The new City Library, corner of High Bridge and John Dobson Streets

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  • Description

    "A photo of the old 1960s, Basil Spence designed, library building (thankfully demolished) is here [[69551]]. The new, light and airy, steel and glass Charles Avison Building [[1672226]], named after the 18th century Newcastle composer (buried here [[1666632]]), was opened on 7 June 2009. Its construction was recorded by Peter McDermott [[764696]] The tower block to the right, above John Dobson Street, is Bewick Court [[1671430]]" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2010.

  • Owner

    Andrew Curtis

  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)

  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License

  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1672936
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 5 years, 8 months ago
    Viewed: 369 times
    Picture Taken: 2010-01-15

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