I'm off into Bham for a major photo session either Saturday or Sunday. I'm gonna be capturing the usual suspects;HCT, Orion, Masshouse, Post and Mails demise etc. I'm also interested in having a look around the Gun Quarter after seeing Brum 2003's thread so I'll get a few shots from round there as well. Is there anywhere or anything else I should definitely be pointing my camera lens at.....let me know and I'll try my best.

Nice one Smiley. If you can (and you fancy it), see if you can go up the red cage car park on Brunel St and take a pic from the angle that the old New St pic is on the Old Brum thread. It would be interesting to see how the new station develops from this angle! :)

It's next to Orion so it's not out of your way...

Good luck :) :) :)

Yeah I know the one, I've poked my lens through that red mesh on many occasions to get pics of Orion in its early stages.

Some photos I took today around the Financial quarter.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/Soul_13/DSC00754.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/Soul_13/64508eab.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/Soul_13/44daec8e.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/Soul_13/5c251cdf.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/Soul_13/eddc0ab4.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/Soul_13/7bad7060.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/Soul_13/cf40f0cd.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a20/Soul_13/d17ad347.jpg

The BST site Smiley? and a few of Holiday Wharf ... Oh and if its not to far out your way the land around the BT Tower, thats only if you can Thanks :cheers1:

I should be able to get all those in no probs....seeing as we've gone render mad at the moment try and think of some new vantage points within the city centre that would have a lot of the recent proposals in them.

Excellent pics btw Soul 13, you ought to post them on this thread below so they can be appreciated by a wider audience

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=237696

I should be able to get all those in no probs....seeing as we've gone render mad at the moment try and think of some new vantage points within the city centre that would have a lot of the recent proposals in them.

Yes, Good idea ... do you think you could get to the top of the Matthew Boulton college ;) Or Park Central? how about ST Andrews aswell, we havent had one of those for a while. that gives us quite a large scope to play with :dunno:

If I drive I'll get a few distance shots (I'll class the view from St Andrews as distance) but if I go by public transport (fancy a few beers in town :cheers: ) I'll only be taking shots from inside the centralish area

Go to the NIA and then take some pictures from there, theres some great shots. Especially at night when Quayside and BT are lit up :)

Go to the NIA and then take some pictures from there, theres some great shots. Especially at night when Quayside and BT are lit up :)

No, bugger off :)

No, bugger off :)

Oi - its your duty ;)

OK boss :cheers:

OK boss :cheers:

Thanks chief :cheers1:

Don't forget the old wasteland near Duddeston Station where the old scuzzy hags hang about and drink meth and absinthe will you Smiley? :)

They are my best friends so i normally hang out around there anyway.....they're all abit camera shy so i'll probably give that one a miss :)

Pah! Lightweight!

:poke:

If I go into Brum by train I stop at Duddeston....just for you Martin I'll get your special photo :crazy:

Duddeston station used to be a hive of activity - carriage sheds, shunting yards, acres of tracks and electric powerline gantries - now it's overgrown, deserted, run down and as derelict as it's possible to imagine. Quite why railtrack closed that whole depot down is a mystery - it would have seen better servuce retained as a secondary goods yard or even a new EMU depot instead of the Soho site (on the line between Brum and Wolverhampton). Duddeston used to have four platforms too - and now it's a stunted island platform with the other one overgrown and completely abandoned.

What it used to look like:
http://www.bescot.plus.com/fullsize/08742_Duddeston.jpg

http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/full_photos/duddeston_1986_stevejones.JPG

What it now looks like:

http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/full_photos/duddeston_station_from_lichfield_platform_towards_aston.JPG

http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/full_photos/duddeston_site_of_old_carriage_sheds_&duddeston_mill_road.JPG

http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/full_photos/duddeston_towards_bham_from_lichfield_platform_&astonsignallingcentre.JPG

depressing, huh?

It's not exactly the highlight of the Walsall to Bham rail journey...

It reminds me of Edge Hill in Liverpool - which is similarly expansive but with even more marshalling yards, overhead clutter, dereliction etc - (also, like Duddeston, it's the first stop you encounter out from the main terminal) but at least its platforms are still in use and not overgrown to buggery like these here at Duddeston - and secondly, most of the tracks are still in place, despite them all being in the main unused....but it's also a depressing vista to behold as the train trundles past.

