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Newcastle Civic Centre is a municipal building in the Haymarket area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [1] Designed by George Kenyon , [ 2 ] the centre was built for Newcastle City Council in 1967 and formally opened by King Olav V of Norway on 14 November 1968. [ 3 ]
The Newcastle City Hall (currently known as O 2 City Hall Newcastle for sponsorship reasons) is a concert hall located in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.It has hosted many popular music and classical artists throughout the years, as well as standup and comedy acts.
Newcastle City Centre is the city centre district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the historical heart of the city and serves as the main cultural and commercial centre of the North East England region. The city centre forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation. The city centre district is sometimes subdivided into the areas of Haymarket ...
The city's first hospital, Newcastle Infirmary opened in 1753; it was funded by public subscription. [33] A lying-in hospital was established in Newcastle in 1760. [34] The city's first public hospital for mentally ill patients, Wardens Close Lunatic Hospital was opened in October 1767. [35] In 1771 a flood swept away much of the bridge at ...
The town council, which became a city council in 1882, [10] failed to maintain the building properly and the tower had to be demolished in the 1930s. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] By the middle of the 20th century condition of the town hall had deteriorated to such an extent that the council was forced to relocate to modern facilities at Newcastle Civic Centre ...
[8] [9] Newcastle's city status was transferred to the enlarged borough at the same time. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the city council was a lower-tier district authority, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level services. The county council was abolished in 1986, since when the city council has again provided both district-level ...
Grey's Monument is a Grade I-listed monument in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.It was built in 1838 in recognition of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834.
Newcastle City Hall. With its history as a traditionally working-class area, Newcastle has been a stronghold for the centre-left Labor Party at all levels of politics since Federation. Labor currently holds every federal and state seat that overlaps at least partially with Newcastle.