The new
Bullring in Birmingham boasts more than 140 shops and kiosks - including
an iconic Selfridges store.
Other old names to reappear will be 'Jamaica Row' and 'Spiceal Street',
which first appeared on plans from 1795.
Jamaica Row is believed to have derived from a pub called the Black
Boy after King Charles II, who was dark-skinned. It will now be used
for a new pedestrian route between the new St Martin's Market and
the Open Market.
Spiceal Street was a later variant of Mercer St, the street of the
city's cloth merchants. It will return as the name for the pedestrian
route around 'St Martin's Square', the proposed new name for the repaved
area to the north-east of St Martin's Church.
The central street within the development running from the junction
of New Street and High Street will be called 'St Martin's Walk'.
The Lord
Mayor of Birmingham, John Alden, said: "This is a great opportunity
to celebrate the city's varied culture, the involvement of local people
and the significance of this day as another piece in the jigsaw of
the renaissance of Birmingham."
The webcam pictures by kind permission of Birmingham Alliance.
