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021559:Princess Square Central Newcastle Upon Tyne 1971
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021537:Princess Square Newcastle Upon Tyne 1972
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054576:Central Library Princess Square Newcastle upon Tyne Signey James 1967
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City in the Sky - 1960's vision for Newcastle
- In the 1960's and early 1970's the 'city in the sky' vision was to separate out traffic from pedestrians. With increasing car ownership, towns and cities were becoming dominated by …
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Newcastle Central Library
- Building of the Free Library (later known as Central Library) on New Bridge Street began in 1881; the medieval Carliol Tower was demolished to make way for the library. In turn …
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
021559:Princess Square Central Newcastle Upon Tyne 1971
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
![](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2578/4078944190_3bbdeb1f66_z.jpg)
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
021537:Princess Square Newcastle Upon Tyne 1972
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
![](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2651/4085588810_55c27edbd6_z.jpg)
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
054576:Central Library Princess Square Newcastle upon Tyne Signey James 1967
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
![City in the Sky - 1960's vision for Newcastle](/uploads/pics/29/29639_t.jpg)
  Co-Curate Page
City in the Sky - 1960's vision for Newcastle
- In the 1960's and early 1970's the 'city in the sky' vision was to separate out traffic from pedestrians. With increasing car ownership, towns and cities were becoming dominated by …
![Newcastle Central Library](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/06/95/069551_d4ea8f0a.jpg)