Bloody hell after that description I think I'll drive

If it's nice weather this Sunday I'll try and get some distance shots of the skyline.....throw some ideas at me. I'm driving back from friends in Worcester and I'm already planning to try some shots from the two resevoirs;Bartley and Edgbaston. I don't mind taking a short detour for a good pic though of course I'll only be bothering if it's clear weather :)

I got in my car to go for a sunday drive (on sunday, oddly enough...) and I decided to take my camera and go via Frankly Beeches (the layby where you get the view over Bartley Green reservoir)... but the car died. So no pictures from me, and the bus to work this week - as a result I can tell you that demolition is ongoing at Pebble Mill, and HCT looks great from the top deck as you go past Sainsburys in Selly Oak, that hotel thing at Great Park looks, er, cheap, the building behind Bristol Street Motors is empty, as is the old Volvo dealership... I'd try to get pictures but all the grafitti on the bus windows makes it impossible...

Ok I'm due another photo session and I'm 99% certain I'll be popping into Brum this Sunday for one......HCT's front cladding is nearly complete and there's Orion and Masshouse to catch up on.
I want something different to photograph though......in the past Dee came up with taking photo's round Eastside before the big transformation, that was about a year ago and they are there for prosperity now to look back at in several years time (actually i need to repost them coz the old ones were deleted thanks to the Hacker). Then someone else came up with The Gun Quarter which was somewhere I'd never been before. Can anyone come up with somewhere roughly within the central area that really needs photographing for whatever reason....I don't mean an individual building or complex but an area like the previous two examples :)

Hampton St - the road to Hockley.

jewellery quarter? park central? Aston uni/Eastside canals?

How about a journey from King Edwards Wharf along the canal to either Five Ways or Brindley House (by the BT Tower)?

If you're in the area, some pictures of the River Rea in Digbeth?

Never seen it meself I don't think....

yeah the river rea please

I know it sounds daft, but how about a pic form the NIA ;) ... I promise it doesnt have to be at night this time, but if you cross the bridge at Brindley Place the view is something, plus we can plan some future renders from there :)

and yeh the River Rea if you could, the skyline from there aswell is pretty special :cheers1:

Not sure you'll get many pictures of the river Rea in Digbeth. It's culverted, which means it doesn't flow along its original route, but down a straight concrete channel between buildings.
The only places I know you can see the river are from the top deck of a bus going down Bradford Street (wall of the bridge is too high to look over) and from the towpath on the Grand Union canal.

Where's the best viewing point from the NIA - do you mean one of the car parks or somewhere in the NIA itself?

The only places I know you can see the river are from the top deck of a bus going down Bradford Street

No wirres then, Smiley can leap like a frog.

Where's the best viewing point from the NIA - do you mean one of the car parks or somewhere in the NIA itself?
If you cross the bridge by the Sea Life Center over to the NIA and walk round a lil bit the skyline scopes out and at night with the BT tower and Quayside lit up looks amazing soon to have the likes of Orion and HCT also doing the buisness AC would top it all off :)

If you cross the bridge by the Sea Life Center over to the NIA the view and walk round a lil bit the skyline scopes out and at night with the BT tower and Quayside lit up looks amazing soon to have the likes of Orion and HCT laos doing the buisness AC would top it all off :)
Thanks BC. Never tried going that way before.

I'm quite intrigued by the sound of the river Rea and I'll take them all into conscideration, but if the weather's like it's been today then I'll probably give it a miss. What is the forecast for Sunday?

Looks alright for Sunday.

:banana:

Well as per usual the weather turned out shite so I never bothered going into central Birmingham. I was stopping at friends last night who live near Fort Dunlop so I did manage to get a couple of pics of that on my way home so all is not lost......bloody stupid weather forecastors can't get anything right :bash:

don't just tease us, lets see 'em then mate

anyone got any plans of going to town to get some pics??

if it was too cloudy on sunday is anyone going this week???

There's a picture of the River Rea in the http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=248179

thread. But it's sandwiched between loads of some really badly written text, just scroll till you find the good stuff.

anyone got any plans of going to town to get some pics??

if it was too cloudy on sunday is anyone going this week???

Sorry, I crossed over to the darkside this weekend and went up to Manchester to take some photo's (and visit friends). If it's decent weather next Sunday I'll be popping down Brum to get some.

I heard the sunny weather's there in Brum too - a tad chillier I suppose though. Who's out and about the weekend then? Any danger of somebody taking pics of all the goings on?
I'll get the beers in on the 23rd!
Thanks!

