another change to the city centre

[Astoness]

quite sure we will not recognise the city centre soon...

lyn

Proposals for new public square in Birmingham city centre

Birmingham City Council wants to transform an area, as it looks to boost visitor numbers.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[mikejee]

No cars, but lots of cyclists

 

[Donbogen]

quite sure we will not recognise the city centre soon...

lyn

Proposals for new public square in Birmingham city centre

Birmingham City Council wants to transform an area, as it looks to boost visitor numbers.

www.bbc.co.uk

Don't want to get political on this
but can council fund this
with the current rubbish issues
i witnessed on my vist last week
what a pong on a sunny day

 

[Dinger]

Seems quite modest, more a small 40 metre pedestrianisation than a "new Square" - It's surrounded by high-rise office blocks and would give office workers somewhere to sit and eat their sandwiches outside on a sunny day (I've always been disturbed by the people who sit on the tombs in St Philips Graveyard eating their lunch, but its the only bit of greenery in the city centre). The one major drawback is that the benches are inevitably going to attract rough sleepers at night. Also, it seems to block access to the big unloading bays a few doors along from the Queens Head Davenports pub.

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[John L]

No cars, but lots of cyclists

& those awful e scooters. Is the aim to make the city centre a no-go zone unless you ride a bike or use public transport? As has been said, I would have thought there were bigger priorities than this.