A guided photowalk through Birmingham’s Eastside district is being held as part of the city’s second Architecture Festival later this month.
Eastside Through The Lens will take in areas of Birmingham’s industrial heritage alongside newer developments and street art.
It will be led by photographer Tracey Thorne who has spent 20 years working in Birmingham and has more recently spent time documenting and producing an archive of Birmingham’s old advertising signs, referred to as ghost signs.
The two-hour circular walk takes place on Sunday May 25 at 7pm. It starts at the Adam and Eve pub on Bradford Street in Digbeth. Tickets cost £7.
Ms Thorne said: “The tour will look at the former Devonshire Works of Alfred Bird & Sons – which is now the site for the Custard Factory.
“We look at how the space has been developed and look for traces of the old parts of the site. On the main red brick building there is still an Old Alfred Bird & Sons letter box and the original Devonshire Works staff entrance can be found on Floodgate Street.
“We will also explore the canal area around Typhoo basin which provides a great view across to the more modern city developments such as Bullring, Selfridges and Rotunda. The area is part of the Warwick Bar Conservation area – one of the best stretches of canal in the city centre – with buildings like The Bond and the Banana Warehouse backing on to it.”
Birmingham Architecture Festival runs from from May 23 to 26 and will feature a series of events aimed at inspiring the public to engage with the city’s built environment.
Among the planned events are guided tours examining 100 years of architecture within one mile of the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston campus, a look at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery building in Chamberlain Square and a photowalk of Queensway.