The weather's been cracking. Ain't seen a cloud all week, but it's been bloody cold. -4 last night I think, and max temperature of 5 degrees today. Just walked into work, and it certainly woke me up...

please can someone get a pic of hct entrance and warning lights>? in night and day??


thanks

If you're in the area, some pictures of the River Rea in Digbeth?

Never seen it meself I don't think....

Here you go folks, i managed to grab this shot whilst i was out last Sunday.

CH

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/River-Rea.jpg

The plan is to dam the river downstream so it should reach the sides after the area's been developed.

Ok folks, i work in the jewellery quarter so give me a list of buildings/streets that you shots of and i will see what i can do on my lunch breaks.

CH

The argent center never gets enough coverage, vittoria works, Lord Clifton or key hill cemetry? If fact all of it would be nice!

If not the new city living blocks or the derlict or heritage side would be cool CH or even the really wanky buildings which shouldn't have been built :)

I keep meaning to have a big roam around there from the Hockley Flyover into town myself but I'm too lazy

The argent center never gets enough coverage, vittoria works, Lord Clifton or key hill cemetry? If fact all of it would be nice!

If not the new city living blocks or the derlict or heritage side would be cool CH or even the really wanky buildings which shouldn't have been built :)

I keep meaning to have a big roam around there from the Hockley Flyover into town myself but I'm too lazy

No worries Foxtrot, I get the tram in the morning so the Lord Clifton and Key Hill are no problem, and i walk back into town past Argent and Vittoria.

Meanwhile i have a of shot of a derelict listed building on Legge Lane that is up for planning permission. I took this from the same car park that i took the shot that i have in the skyline thread, you can get an idea of some of the view that that place must have.

CH

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/Derelictleg.jpg

Finally got round to it. The light has been crap mornings and evenings but i had a day off today :)

I took dozens of shots which i am currently wading through. I'll post them up as i go along.

CH

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/Vaults.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/gy4.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/gy1.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/gy2.jpg

Whilst wandering around snapping i came across this building:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/jq1.jpg

Having seen so much red brick and terracotta i was startled by this one.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/jq2.jpg

Argent

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/argent.jpg

Victoria Works

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/Victoria.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/Victoria1.jpg

Nice pics.

Great pics - it show what a gem (ha!) the Jewellery Quarter is.

Great pics - it show what a gem (ha!) the Jewellery Quarter is.

Thanks ... for the compliment not the joke ... lol

Here's a few more, keep an eye on this thread as i will add more snaps as i work through the 115 shots i took that day.

CH

The School of Jewellery

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/School-of-Jewellery.jpg

and in contrast, just across the road ...

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/JQ-Modern.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/JQ-Modern1.jpg

Well,at least the school looks in keeping with the area.

If that one over the road from the School had been done in matching red brick it would have looked alright. The grey beams matching the stone inlay in the Victorian Windows stills etc.

I wonder why they built it in that sorta London (?) grey brick colour. Just general bad architecture?

I like it, ok, the finish/choice of brick could of been a little more inspired but i like the bold lines. If you take a good long walk around the JQ you will find many styles of architecture, this is one of my favourite modern buildings in the area.

CH

Heres a 1930's factory on Carver St

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c258/cargohold/Bemco.jpg

I like that one.

I had nothing to do so I went to Brum today and went on a massive walk all over the place and took some pictures mainly from car parks. Shame the weather was crap as it was annoying when it started to get sunny on my way home.

Taken from one of the car parks off Tennant Street

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010020.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010019.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010021.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010022.jpg

Taken from the car park next to HCT

Towards Orion and Westside
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010014.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010013.jpg

Dirty Stephenson Tower and Hill Street thingy
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010012.jpg

Looking towards the naked Rotunda and a bit of City Centre Tower
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010011.jpg

The Sentinals
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010015.jpg

Taken from the car park next to the old ice rink

A fair and looking towards Southside
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010010.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010009.jpg

Rotunda again naked on the skyline
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010008.jpg

Looking towards Holloway Circus
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010007.jpg

From the other car park next to wholesale markets

Of the dirty horrible coach station
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010006.jpg

Selfridges, Masshouse and Mclaren
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010005.jpg

Towards Rotunda and Bullring
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010004.jpg

Some other random pictures took today

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010017.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010016.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010023.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010002.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010001.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/scottmlegend/P1010003.jpg

Thanks for the pics, looked like a horrible day, That CCT really does need a clean dosn't it?
Still not as much as the Ice rink needs it! Or knocking down, prefably.

Some photos...

