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Lost Birmingham in 3D

The Empire Theatre, on today’s streets

The Empire Palace of Varieties on Hurst Street, rebuilt in 1894 from Day’s concert hall, was one of the city’s big music halls. It was bombed in October 1940 and its ruins cleared about 1950.

A 3D model of the Empire Theatre on Hurst Street, a red brick music hall, placed beside today’s Birmingham Hippodrome
The Empire — outline from the 1887–88 plan of the hall it was rebuilt from (may differ by a few metres); red brick Italian Renaissance front from the Era (1894) (height estimated)Landmarks standing todayBuildings standing on the site today (see-through)Buildings today (OpenStreetMap)
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