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Corporation Street, BELFAST, BT1 3BA

See Image The building’s clean crisp lines are greatly enhanced by floodlighting. Continue to Image

See Image The intention is to open a new Job Centre on the ground floor of no 39 Corporation Street Image subject to approval of the following application (31 October 2016) for planning permission “LA04/2016/2357/F Change of use of part of ground floor from office to job centre. Replacement of ramp for DDA access, and new public entrance to front façade. The Design centre 39 Corporation Street Belfast BT1 3BA”.

The eastern side of Corporation Street, between Corporation Square (marked by Sinclair Seaman’s church Image (middle left)) and Waring Street. The Design Centre Image is under construction (middle right). The buildings on the right have since been demolished. The area between the Design Centre and the church was cleared to make way for the M3 Image and the railway to Yorkgate Image Image shows a similar view in 2011.

Built as “The Design Centre” when “design” was a fashionable word. Now just another office building. Image shows the building when floodlit.

See Image A similar view in 2011 with the M3 Image and the railway to Yorkgate Image crossing the middle of the photograph. The common reference points are Sinclair Seaman’s church Image (middle left) and the Design Centre Image (right). Exchange Street Image is at the lower left.

A poster (which might just be an illusion), at Corporation Street, advertising Derren Brown’s show at the Grand Opera House Image - “Direct from the West End, the multi-award winning master of mind-control and psychological illusion returns to amaze, astonish and enthral audiences with his latest smash hit show. Bringing together a collection of the very best of his work, Derren Brown: Underground promises a jaw-dropping experience of magical genius and epic showmanship not to be missed”. See also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkHePIahXEs.

A street running from Corporation Street to Donegall Quay (middle background), built in the early part of the 19th century. Close to the harbour, it was associated with the hospitality (bars and accommodation) trade for much of its early existence. Everything in this photograph (including the coal and scrap yards on Queen’s Quay (far background) was cleared to make way for the M3 Image and the railway to Yorkgate Image The Design Centre Image site is behind the blue fence (lower right). Image shows a similar view in 2011.

See Image A similar view in 2011 (from Gt Patrick Street) with the M3 Image and the railway to Yorkgate Image crossing the middle of the photograph. The line of the street remains with most of the area used for car parking. Continue to Image

A poster, at Corporation Street, featuring an oversize whistle and the Giant’s Causeway, advertising the “Whistl” (formerly TNT Post) parcels service.

See Image A fifth poster in the series, on a theme of the Giro d’Italia, at Corporation Street. Continue to Image and Image