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Park+Regis+Birmingham+-+a+Modern+Architecture+Gem!
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Park Regis Birmingham - a Modern Architecture Gem!

Park Regis Hotel is located at Five Ways Island , at the west end of Broad Street. It was originally called Auchlineck House built 1961-62 and was extensively refurbished and re-clad in 2015.

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Old Union Mill on Grosvenor Street West

Old Union Mill was a former flour mill, built in 1810. Located on Grosvenor Street West, Ladywood (Westside BID), Grade II listed. Closed for many years, but opened as a car park from 2024.

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Library Tram Stop

The tram stop for Centenary Square and the Library of Birmingham opened on the Westside Metro extension in December 2019. It was the terminus until the line was extended to Edgbaston in 2022.

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Brindleyplace+Tram+Stop
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Brindleyplace Tram Stop

Brindleyplace was the first tram stop on Broad Street to open on the Westside Extension to Edgbaston Village in July 2022. Now part of West Midlands Metro Zone 1.

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Five+Ways+Tram+Stop
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Five Ways Tram Stop

The tram stop on Broad Street at the Five Ways end, near Cineworld and the Five Ways Entertainment Complex. It opened in July 2022, and is now in West Midlands Metro Zone 1.

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Quay+Place+-+Modern+Architecture
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Quay Place - Modern Architecture

Quay Place on Broad Street

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Passions: Construction & regeneration, Modern Architecture
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The+Broad+Street+Presbyterian+Church+(Now+%27Popworld%27)+-+Classic+Architecture
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The Broad Street Presbyterian Church (Now 'Popworld') - Classic Architecture

The Broad Street Presbyterian Church was built from 1848 to 1849. By 1929 it became the Second Church of Christ Scientist. Now a nightclub, it was Flares but now Popworld.

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Passions: History & heritage, Classic Architecture, Faith
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Metropolitan House at Five Ways - a Modern Architecture Gem

Metropolitan House at Five Ways

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The+Botanist+Bar+%26+Restaurant+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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The Botanist Bar & Restaurant - A Birmingham Gem!

The Botanist is at Gas Street Basin near Bridge Street in Westside, Birmingham. It was formerly a pub called The James Brindley. Was The Canal House from 2017 to 2024.

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The Flapper - A Birmingham Gem!

The Flapper is a public house at Cambrian Wharf in Birmingham. Located on Kingston Row, and close to the Civic Centre Estate. Was formerly called The Flapper & Firkin.

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The+Distillery+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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The Distillery - A Birmingham Gem!

The Distillery is a public house at the Roundhouse in Sheepcote Street in Westside, Birmingham. Formerly called the Fiddle & Bone. Closed in 2004, reopened in 2015, renamed in 2017.

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Tap & Spile - A Birmingham Gem!

The Tap & Spile is a public house at Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. In a pair of Grade II listed buildings dating to the early 19th Century.

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Canalside Bar - A Birmingham Gem!

Canalside Bar is a cafe by day and cosey bar by night! Located at the Worcester Bar at Gas Street Basin in Birmingham, in a canal side cottage dating to 1770.

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Peg+And+Grill+(formerly+The+Bulls+Head+and+City+Tavern)+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Peg And Grill (formerly The Bulls Head and City Tavern) - A Birmingham Gem!

Peg & Grill was a public house (formerly called The Bulls Head and City Tavern) at the corner of Bishopsgate Street and Tennant Street in Westside, Birmingham. Reopens in 2024.

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O%27Neill%27s%2c+Broad+Street+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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O'Neill's, Broad Street - A Birmingham Gem!

O'Neill's is a chain of Irish pubs. Their pub on Broad Street, at the corner of Granville Street was built as The Granville in 1923, designed by Arthur Edwards.

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The Figure of Eight - A Birmingham Gem!

The Figure of Eight is a JD Wetherspoon Free House located on Broad Street, opposite Brindleyplace. Art Deco building built in 1932 as a car showroom. Designed by Bernard G Warr.

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50 Sheepcote Street - A Birmingham Gem!

The former offices of the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, built 1931-2 at 50 Sheepcote Street. Near Essington Street. Brasshouse Languages was here from 1985 to 2016.

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Statue of Claude Auchinleck at Five Ways

Outside of Park Regis Birmingham, the hotel near the top of Broad Street at Five Ways is the statue of Claude Auchinleck. Made in the mid 1960s, it was relocated during the redevelopment.

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Brunswick+Square%2c+Brindleyplace+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Brunswick Square, Brindleyplace - A Birmingham Gem!

Brunswick Square is the lesser known of the three public squares at Brindleyplace in Westside, Birmingham. It is near Five and Eleven Brindleyplace and Hilton Garden Inn.

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Passions: Modern Architecture, Squares and public spaces
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Islington+House+-+A+Birmingham+Gem!
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Islington House - A Birmingham Gem!

Islington House was built on Broad Street, Birmingham in 1814 for Rice Harris as the Islington Glassworks. A century later the Outpatients Dept of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

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The Crescent Theatre - A Birmingham Gem!

The Crescent Theatre is currently situated on Sheepcote Street at Brindleyplace (from 1997). It is one of the oldest theatre companies in the City. They begun as the Municipal Players in 1924.

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Birmingham+and+Beyond+-+Views+from+the+Library+of+Birmingham
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Birmingham and Beyond - Views from the Library of Birmingham

This feature is to showcase photography taken from the Library of Birmingham by community enthusiasts and visitors.

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Passions: Photography, Travel & tourism, People & community, Modern Architecture, Squares and public spaces
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The+Lego+Giraffe+-+Public+Art+in+the+City!
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The Lego Giraffe - Public Art in the City!

This public art is a full size giraffe made of yellow, brown and black oversized Lego bricks and it can be found outside the Legoland Discovery Centre at the Utilita Arena.

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The Black Sabbath Bench - A Birmingham Gem!

The Black Sabbath bench is a celebration of the pioneering success of the Birmingham Heavy Metal band on Broad Street on the now named Black Sabbath Bridge over the canal.

 

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Holliday+Street+Aqueduct+-+a+Canal+Network+Gem!
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Holliday Street Aqueduct - a Canal Network Gem!

The Holliday Street Aqueduct is on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, and built in 1870. It is now close to The Mailbox, Arena Central and Gas Street Basin. Grade II listed.

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Passions: History & heritage, Rivers, lakes & canals, Classic Architecture
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