12-570: Hurst Street is a street located along the edge of the Birmingham Chinatown area of Birmingham , England . The Birmingham Back to Backs , a complex of four restored houses, extends from Hurst Street to Inge Street. They are the last surviving example of this nineteenth-century construction type in the city. Restored by the Birmingham Conservation Trust , since July 2004, they are now a museum operated by
24-575: A ceremony on 20 May 2024. Many of the buildings in the area have Chinese architectural features and art including Chinese style roofs and wall murals in the Arcadian Centre depicting historical scenes typical of the Silk Road . It has many Chinese street names and an arch in its main entranceway. Birmingham Chinatown has a prominent landmark in the form of a seven-storey granite pagoda surrounded by Chinese style gardens and sculpture. It
36-529: A local Chinese supermarket chain, in thanks to the city and its people for providing a home for them and their families and for the city's support over the years. The pagoda was erected in 1998 and the surrounding area turned into a Feng Shui garden with a large Taijitu embedded in the pavement. Located in the centre of the Holloway Circus roundabout on the Inner Ring Road , it forms
48-552: A lot of strain on businesses in the Gay Village. Birmingham Chinatown Birmingham Chinatown in Birmingham , England is located in the city centre's Southside . It is an area with a predominantly Chinese influence as a result of a concentration of Chinese owned businesses, organisations and social clubs. The area now covers a neighbourhood that includes Hurst Street , Ladywell Walk and Pershore Street . In
60-505: The National Trust . A number of architectural details survive in the buildings on Hurst Street, as old as lintels of 1790s design and including an automobile showroom and a large Fisher & Ludlow automobile factory from the 1930s. In the mid-nineteenth century, Hurst Street was the centre of Birmingham's Jewish community, with most Jewish immigrants to Birmingham living in slums around Hurst Street. The Hebrew National School
72-470: The 1980s, the Birmingham "Chinese Quarter" first emerged as an informal cluster of Chinese community organisations, social clubs, and businesses in the 1960s centred on Hurst Street . Its development was fueled by migrants of Chinese Heritage from Hong Kong following World War II . To highlights its cultural heritage and history in the city, the area was officially renamed Birmingham Chinatown at
84-594: The chapel, and additional schoolrooms behind the chapel were added later. Its large central room became known as the People's Hall, where free lectures were held. The school's efforts to educate the city's poorest children were praised by the Inspector of Schools in the 1850s. Hurst Street is the location of the Birmingham Hippodrome , a theatre specialising in ballet, opera, and musicals, which serves as
96-427: The extension of street trees to the full length of Hurst Street, widening pavements to create space for café bars to provide outdoor seating, and brighter street lighting with decorative lanterns. Hurst street has been experiencing gentrification, with many City Centre Apartments being built in the district. There have been a number of complaints that the nightlife will be a nuisance for apartment owners and this has put
108-706: The home of the Birmingham Royal Ballet . Immigrants from Hong Kong moved into the area around Hurst Street in the decades following World War II, and by the 1980s the area was recognized as the city's Chinese Quarter. The area is also known as the Gay Village and the annual celebration of Birmingham Pride is centred on Hurst Street. In May 2009, the Birmingham City Council approved a £530,000 environmental improvement scheme to enhance Hurst Street and its surroundings, including
120-590: The south and the Theatre District to the west. 52°28′31″N 1°53′48″W / 52.47516°N 1.89670°W / 52.47516; -1.89670 Chinese Pagoda (Birmingham) The Chinese Pagoda is a landmark in Birmingham , England . It is a 40-foot (12 m) granite carving of a Chinese pagoda , carved in Fujian , China and donated to the city by the Wing Yip brothers, founder of
132-673: Was erected in 1998 and is situated on the outskirts of Birmingham Chinatown in Holloway Circus also commonly referred to as 'Pagoda Island'. The pagoda was donated by the Wing Yip Group , a Chinese owned business with links with Birmingham. Birmingham Chinatown is located between the Bullring Shopping Complex in the north, the Irish Quarter in Digbeth to the east, the Arcadian Centre and Gay Village to
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#1732780000303144-701: Was replaced by a new building on Hurst Street in 1843. Courses for 85 boys included Hebrew and Hebrew literature in addition to the customary school curriculum. The school relocated and the building was demolished in 1856. The Unitarian Association for the Midland Counties (later the Birmingham Unitarian Domestic Mission Society) built a chapel known as the Hurst Street Domestic Mission on Hurst Street in 1844. It had schoolrooms beneath
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