HS2 in Birmingham and the threat of local severance
Joe Holyoak
Urban design principle no.17:
Every urban design intervention, at whatever scale, has an obligation to improve the movement of people in the town.
The Mailbox: helping to join up the disconnected city
The proposed new Birmingham HS2 terminal
The Eastside Masterplan; Glenn Howells Architects for Birmingham City Council, December 2011.
The Inner Ring Road as originally designed
The elevated Masshouse Circus being demolished in about 2003
The new Moor Street boulevard, replacing the Inner Ring Road
HS2 station
Streets to remain open coloured green.Streets to be closed coloured pink.
Looking up Fazeley Street from Digbeth towards the city centre: a major connection to disappear