Design concept; £193m Library; Library of Birmingham; Birmingham City Council ; Britain's biggest public library; Centenary Square; heart of the city; 31, 000 sq m; glass; steel; avant-garde; Dutch architects; Mecanoo; new library; opens in 2013; airy atrium filled; touch-sensitive; computer screens; Brian Gambles, head of Birmingham library service, site; site of; Baskerville house, view, Repertory theatre; Nigel Cummings
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The new library will eb built between Baskerbille House and the Birmingham Repertoty Theatre - it should be ready by 2013
Centenary; Square; Metal; 2009; July; Summer; Summery; Birmingham; England; United Kingdom; Nigel Cummings; Centenary Square; In Birmingham, England; Hall of Memory; Hyatt; Hotel
Birmingham university, Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, Joseph Chamberlain, clock, tower, old Joe, Joe, campanile, Edgbaston, England, UK
Trinity Square; Multi-storey; brutalism; raw concrete; car park; Gateshead; 'Get Carter'; Michael Caine; film set; 1960's; Architecture; concrete Architecture; Architecture of the 1960's; Owen Luder; iconic; famous; landmark; IPSV0576; IPSV3159; GB; UK
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a shot of the west and south facing facade of Trinity Square opened in 1969....'Get Carter' movie filmed here in 1970 available in mono
main street in sleepy Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 1960, port city, coast, deserted, quiet, Regent Cinema, fish and chip shop, sign, signage, lettering, Holden car, automobile, dealer, Niagara café, grills a speciality, 1960s, nostalgia, nostalgic, retro, past times, a vintage nineteen sixties photograph from M&N Publishing
Trinity Square; Multi-storey; car park; brutalism; raw concrete; piloti column; Gateshead; 'Get Carter'; Michael Caine; film set; 1960's; Architecture; concrete Architecture; Architecture of the 1960's; Owen Luder; iconic; famous; landmark; ONETHO; IPSV0576; IPSV3159; GB; UK
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Opened in 1969...iconic structure by Owen Luder...'Get Carter' filmed here in 1970 this shows the South and East facade of the structure available in mono
Cowie Square, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK. Aldershot Garrison married quarters built in the late 19th Century, empty awaiting demolition in March 1967. Cowie Square was one of several married quarters squares which included Grant Square, Napier Square, Cowie Square, Macadam Square and Somerset Square.
Cathedral; Birmingham; summer; s day; warm; sunny; blue sky; Nigel Cummings
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The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is a Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. Built as a parish church and consecrated in 1715, St Philip's became the cathedral of the newly-formed Diocese of Birmingham in the West Midlands in 1905. St Philip's was built in the early 18th century in the Baroque style by Thomas Archer and is located on Colmore Row, Birmingham, England.[1] The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. St Philip's is the third smallest cathedral in England after Derby and Chelmsford
The 1960s, Aerial; battery operated; customs; old; portable; radio; social; traditional; transistor; raho; England. This radio was bought around 1960 in Barbados
Sculpture; Fountain; Grotesque; Spirit; Enterprise; Fountain; Centenary; Square; Metal; cast; bronze; 2009; June; Summer; Summery; Water; Cascade; Birmingham; England; United Kingdom; Nigel Cummings; remembrance; hall of memory; Portland stone
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Birmingham's Hall of Memory was erected in the 1920s (before Baskerville House, in front of which it now stands) to commemorate the 12,320 Birmingham citizens who died in the "Great War", which we now know as the First World War (a further 35,000 Birmingham men came home from that war with a disability). The Hall, made from Portland Stone, from Portland Bill near Weymouth, was opened by Prince Arthur of Connaught on July 4, 1925. It cost £60,000, which was raised by public subscription.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; Thomas Attwood Statue; Chamberlain Square; Landmark; Museum; Gallery; Birmingham; City Center; Architecture; England; Historical; exterior; no people; Denkmal; Sehenswuerdigkeiten; Stadtzentrum; Innenstadt; Architektur; Historische; Aussenaufnahme; Niemand; Aussengebaeude
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Image of the Thomas Attwood Statue and Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery at the Chamberlain Square in Birmingham, England. Die Thomas Attwood Statue und das Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
Iron Man; sculpture; Birmingham; Anthony Gormley; Nigel Cummings; summers day; bright colours, blue skies; blue; wide angle; town hall; West Midlands; tress; greens; green; brown; browns; metal; stone; stone work; paving; Victoria square, 2009; contemporary; high resolution
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Iron man statuie with Birmingham town hall in teh background; the staue was crafted by Anthony Gormley
Horatio Nelson; Birmingham; statue; bronze; Nigel Cummings; Summer; June 09; blue sky; Bull Ring; naval; hero
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This bronze statue was the first publicly funded statue in Birmingham, and the first statue of Horatio Nelson in Britain. It was made in 1809 by public subscription of £2,500 by the ordinary people of Birmingham following Nelson's visit to the town on 31 August 1802, the year before he sailed against the fleets of Napoleon. The statue was unveiled during the golden jubilee celebrations for George III on 25 October 1810.
Parade float, annual Waratah festival parade, spring 1960, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia, it advertises a production of My Fair Lady, the Broadway musical first produced 1956, Australian production by J C Williamson Theatres Ltd, a vintage nineteen sixties photograph from M&N Publishing
This statue one of four surroundiong Birmingham's hall of memory. It was created by local artist Albert Toft and represents the citizens of Birmingham who lost their lives serving in the Royal Navy during WW1
The 1960s, Aerial; battery operated; case; customs; old; portable; radio; social; traditional; transistor; raho; England. This radio was bought around 1960 in Barbados
Two pensioners play draughts on a concrete outdoors board in Rothesay, Isle of Bute in September 1960. Expert watchers include a schoolgirl and another pensioner.
Birmingham; town hall; city hall; Nigel Cummings; summers day; bright colours, summer; summery; warm; blue skies; blue; wide angle; town hall; West Midlands; tress; greens; green; brown; browns; metal; stone; stone work; paving; Victoria Square, 2009; contemporary; high resolution
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Sphinx statue with Birmingham Coucil house in distance
Birmingham; town hall; city hall; Nigel Cummings; summers day; bright colours, summer; summery; warm; blue skies; blue; wide angle; town hall; West Midlands; tress; greens; green; brown; browns; metal; stone; stone work; paving; Victoria Square, 2009; contemporary; high resolution
Aberystwyth library, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, donation, Andrew Carnegie, nickname, Patron Saint of Libraries, architect, Walter Payton, Corporation Street, Carnegie Library, public library, Library, Llyfrgell
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Carnegie libraries are libraries which were built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie More than 2,500 Carnegie libraries were built. Carnegie earned the nickname Patron Saint of Libraries. Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire philanthropist gave £3,000 to build a new library. A Public Library Sites Committee was formed and finally a site in Corporation Street was recommended. A competition was held with a prize of 30 guineas to see which architect would design the new library. Forty-eight plans were submitted and the winner was Walter Payton of Birmingham. David Davies, Llandinam, laid the foundation stone in July 1905 and on Friday, 20th April 1906 Mrs Vaughan Davies, wife of the local MP, formally opened the current library in Corporation Street.
