Jewellery Quarter Video from Jewellery Quarter on Vimeo. To be found on the revamped site for the Jewellery Quarter Regeneration Partnership. Thanks to both Created in Birmingham and Brian Simpson for spotting this. Does it do the job for you? How else could ...
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Gas Retort House, image from wikipedia. Earlier this month the homeless charity Crisis reported that they have secured a two million pound investment from the Department of Communities and Local Government to help turn the Grade II* former Retort House in Gas Street ...
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Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath and the Red Lion Pub in Handsworth have made it onto a list of the Victorian Society’s 10 most endangered buildings in the UK. The list was a product of a public vote and campaign. As ...
read moreWe should have linked to this wonderful resource from the Birmingham Heritage Forum a while ago. It is a google map of heritage sites in the city: View Larger Map
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Blognor Regis points us to this interesting piece in the Daily Telegraph about Dan Cruickshank’s campaign to see Euston Arch Rebuilt when Euston Station is redeveloped sometime during or after 2012. The website provides some context: The failure to save the arch ...
read moreThe pool by co-op historian on Flikr If you want to see inside this Grade II listed building then the Stirchley Neighbourhood Forum has negotiated a one hour window of opportunity between 11am and noon this Tuesday 12th August 2008. For more please look ...
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Created in Birmingham reports for us Here’s the “outline design” for the new BIAD campus in Eastside, as revealed on Simon Howes’ Eastside blog. Millennium Point is in the foreground and the red blob is Curzon St Station. Simon also has a top ...
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Lovely blog post (click here) from Simon Felton about the possibilities of the new excavation taking place next to the newly refurbed offices at Baskerville House, to study the archaeology before work begins on a new central library. He has dug out the ...
read moreThis afternoon both the Telegraph and the BBC are reporting the purchase of Evans brothers by English Heritage. To quote the BBC: Dr Simon Thurley, chief executive, said its loss “would not just be a blow for Birmingham but for the world”. He ...
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A surprising piece by Paul Dale on the Birmingham Post blog (link here) about how the council views the possibility of the current Central Library (above) being listed. It seems Clive Dutton the director of regeneration would demolish it regardless of ...
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