North Street, Belfast (part)

Introduction

The photograph on this page of North Street, Belfast (part) by Albert Bridge as part of the Geograph project.

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North Street, Belfast (part)

Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 7 Jun 2009

This part of North Street Image fared badly during the “Troubles”, partly with the general decline of central Belfast and partly (I’d guess) because of its proximity to potential “flashpoints”. Now with the limbo period awaiting the extension to the Castle Court Image described in Image it has an air of something between neglect and death throes. There are three buildings here at the Peter’s Hill end. Law’s Court Image is just above the passing car on the right. Some might remember features of the street such as McMurray’s, Christies, the wee Woolies and the Elephant all of which have passed into history. To see some of the detail on the buildings continue to Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.602682
Longitude
-5.933515