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The Saltley Handaxe illustrated by John Evans in 1897. The oldest human artefact found within Birmingham is the Saltley Handaxe: a 500,000-year-old brown quartzite hand axe about 100 millimetres (3.9 in) long, discovered in the gravels of the River Rea at Saltley in 1892.
1656 – New building for the Birmingham Library completed; [1] this will be closed after 1660. ... signalling the start of construction. 1 April: ...
Birmingham's first multi-storey block of flats was built in 1937 on the Bristol Road. The building, called Viceroy Close, was designed by Mitchell and Bridgwater in partnership with Gollins and Smeeton. It also features sculptures by Oliver O'Connor Barrett. In the same year, the Art Deco "Petersfield Court" in Hall Green was completed. The ...
The Birmingham skyline at night from atop the City Federal Building, July 2015 ... From the start, Birmingham's streets and avenues were unusually wide at 80 to 100 ...
With 16,281 start-ups registered during 2013, Birmingham has the highest level of entrepreneurial activity outside London, [193] while the number of registered businesses in the city grew by 8.1% during 2016. [194] Birmingham was behind only London and Edinburgh for private sector job creation between 2010 and 2013. [195]
Birmingham Central Library.. The city was subject to a widespread regeneration effort following the Birmingham Blitz during World War II.This public demand for modern buildings, combined with Victorian architectural styles falling out of favour, resulted in dozens of fine Victorian buildings like the intricate glass-roofed Birmingham New Street station, [4] and the old Central Library being ...
Birmingham: 1845 House The oldest building in the city of Birmingham. [37] Langdon Hall: Auburn: 1846 Church The oldest building in the city of Auburn. [38] Old Shelby County Courthouse: Columbiana: 1854 Courthouse Original courthouse for the county of Shelby County, replaced by a larger marble courthouse in 1908. The structure still stands and ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 126 pages are in this category, out of 126 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .