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    Getgood Link: Raycho Stanev with his suitcase

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Monday, June 14th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
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    Racho Stanev with his suitcase

    Raycho Stanev with his suitcase – A lovely little slideshow of Bulgarian Artist Raycho Stanev’s Great Excursion through Birmingham, complete with cute suitcase and Destroyers soundtrack.

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    Getgood Link: YouTube – toilet part 1.birmingham coach station.

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Saturday, May 1st, 2010 ( Start discussion )
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    YouTube – toilet part 1.birmingham coach station.

    This is the toilet at the new coach station at Digbeth, Birmingham. This is the first time I have saw one of these new rimless toilets. Quite impressive.

    Whatever rocks your boat, I suppose.

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    The Cashpoint Saga!

    Written by Carl on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 ( 3 responses )
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    Is it time to get our hopes up once again? Walking past the small row of shops next to Digbeth Coach Station this morning I noticed that two of the shops are being refurbished into one.. this is good news, but look here:

    That green sign says: “Free To Use Cashpoint, Coming Soon”


    It’s very possible that could actually be a Natwest branch of bank being opened there. Anyway, I hope I am right; I do have a history of getting your hopes up. :-)

    Update: The Shopkeeper has replied to this very post with more information. It sounds very exciting. See here.

    The current newsagent which is located a few doors away will be relocating into the new site and converting into a Convenience Store. We will be providing an improved retail offer which will include a Free to Use ATM in conjunction with Nat West – the contract with the supplier is signed and sealed, the machine will be installed in the next two weeks.

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    Getgood Link: Mappa Mercia: Birmingham Coach Station

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Monday, February 22nd, 2010 ( One response )
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    Mappa Mercia: Birmingham Coach Station – Thanks to Andy Mabbett for clocking the last line of this post about Open Street Mapping in Digbeth at the coach station:

    The taxidrivers I spoke to weren’t too impressed with only 4 spaces in their taxi rank.

    I can imagine. Anyone know the number for a private minicab?

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    Getgood Link: Spending New Year at Birmingham’s shiny new Coach Station in Digbeth « Tourist Vs Traveller

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 ( Start discussion )
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    Spending New Year at Birmingham’s shiny new Coach Station in Digbeth « Tourist Vs Traveller – Fiona Cullinan joining the New Year ‘bus crew’ (as she calls it) has resulted in a nice little guide to all the delights Digbeth has to offer, should you find yourself with a little time to spare between coaches.

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    Getgood Link: Digbeth Public Art Project | Created in Birmingham

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
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    Digbeth Public Art Project | Created in Birmingham – CiB feature the EC-Arts Digbeth Public Art Project that’s part of the redevelopment of Digbeth coach station. Three new permanent commissions that are Boundary (a pretty fence around the Coach Station), Irish Quarter Visual Art (‘creating a landmark for the Irish Quarter and the City’) and a Short Film that ‘will document the public art process’ will be launched this December.

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    Getgood Link: Birmingham Post – Developer of Abacus Building in Digbeth enters administration

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Saturday, July 25th, 2009 ( One response )
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    Birmingham Post – Developer of Abacus Building in Digbeth enters administration – A friend of mine put in an offer to buy an Abacus apartment hours before reading this article, which prompted him to re-think.

    Concept has been the subject of controversy after Birmingham City Council did not require the firm to carry out a noise report when it applied for planning permission to build the Abacus Building.

    The decision sparked the anger of nearby venues who have subsequently been dealt noise abatement orders following complaints about music from their venues being audible in the flats – with the most recent being The Rainbow.

    Old House Holdings is the umbrella firm above a number of construction companies including Digbeth Coach Station developer Ashford Construction which was forced to cease trading last month amid crippling debts, halting progress on the £15 million flagship project.

    This is not good news for Digbeth – affecting the development of Digbeth Coach Station and putting a question mark over the upkeep of Abacus Apartments, at least in the minds of prospective buyers.

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    Digbeth Public Art Project consultation event

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 ( One response )
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    Digbeth Public Art Project 1

    Digbeth Public Art Project 2

    There is a free Digbeth Public Art Project consultation event at The Irish Club this Thurs 28th May. The family friendly event includes:

    • an artist-led workshop and talk on the three commissions for the Public Art   Project
    • a look at the prototype ‘boundary’ fence viewed by both day and night
    • visuals of the new coach station
    • a time-lapse of the coach station site
    • free refreshments

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    Getgood Link

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, May 14th, 2009 ( One response )
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    YouTube – Digbeth Coach Station Before the Rebuild 24 April 2006 – A video by Horsencart, which he’s loathe to let you forget by having his name annoyingly in the middle of the screen throughout the video. Anyway, a film of the Digbeth Coach station of yesteryear complete with tinny radio, which should let you re-live some not-so-good memories. You have to follow the link because Horsencart has bizarrely disabled embedding his shaky video of a bus station.

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    Links for January 12th

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Monday, January 12th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
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    ‘… in the desire to reinvent and reposition Birmingham in an international league table, it is necessary to understand and respect the history and the nature of the city. At a superficial (but still important) level, this means continuing to use historic place names, and not seeking to replace them by bland invented marketing terms such as “Eastside” and “Westside”. More fundamentally, it means appreciating what is characteristic in the nature of Birmingham’s urban fabric. The city’s publicity campaigns continually stress the big, the exceptional, the upmarket, the glamorous elements of the fabric. They have little to say about, and even dismiss, as does the Big City Plan in a number of instances, the ordinary and the utilitarian, as exemplified in inner city districts such as Digbeth, Highgate, Hockley, and Aston Newtown. These districts are not only economically important to Birmingham, but in their fine grain and their diversity, they are particular to Birmingham; they are a large part of what makes Birmingham special. The Big City Plan should respect and value them.’

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