Great photo. Must be pre-1913, as the Repertory Theatre was built into the gap in the buildings where the hotel signs are painted in 1912/13.
It's quite odd to me that there was, what I'd call, a proper station entrance on this side of New Street Station in the past. Never seemed like that to me when I used it (1970s/80s), although, of course, you could access the station from this side. No wonder Station Street seems to have been relegated to a city centre road of little importance in more recent times. It has so much to offer in terms of Birmingham history, from its original link and dependency on the early (Central) New Street Station, to its 1900s entertainment history, carrying through to the 1960s- 2000s with its music history. So much of interest in one small street.
Thank goodness quite a number of buildings haven't been replaced and what a cross section of architecture they present. Something to be valued and preserved, when so many 21st century buildings have, literally, overshadowed the street.
