Digbeth Dozen,Deep Eye,Graffiti urban street art,in Floodgate St,Digbeth,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2AERPHRFile size:
53.9 MB (3.5 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5160 x 3648 px | 43.7 x 30.9 cm | 17.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
19 October 2019Location:
Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5STMore information:
. A dated documentary view of Floodgate St, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B5 5ST in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The subject recorded here is Digbeth Dozen, Deep Eye, Graffiti urban street art, in Floodgate St, Digbeth, Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B5 5ST. The photograph also reflects social history, documentary photography, architectural detailing, historic frontage, urban fabric, built heritage, regional identity, historic commercial architecture, before-and-after reference, historic townscape, period streetscape, visual archive, adaptive reuse, and contemporary social history. Today's wider story includes maintenance costs, energy retrofit and the practical question of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a piece of social history, the photograph anchors the combination of built form, activity and local identity as seen at Floodgate St, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B5 5ST. Further connections include heritage landmark, historical comparison, community identity, local character, historic context, period building, conservation interest, and changing land use. Elements such as Midlands, urban, Floodgate, Bordesley, and Digbeth add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. Around Floodgate St, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B5 5ST, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes maintenance costs and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them within the specific setting of Floodgate St, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B5 5ST. The record includes period character as a date-specific reference. The frame retains a trace of local identity for later comparison.