3.7.1
Original Document
Birmingham’s city centre has a strong and characterful urban and natural environment, rooted in the city’s historic legacy. The core of the city has a fine array of civic buildings representing the initiatives of generations of civic leaders, Beyond the core, the centre comprises a series of neighbourhoods and quarters, each with a distinctive character and function. The Jewellery Quarter, for example, is a wonderful example of historic building stock married to small scale design and manufacturing, whilst Digbeth contains some very good, high quality industrial buildings, and Eastside is associated with learning institutions and scientific research. These neighbourhoods and quarters will be explored in more detail throughout the remainder of this report.
Plain English Translation
The very centre of the city has a a lot of civic buildings built by generations of civic leaders. Further out the centre has neighbourhoods and quarters, each with a different character and function.
The Jewellery Quarter, for example, is a wonderful example of historic buildings and small scale design and manufacturing. Digbeth contains some very good industrial buildings, and Eastside is to be associated with learning institutions and scientific research.
We talk about each area separately later in the report.