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Birmingham Central Library was the main public library in Birmingham, England, from 1974 until 2013, replacing a library opened in 1865 and rebuilt in 1882. For a time the largest non-national library in Europe, [1] it closed on 29 June 2013 and was replaced by the Library of Birmingham.
Jun 29, 2013 · 29 June 2013. Birmingham Central Library has been described as a "blot" but has hidden secrets inside, like a Victorian spiral staircase leading up to its original archives. By Andrew...
Jan 5, 2015 · By Jenny Scott. BBC News Online. The controversial demolition of Birmingham's Central Library begins on Monday. But while the city council considers the building to have served its time,...
The Central Library is the most notable component of Paradise Circus, a complex of tired concrete and glass buildings characterised by rough sleepers and graffiti; secret squares, dead ends, and grimy passageways. The Victorian municipal buildings butting up against the municipal Central Library.
Jun 29, 2013 · As Birmingham Central Library prepares to close, a librarian looks back at a quarter of a century working in a building which looks like "a place where books are incinerated, not kept".
Dec 1, 2015 · Campaigners have appealed to Birmingham City Council's new leader to save the "iconic" Central Library building from demolition. The building, an example of brutalist architecture, closed to...
Dec 22, 2012 · BBC News. Prince Charles once referred to Birmingham's Central Library as looking like "a place where books are incinerated, not kept". Now, 40 years after it was built, it is set to be...
