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Broad Street Tree

Barriers around the site of the lost tree. Think some of the railings may have been removed.



Meanwhile saw fences / barriers going up in the middle of Centenary Square.



 
What is it with Birmingham Council and trees? They have just removed a large tree from our road (apparently the roots were causing a problem to the pavement according to the council). Parking is a problem here so the residents nearest the former tree applied for a dropped kerb so that they could get all their vehicles on the front. They were told that all removed trees have to be replaced so we will get a sapling which will be snapped off immediately by passing vandals. Will there be replacements for those killed in Broad Street I wonder?
 
They're probably covering their backsides...............if the tree roots damage the footpaths the next thing that happens is some dear old lady trips and falls on her face then sues the council for neglect.
 
Being a not-so-dear old lady myself Eric, I don't have a problem with removing the tree if there's a problem it's replacing it with a sapling that will get marmalised within days of planting. They must have changed their policy too, in these days of cut-backs for other things as when the beautiful Rowan tree outside our house became a problem they wouldn't replace it.
 
I had occasion to go to the library yesterday and was amazed, speechless and very perturbed that they have dug up all the trees not to mention the whole of the open space in front of the building. What are they doing, does anyone know? Do they know?
My very first memories of going into Birmingham as a child were of building sites and now many years later nothing has changed and certainly not much has improved. I went to the Art Gallery on Monday and was pleased to see that you could look right through to the Hall of Memory - not for long though - a big glass building is planned to block the view.
 
I had cause to go through Bristol yesterday (another ex pat Brummie gone) if you think that Brum is a mess of building works I suggest a trip to Bristol, it's a B nightmare.
 
Eric, I wish I'd known that before I booked four days there in September! Perhaps they'll have finished by then. My husband is going to do the 'hard hat' tour of the suspension bridge and I'm not a hard hat / ladders type person.
 
When I went past this morning on the bus, one of the trees on the opposite side by the "Golden Boys" was being uprooted. The other one has been "butchered." I presume that one will be next.
rosie.
 
The tree stands tall in this photo of a Remembrance Day service at Birmingham Hall of Memory in November, 1981.
Remembrance 1981.jpg
 
That is how I remember it, why oh why did they have to alter it to the way it is now ? Trees, lawns pathways benches and collonades all gone, Eric
 
My last update was March 2018. Find that nothing much has changed every time I go to the library.



Maybe Guilbert has more recent ground level photos?
 
Carilion had nothing to do with Centenary Square. That's Bouygues.

Rather wait more months when there will be more paving stones laid, gets boring looking at just dirt!
 
What a terrible sight. Just been viewing some videos on You tube made by American tourists telling their countrymen where to visit, Lake district, Peak district and Cotswolds for the beautiful countryside, and for Cities outside London they recommended Bath, Bristol, York and Durham, they referred to Manchester as the 2nd City, no mention of Birmingham. Looking at the view in post #80 I can see why. Eric
 
Was plenty of tourists around the Bullring, New Street and Victoria Square today, so they are still coming. Mostly Chinese I think.
 
Off topic but this was the view at Bodnant Garden (National Trust) in Wales a few weeks ago. Near a old mill.

 
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