Progress

Birmingham is to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The site with all the cranes was a university where I used to work. The university has been pulled down and the new buildings will be the athletes’ village for the games. They will then become social housing as the area (Perry Barr) is long overdue some modernising and improving.

I hadn’t travelled this route to the city centre for a few years so I was amazed by all the changes.

[Molly]

Exciting times ahead! Not only the games but also the potential legacy. Great urban capture.

[Susan Wakely]

A hive of industry with all of the cranes. Let’s hope that the regeneration has a positive outcome.

[Carole Sandford]

I think this is what they did with the London olympics, I’m sure that was in an area that needed rejuvenation .

[Pat]

I love all those cranes, it looks like they are really cracking on now.

[Diana]

amazing capture of all that is going on there, love the cranes reaching to the sky.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

hopeful!

[Issi Bannerman]

Interesting capture of this future athletes' village.

[Clive Handscombe]

A bit of regeneration is always welcome.

[Margaret Brown]

Nice to see it’s regenerating and looking to the future

[KWind]

Wow... that's a lot of cranes!!

[Lesley]

@miss_molly @wakelys @carole_sandford @pattyblue @ludwigsdiana @koalagardens @jamibann @clivee @craftymeg @kwind Thank you. It will be wonderful, and much-needed, for the city.

[Dione Giorgio]

Great capture and so many cranes in one spot.

[Louise]

A busy spot!

[Lesley]

@sangwann @lmsa It really is.

[Pyrrhula]

Wow. Lot of work in progress. Great shot of the city and cranes.

[Lesley]

@pyrrhula Thank you.