA site - photo from 2010 In fact it looks very different today, with a...

This is View 15 Picture 3 and View 16 Picture 2 merged (individual pictures already posted above). It shows the NIA site. Both pictures were taken on July 1990 from the same spot. The merging is not that great to be honest as they were not meant to be a panorama, but I thought the two...

The two views I posted above are View 15 and 16 which were of the site of the NIA. As the two photos are from the same spot I have merged them together in to one wide photo. Both these pictures were taken on August 1989. Here is a small map showing where I am standing, and what direction I am...

Now View 16, and three pictures in this set. I am posting all three views at the same time as, to be honest, it is not the most exciting viewpoint. I am standing one side of the canal, looking over to what will become the centre of the NIA building. Here is a small map showing where I am...

This is View 15 Picture 4. It was taken in November 2010 (20 years after the previous photo) long after most of the work in this area was finished. Part of the National Indoor Arena (now Arena Birmingham) can be seen. View 15 Picture 4) View towards NIA site

Posting two photos in this update as, to be honest, they are not the most exciting photos in this set. First this is View 15 Picture 2, and dated December 1989, so only 4 months after picture 1 above. Some work has taken place, and a couple of cranes have appeared, but you cant expect much in...

Now View 15, and four pictures in this set. This is View 15 Picture 1 I have no more pictures of the ICC site or Gas Street, or Broad Street, so now we move on to other developments. This is part of the site for the National Indoor Arena, dated August 1989. I am standing one side of the...

The shame about this new development is that it changed what was an excellent open space, where the city could have exhibitions and events (and the Xmas market / big wheel / ice rink) to an area now so cluttered there is no room for anything. Every city needs large open squares (look how much...

This is View 14 Picture 4. It was taken in November 2010 (20 years after the previous photo) long after most of the work in this area was finished. The ICC (Convention Centre) can clearly be seen towering above the red wall on the right, and the National Indoor Arena (now Arena Birmingham) can...