First off, a nice advertisement at MP, recognise the building? I do.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/SimonTheSoundMan/Buildings/mp_play.jpg



And finally for now, Selfridge's new purple lighting. Used to be blue.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/SimonTheSoundMan/Buildings/sel_nc1.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/SimonTheSoundMan/Buildings/sel_nc2.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/SimonTheSoundMan/Buildings/sel_nc3.jpg

Took me a bloody age to find this thread!

Right - the forecast for Friday is 22c and clear skies - and for once I'm definitely at a loose end, so I'm going to dig out the S5500, whack some batteries in there and head into town.

I'm going to try to cover most of the recently completed and U/C stuff on the development map if I can. Any requests?

Yes, Butterfield, if you're reading this I am going to get those two blocks in Old Hill.

Yes please, could you take photo of the student accommodation opp garage on Bath Row, parallel to canal and railway. You can see it from Islington Row Middleway. We had planning app on here but no-one took any photos of the finished thing.

Yes please, could you take photo of the student accommodation opp garage on Bath Row, parallel to canal and railway. You can see it from Islington Row Middleway. We had planning app on here but no-one took any photos of the finished thing.

I walked past that yesterday and had the very same thought! No worries.

Curzon Gate too, please! :happy:

Consider it done. Both sides hopefully.

Haden Circus, Edgbaston Mill, Aston Uni Student blocks, Park Central update including that plot next to Ibis, cheers Andy!! Could be problematic if walking!!

Can we have some strange and unsual ones for the "Guess the place" thread?

Haden Circus, Edgbaston Mill, Aston Uni Student blocks, Park Central update including that plot next to Ibis, cheers Andy!! Could be problematic if walking!!

No worries mate :)

I'll do what I can.

Can we have some strange and unsual ones for the "Guess the place" thread?

Memory permitting, certainly.

Just write "photos for Guess the Place" down on the back of your hand, I'm sure you'll remember it, do it now, Before you forget.

Park Central please mk, we barely ever see it on here yet it is the biggest development going on in Brum (+ it's within the wider definition of the city centre)

That took a lot longer than I was expecting.

Got a lot of what I wanted to, I'll start posting them over the next couple of hours.

That took a lot longer than I was expecting.

Got a lot of what I wanted to, I'll start posting them over the next couple of hours.

Good stuff MK. I'm glad you've resurrected this thread coz it's very useful and I look forward to seeing all your photos too - I was thinking about going out and taking some photos this weekend but I can put my feet up now:)

aye, it was needed. A good influx of photos livens the place up no end.

Apologies for the delay - my last post occured shortly before I fell asleep, and I've been busy all of today. Posting from a friends computer at the moment so I cant upload anything at the moment to post - call it about midday tommorrow. Park central is looking great by the way - y'all be impressed with that I think.

As requested, the new student flats on Bath Row

(Be warned - I seemed to have developed a blind spot for lampposts)

http://i9.tinypic.com/68k8vbd.jpg

http://i19.tinypic.com/5ytzayf.jpg

Thanks MK,
went past them in a car earlier. I quite like them.

Aye, they're not too shabby.

Yeah, looks alright, wouldn't want things like that everywhere, mind.

It all looks good except for the beige colour on the render - very reminiscent of Orion.

To me, the beige isn't so bad here as it's set amongst some other colours to give it some interest. Plus it seems relatively uniform in colour...

The problem with Orion is that such a large expanse of the beige stuff doesn't really work, and it's really badly done to boot.

As Woodhousen says "bulk is the name of the game" and these do just that. I like these.

As requested, the new student flats on Bath Row

(Be warned - I seemed to have developed a blind spot for lampposts)

http://i9.tinypic.com/68k8vbd.jpg

http://i19.tinypic.com/5ytzayf.jpg

Thanks for the pics MK. I like the angle - nice detailing. The blank wall is a bit dull but hopefully that corner in front will be developed soon :)

Ok, I'm aiming to hit the City Centre with my camera tomorrow, weather forcast is 'sunny intervals'. I'm aiming to get some pics of Snow Hill, The Cube, Masshouse if anythings happening. Anything people would like to see?

Give us a pic of a tower block ;) :okay:

Well I didn't get that plot near the Ibis at park central that morestoreys mentioned a while back. The Ibis, I believe, is on Irving street. He also wanted the Aston Uni student blocks. I'm still thinking about things I might have missed out.

