Luckily it is a listed building as far as I know!

Dave

It’s not the first time that our regions cultural heritage has been overlooked in the rush to reinvent Birmingham as a giant car park interspersed with ugly architectural loft house living.

I was fortunate to have been one of the last people to work in Curzon Street Station when I was graphic artists for Prince’s Trust.

It was and is a beautiful building (with a staircase that leaves Vertigo sufferers clinging to the walls – as I did each morning) and one of the few remaining treasures we have. What better purpose for it than to house creative art based events. Or even permanent exhibitions if our regions council and developers could see fit to invest in the cultural aspects of our society rather than corporate and consumer.

It has been empty and boarded for years on and off since I left from my brief spell there, but what is needed here is a clear Civic strategy to save it from becoming prime office space or apartments in the future and depriving future generations of the pleasure of great architecture and interiors. Or maybe that is the long term plan…again?

Can we get it right for a change?

PS – Ken did you study at Bournville?

And, the trouble with boarding things up is that all too often they become subject to suspicious fires and ultimately have to be demolished. That may not happen in this case - after all it’s not a grand old pub with fat corporate chain hovering above it.