Broad Street, Birmingham

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This article is about Broad Street in Birmingham, for the street in Oxford, see Broad Street, Oxford.

Broad Street is a major thoroughfare to the immediate West of Birmingham city centre.

At its eastern end is:

• Centenary Square, with
  • Baskerville House
  • Hall of Memory
  • The old Masonic Hall, later Central Television
  • The first Birmingham bank, later Lloyds TSB
  • The Boulton, Watt and Murdoch statue, recently re-gilded
  • The Birmingham Repertory Theatre
  • The International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall

266 Broad Street, a listed Martin & Chamberlain building built on the bridge over the canal

• A bridge (with a grade II listed Martin & Chamberlain building built on it) over the Birmingham Main Line canal leading to Gas Street Basin and Brindleyplace

The former Second Church of Christ Scientist, now a nightclub

During the 1990s, Broad Street was transformed into a dynamic convention, entertainment and nightlife quarter, centred on the International Convention Centre, which opened in 1991.

The Broad Street area is home to numerous bars and restaurants, the Brindleyplace development and cultural attractions such as the Ikon Gallery.

Three major radio stations, Galaxy 102.2, 100.7 Heart FM, and BRMB, have their studios on the street. Heart FM and Galaxy 102.2 share the same building.

Developments planned for the street include Broad Street Tower, Arena Central, a replacement library for Birmingham Central Library and a rebuild of Five Ways Shopping Centre. Previous developments on the street include Brindleyplace, International Convention Centre, the renovation of Quayside Tower and Hyatt Regency Hotel.

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