Centenary Square is a public square on the north side of Broad Street in Birmingham, England, named in 1989 to commemorate the centenary of Birmingham achieving city status. The area was an industrial area of small workshops and canal wharves before it was purchased by the council in the 1920s for the creation of a grand civic centre scheme to include museums, council offices, cathedral and opera house. The scheme was abandoned after the arrival of World War II with only the Hall of Memory and half of the planned Baskerville House complete. After the war the scheme was revived in a simpler form however the council never managed to implement the design.
In 1991 the square was redesigned to complement the new International Convention Centre with new paving, railings and lamps designed by artist Tess Jaray, a fountain and several sculptures. During the construction and opening of the Library of Birmingham on the square in 2013 several of the elements of the 1991 design were removed and a library amphitheatre was built into the square. In 2014 a design competition was held to redesign the square. Construction of the redesigned square began in 2017 and was largely complete in 2019.
The square is used as a staging area for many of the city's main cultural events including the Frankfurt Christmas Market, Arts Festivals, Remembrance Day Services, New Year's Celebrations and during Christmas hosts a temporary ice rink and Ferris wheel.
CentenarySquare is a public square on the north side of Broad Street in Birmingham, England, named in 1989 to commemorate the centenary of Birmingham...
One CentenarySquare (formerly Two Arena Central), is a 55 metres (180 ft), eleven storey building between Alpha Tower and the former Birmingham Municipal...
September 2013 the Earl of Wessex, officially opened the Barnsley Pals CentenarySquare on the south side of the town hall, which commemorates the lives of...
through Victoria Square with a new stop at Town Hall, along Paradise Street and Broad Street, and terminated at Library in CentenarySquare until 16 July...
theatre, presenting a wide variety of work in its three auditoria on CentenarySquare and touring nationally and internationally. Other producing theatres...
and Genius, in his honour stands in front of Baskerville House in CentenarySquare, Birmingham. It was created by local artist David Patten in 1990. Some...
themselves been demolished and replaced: Provincial House, next to CentenarySquare, was demolished by controlled explosion in 2002, and Forster House...
removed and a new bus canopy was installed. In front of City Hall is CentenarySquare. This area was extensively landscaped and now comprises raised lawns...
Within CentenarySquare is the Hall of Memory and Baskerville House. Other public squares in the city centre include Victoria Square, Chamberlain Square and...
Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at CentenarySquare, beside the Birmingham Rep (to which it connects, and with which it...
disease, as the liver does not get the required time to recuperate; CentenarySquare; supermarkets 50% of Britain's wine, and 20% of British beer; the annual...
Bradford City Hall is a 19th-century town hall in CentenarySquare, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building which has a distinctive...
called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on CentenarySquare in Birmingham, England. Founded by Billie Lester, it is the longest-established...
three parts of the building stones used in the city centre.; Part 2: CentenarySquare to Brindley Place" (PDF). Urban Geology in the English Midlands. 2...
includes numerous public squares among them are CentenarySquare, Chamberlain Square and Victoria Square. The historic Old Square is located on Corporation...
Postcode Organisation B1 1HQ HSBC UK headquarters at 1 CentenarySquare, Birmingham BS98 1TL TV Licensing BX1 1LT Lloyds Bank formerly known as Lloyds...
Keighley and Shipley. The council meets at Bradford City Hall on CentenarySquare in the city centre, which had been completed in 1873 for the old borough...
University’s school of music. Chamberlain Square and CentenarySquare will be linked through news public squares whilst pedestrians will be encouraged around...
removed from CentenarySquare and put into storage". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2017. Young, Graham (23 April 2019). "CentenarySquare's controversial...
Birmingham, England. The centre incorporates Symphony Hall and faces CentenarySquare, with another entrance leading to the canals of Birmingham. The Westside...
an event, were: The official emblem was unveiled on 27 July 2019 at CentenarySquare during the Commonwealth Social festival. It was designed by local agency...
ground. The first micro-tunnel machine was launched in June 2020 from CentenarySquare to Parramatta Town Hall and will connect to an existing pipe to extend...
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