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This is View 14 Picture 3. This is dated July 1990. The ICC development on the right is still ongoing, with the wall and steps on the right taking shape. A few cranes in the distance so I assume they are working on the NIA. I have a few assorted pictures on the building of the NIA that I will...

This is View 14 Picture 2. This is dated December 1989. The "power" building is finished (behind the house with the windows), and the huge bulk of the ICC is taking shape on the right. The house just left of centre has had the boarding on the windows removed and new windows installed by the...

This is View 14 Picture 1, and four pictures in this set. This picture is taken with my BACK to Gas Street Basin, just as I am walking along the towpath OUT of the tunnel that goes under Broad Street. It is looking towards the site of the Convention Centre (on the right) and the National Indoor...

This is View 13, and the third (and last) photo of this "View 13" set. This photo was taken in November 2010 when much of the work in the area had been long finished. You can just see the roof of the Convention Centre poking above the building at the back. View 13 Picture 3) Gas Street basin

This is View 13 picture 2. No date on this picture so maybe 1987 or 1988. Lots of activity on the Convention Centre site shown by some large cranes. Little change to the buildings in front, except part of the wall removed in the centre, allowing a small section of the Crown pub to be seen...

This is View 13, Picture 1, and only three pictures in this set. This time a view of Gas Street basin, looking towards Broad Street. Here is a small map showing where I am standing, and what direction I am pointing for the photo. Click on it to see it larger. This picture was taken in...

This is View 12, and the third (and last) photo of this "View 12" set. This photo was taken in November 2010 when much of the work in the area had been long finished. View 12 Picture 3) Brindley Place Sadly much of the view of Brindley Place in the photo above is obscured by the Sea Life...

This photo was just a scan of the original photo that I got back from the developers. To be honest I really need to scan it in from the original negative (I do have a scanner). Trouble is I have a cupboard full of negatives and it would take me weeks to find these particular negatives. I may...

This is View 12, picture 2. Same view of Brindley Place as above. No date on this pictures (1987 or 1988?). Terribly grainy picture, must be very cheap film on a dull day. Site now mostly cleared. You can see the building that became the Ikon gallery in the distance in the centre. You can...

This is View 12, and three pictures in this set. Again, a view of Brindley Place (believe it or not). This picture was taken in November 1986, as they were clearing the site. I am standing on the other side of the canal, with the site of what would become the National Indoor Arena behind me...

This is View 11, and the third (and last) photo of this "View 11" set. This photo was taken in November 2010 when much of the work in the area had been long finished. Brindley Place, which is behind all these buildings on Broad Street, has a number of modern office blocks bringing new...

View 11 Picture 2. No date on this picture so can only guess 1987 or 1988. Same view as picture 1 above, but now most of the buildings have gone, except the church (which is still there). The tall building behind the church was also demolished later. The area behind this view became Brindley...

This is now "View 11" and there are only three pictures from this viewpoint. This is picture 1. This picture is dated November 1986. It is taken on Broad Street looking towards the Five Ways junction (in the distance) Here is a small map showing where I am standing, and what direction I am...

This is View 10, and the second (and last) photo of this "View 10" set. This photo was taken in November 2010 when the refurbishment of these buildings, and the building of the Hyatt Hotel, had been long finished. View 10 Picture 2) Broad Street, old buildings, and the Hyatt Hotel

This is View 10, Picture 1 (and only two pictures in this "set" I am afraid). Picture taken on December 1989. It is on Broad Street, looking towards the city centre, with Gas Street going off to the right, with of course the Hyatt Hotel (still being built) in the background. Here is a small...

Still view 9, now picture 4, and we now have a date, December 1989. External of the building in the foreground (including glass) now complete, still working on the rear of the building. This is the last picture I took from this viewpoint, however I have posted the view as it is now taken from...

Still View 9, now picture 3, but again no date on the picture (1988?). Building of the main ICC building now well under way. View 9 Picture 3) Convention Centre from Cambridge Street

Still View 9, now picture 2, but no date on this picture I am afraid (1987?). All the old buildings have gone and site boarded up for development to start. A few cranes have appeared. View 9 Picture 2) Convention Centre from Cambridge Street

This set is View 9, and four more pictures of the building of the Convention Centre. Rather like View 6 these are not the most exciting pictures in the series, but I am posting them for completeness. The picture below was taken in November 1986, after the announcement of the ICC / Symphony...

This is View 8, and the fourth (and last) photo of this "View 8" set. This photo was taken in November 2010 when Brindley Place had been long finished. As you can see, sadly a huge building has been built in front of me, blocking out everything in Brindley Place. View 8 Picture 4) Brindley...