LOCAL RECORD · NORTH STREET NOTES
Adam Matthews
Local Record contributor · North Birmingham
Adam records changing high streets, old entertainment buildings, local businesses and public spaces, with a particular interest in the ordinary details that survive redevelopment.
The Cinema Shape
There is an old building north of Birmingham whose present use is much less interesting than its outline. You can still read “cinema” in the façade even though…
Three Empty Units and a Barber
I went back today to a short row of shops I first wrote about eighteen months ago. Three units are empty now. The barber is still there. Nothing…