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There is a statue of Hull-born Amy Johnson in Prospect Street [173] and Hull's Paragon Interchange has a statue of Philip Larkin, the latter unveiled on 2 December 2010. [174] In 2010 a public art event in Hull city centre entitled Larkin with Toads displayed 40 individually decorated giant toad models as the centrepiece of the Larkin 25 ...
In 1871, soon after the Tramways Act 1870 became law, permission was sought from the board of Kingston upon Hull to construct a tram system in the town. The scheme was backed by Major Trevenen James Holland and the scheme received the support of the local board, despite problems due to narrow streets in the old town – making double track running difficult as well as causing opposition from ...
The Streetlife Museum of Transport is a transport museum located in Kingston upon Hull, EnglandThe roots of the collection date back to the early 20th century, however the purpose-built museum the collection is housed in was opened in 1989 by the then Hull East MP, John Prescott. [1]
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Land of Green Ginger is a BBC Play for Today by Alan Plater about Hull, televised in 1973. [7] The Land of Green Ginger is a track on the 2004 album Bicycles and Tricycles by The Orb. The Land of Green Ginger was a participatory art project that explored encounters between refugees living in Hull and their host communities during 2008. [8]
1600 Smith Street (previously named Continental Center I and also known as Cullen Center Plaza [4]) is a 51-story, 732-foot (223 m) office tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It served as the headquarters of Continental Airlines prior to its merger with United Airlines , [ 5 ] and at one point also served as the headquarters of ...
HULL − A sea wall in Hull estimated to be 75 years old is set to be replaced. As a result, part of Nantasket Avenue that runs alongside the sea wall is proposed to turn into a one-way street.
The company's third and final store, also built in Bond Street in around 1952, remained open until the late 1970s. [3] The company had operated in the city for over a century. After the company closed in 1978, the former department store premises saw many uses, including as the 'Evolution' nightclub during the 1990s and as an amusement arcade ...