Birmingham – City of Statues
To try and tempt people the official guidebooks are keen to remind visitors that it has more canals than Venice, more trees than the Bois de Boulogne, it has the Royal Ballet and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. There are also two famous football clubs, a world-famous cricket ground, a Capability Brown-designed golf course in the heart of Edgbaston, and, of course, the Balti belt.
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“it has more canals than Venice” What? But, does it have gondolas? 🙂
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No gondolas, just barges!
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I loved seeing this on the streets of Birmingham – great shot!
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I was very surprised by Birmingham and all of the public art and statues.
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I know what you man. We were very surprised and impressed when we visited.
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I was in Birmingham about 15 years ago and I thought then that Birmingham ranks as a vital amazing people space; it was the ‘art’ (mostly statues) dotted around the public places that I remember! I had made a special visit to the Ikon Gallery and can hardly remember (I would have to wrack my brains or look up the diary) what the exhibition there was about!
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It is a good city, well worth a return visit!
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That is a cool statue. There are not many gold ones.
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Not solid gold of course. A solid gold statue wouldn’t last long in Birmingham, or anywhere else I imagine!
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