Hockley and Cranbrook Street
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Hockley and Cranbrook Street by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Hockley and Cranbrook Street
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 27 Jan 2008
Hockley in the foreground, Cranbrook Street receding to the right. This part of town just east of the City Centre has loss its trading importance over the years, now being confined to a number of specialist shops and a few eating establishments. The former prosperity of this area as a retail area can be envisaged when it is pointed out that the building opposite (Emmanuel House) was formerly Montague Burton in their distinctive architectural style. The ground floor is now a second hand shop supporting the homeless; the upper floors, styled Burton Chambers (the logo is just visible above the door to the right). Similarly the red building to the right used to be a branch of Woolworth. It is now an out of use nightclub. Some of the decorative surrounds to the show windows, in a clearly recognisable Woolworth style still exist.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.95401
Longitude
-1.142301