Victoria Square in Birmingham
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Victoria Square in Birmingham
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 4 May 2022
Looking south-south-east towards Hill Street. The distant tower is the 39 storey 130 metres tall Radissan Blu Hotel about five hundred metres away. It was completed in 2006. In the foreground is The Iron Man, one of Sir Antony Gormley's pieces of "rusty" metal, made in Willenhall. This 1993 object has been reinstalled (overnight 23/24 February 2022) here after being removed from its original location nearer New Street on 5 September 2017 to allow "re-modelling" of the Victoria Square and its road/Metro layout. To make this one look especially artistic and creative Sir Antony has specified that it should lean 7·5° backwards and 5° to its left. I'm told that some people like it. There is another fine statue nearby of Queen Victoria. She doesn't look amused.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.478997
Longitude
-1.902779