I take it you're concentrating on the central area - which is good as my last foray took me around the ringroad really. If you're using the Livery St MSCP for Snow Hill be mindful of security - they copped me straight away, hence no pics of that.

Here's the big map anyway, in case anybody spots anything.

http://i10.tinypic.com/40awz5y.gif
http://i9.tinypic.com/2vdl8go.gif
http://i9.tinypic.com/2d93dvq.gif

Well I didn't get that plot near the Ibis at park central that morestoreys mentioned a while back.

Either Exeter Passage or Lytham Croft it would seem.

Peat house?
11 Brindley place?

^^Those two definitely. We haven't had enough updates for them at all! :ohno:

I'm adding them to my U/C list. It's a work in progress :)

What about Peat House, we haven't seen that for a while.

We need an update on the HUB as well.

Oh, and Snow Hill northern entrance works - the top deck of Snow Hill carpark would be good for that. See if you can see underground :)

Ok, these'll all go onto my list :okay:

Appreciate the earlier snaps bigtime MK!! Good luck tomorrow Smys and bring the sun back with you!!

Thanks msp! :)

Some pics of the parks in Park Central would be good if you are in that area :)

Sorry Bio, I'd gone by the time you'd posted this, and even though I was vaguely nearby at one point (Holloway Circus area) mk61 got some pics of Park Central the other day, so I didn't head down that way :( Sorry!

No worries :)

I had to dig this up from page six!! I'm hoping to do an extensive photo jaunt into the city centre soon - within the next week - and I need the experts amongst you to make sure I get the right photos! There's so much going on in the city now and I spend so little time on here I need a list of where to go! Please state the obvious and the not so obvious and I will fit them all in on my travels......any ideas for anything a bit leftfield is always taken into consideration too. I remember someone mentioning the Gun Quarter before and I really enjoyed photographing that part of the city.

Enough waffling, just tell me where to point my camera!!:)

What about the development behind the Dome and Clydesdale Tower near Park Central. Essex passage or something?

Brindley House would be good to see now the covers coming off.

and definitely Gun Quarter, a much under photographed area.

thanks in advance Smiley :)

I'd second the shout for the Park Central area but you must push down towards the Holloway circus end of the development as we never get photos of that. Then perhaps into Digbeth to take some photos around Bradford st.. some street-scapes for both would be good.

Curzon Gate in the Eastside and any other interesting things you might catch that way :)

Well, there seems to be much going on in Digbeth, and I would also suggest a gentle walk up Constitution Hill as IMO some of Birmingham's finest Victorian buidlings exist there, sadly under-loved :( And there's a great viewpoint of Snowhill :)

Then maybe a side-turn towards St Paul's Square as there is a lot of demo going on around there (Ansty Court area/Caroline St).

^^

Some good ideas there. I'll be in the city either this Wednesday or Thursday and I might even try to get some night shots in if I'm there late enough so ideas/viewpoints on that subject would be appreciated too:)

Well, I intended to go into town today and get some pictures but my employers decided they loved me so much they insisted I spend the entire day with them. Tomorrow - it's on!

Anybody have anything they especially want a snap of?

I know its cheeky, as I haven't ventured that far, but maybe Curzon Gate please ;)

If you are the other side of town to feltip's request then a mooch around the jewelry quarter as there have been a few developments we haven't see updates on for a while + a few that probably haven't been photographed since they were complete. Good spot for photos of Brindley house too.

edit

excuse me i should say, please and thank you :)

Done and done :)

I'm working on a thread which lists every building in Birmingham over 50m and I can't find any decent photos of the following...

One Martineau Place
Londonderry House
Auchenleck House
Five Ways Tower

Any chance you could get the top 2?

Easily done also.

Right - mission accomplished, though I've used up every spare second of my day - so I'll be uploading and posting everything at some ungodly hour of the night I suppose. Have a happy day posting me peoples :cheers:

For the first time in ages I should be popping into the city centre with my camera sometime over the next few days. Most projects are kept up to date these days by a whole new breed of excellent photographers we have on the Brym forums: what I'm asking (as I have done before on this thread) is there - away from all the main projects - any place or area that could do with being photographed? Suggestions before were The Gun Quarter and Eastside (2 years ago) with which I duly obliged and enjoyed. Anywhere within the A4540 ring-road is okay by me.......I'll try to get most of the main stuff going on too while I'm out and about!

^^

As soon as I mention something like this the heavens always seem to open:ohno: - what happened to all the nice weather we had earlier in the week.....while I was at work?:bash: