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Colmore Row
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Another inconvenient tree in the city has gone ....
www.birminghammail.co.uk
Colmore Row's gateway tree cut down by workmen as part of 'street improvements'
Landmark tree outside of Snow Hill Square cut down as part of new development
According to the article this is part of the "introduction of some new public spaces and pedestrian priority areas, new green infrastructure, pocket parks, new street furniture and general decluttering as well as encouraging businesses to spill out and occupy a more vibrant street scene ". So destruction of trees is part of the new green infrastructure and general decluttering is part of " encouraging businesses to spill out" , which means businesses paying for licences to clutter up the pavements with chairs and tables
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
is it just me being daft as usual,or is it a long busModern NXWM bus in classic cream WM livery yesterday on the 12A on Colmore Row.
sospiri
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Got it in one. Mike. If it's anything like Greece, there will suddenly appear some dotted yellow lines on that space and businesses will be fines heavily if their tables and chair encroach three inches over that line - a good money spinner for the Council! 
Maurice
Maurice
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Bob Davis
Bob Davis
I thought it looked long as well, but being as they are governed by law as to length, width etc, I eventually realised and decided it was just the camera angle, because as we are all aware Ell is one of these new 'avant garde' cameramen. Whatever, it s still an excellent photo, if I had tried to take it, you would be looking at the cathedral, because the bus would have moved.
Bob
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
loverly clear pics.thanks EBIt was taken on my smartphone camera.
Single deckers with National Express West Midlands are usually that long.
Here's one of the Santa Express last December 2019 (taken on my proper camera).
This double decker in November 2019 was taken on my smartphone camera.
JudiM
master brummie
I know this is an old post I'm replying to, but when this was being built I worked in the offices above Snowhill Station (the ones shown in post #8). One day a workman cut through the power & phone cables turning that end of Colmore Row into darkness. We all got sent home from work early as they were not going to get it fixed by the end of the working dayI took some photos of Cathedral Court, 15 Colmore Row. Which is part of the Hortons' Estate.
It was built in 1989 to replace a Victorian building that was on the corner with Livery Street.
Seems to retain the character / shape of the previous building on this site.
Next to the Grand Hotel
Barclays Bank, Cathedral Court, Colmore Row by ell brown, on Flickr
Barclays Bank, Cathedral Court, Colmore Row by ell brown, on Flickr
Barclays Bank, Cathedral Court, Colmore Row by ell brown, on Flickr
Barclays Bank, Cathedral Court, Colmore Row by ell brown, on Flickr
Barclays Bank, Cathedral Court, Colmore Row by ell brown, on Flickr
Does anyone have photos of the previous building on this site? I know it looked all black and grimey.
Radiorails
master brummie
It has to be after February 1950 as the 'new look' buses were not in service before then.
It’s interesting that the buildings to the right up to the building with the clock (corner of Waterloo Street) were at some time removed and not replaced. (These buildings were addressed as ‘Victoria Square’). This would have meant a better view of the Council House from across Victoria Square. Would this have been the reason for their disappearance ? Or was WW2 bombing to blame ? Viv.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
The buildings were apparently not bombed in WW2 as seen in this VJ Celebration in Colmore Row near Victoria Square.
I used my computer to add colour to this pic ....
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Thanks Oldmohawk, didn’t think they were as can’t remember ever seeing any images of war damage. So they were probably removed as part of the development of Victoria Square. Viv.
Radiorails
master brummie
I sometimes walked to that area, during the early 1950's, as one or more of the shipping lines often had a large model boat in the window. Little realising that in a few years time I might see their big brothers in the English Channel.
A view from 1948. That ‘Turn Right’ sign is baffling. Viv.
Key Hill Brian
Proud Brummie
for cars coming up hill st? Colmore row had become a one way street? have to go round island and down new st or Hill St
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
The photo looks to have been taken from the town hall side of Victoria Square and the foreshortening effect seen in old photos makes things look nearer than they really are. The building on the right with the clock is on the corner of Waterloo Street and the 'Turn Right' sign probably warns traffic on Paradise Street not to turn left towards Congreve Street which they could do before the 1940s. Galloways Corner is out of shot on the right.
Thanks Bob. It was listed on eBay as 1948. Must have been an old postcard used in 1948 and/or perhaps a reprint? Viv.
Still recognisable on the right-hand side, but less so on the left-hand side. Older image taken near Eden Passage. No date for this eBay postcard but possibly around 1910. Viv.
Roberts and Russell, Tailors of #25 Colmore Row c1906. Viv.
Tram stop outside Snow Hill Station - trams to go, but not this one ... yet. Viv.
Radiorails
master brummie
The 26 tram route was abandoned in April, 1939 and replaced by bus route 70. Tram 524, new in 1914, survived until the 1950's. It was one of a class of 75, eight were damaged or destroyed in WW2.
This 1911 view of the Great Western Vaults is presumably the building behind the cyclist. By my reckoning, and using the arch of the GW Arcade (just in view extreme right) as a guide, this must be the view today. Well it couldn’t be more different - and unrecognisable ! Viv.
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