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The Selfridges Building is a landmark building in Birmingham, England. The building is part of the Bullring Shopping Centre and houses Selfridges Department Store. The building was completed in 2003 at a cost of £60 million [1] and designed by the architecture firm Future Systems. It has a steel framework with sprayed concrete facade. [2]
The Bull Ring is a major shopping area in central Birmingham, England, consisting of open-air and indoor market stalls as well as a large indoor shopping centre.The Bull Ring has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held, developing into its main market when the town grew into an industrial city.
Birmingham city centre, also known as Central Birmingham or town, is the central business district of Birmingham, England. The area was historically in Warwickshire . Following the removal of the Inner Ring Road , the city centre is now defined as being the area within the Middleway ring road. [ 1 ]
The Big City Plan is a major development plan for the city centre of Birmingham, England. Stage 2 of the Big City Plan, the City Centre Masterplan was launched on 29 September 2010. This masterplan sets out how the city centre of Birmingham will be improved over the next 20 years.
Other Selfridges stores opened in the Manchester area at the Trafford Centre (1998) and at Exchange Square (2002), and in Birmingham at the Bullring (2003). During the 1940s, smaller provincial Selfridges stores were sold to the John Lewis Partnership , and in 1951, the original Oxford Street store was acquired by the Liverpool -based Lewis's ...
Moor Street station in 1915, from end of the platform, looking back towards the city centre, with the goods shed to the left. A local train waits at the terminus platforms in 1975. It was a terminus for local trains from Leamington Spa , and local trains from Stratford-upon-Avon via the recently opened North Warwickshire Line .
The City Flyer ride in Centenery Square dropped to the ground level ‘whilst in operation’ Two women hospitalised after fairground ride ‘failed and crashed’ in Birmingham city centre Skip ...
The site has recently been expanded with the addition of a new car park with 93 free spaces, making Selly Oak station a new Park and Ride site. [13] The station and line are on an embankment. Pedestrian and vehicular access to the station is via Bristol Rd (B384) on the northbound side, and via Heeley Rd on the southbound side.