00:01Some streets feel like backdrops, others like characters. In Birmingham that difference
00:05can be a few steps. You've got Georgian townhouses next to brutalist banks, a quiet square two
00:11miles from a rave, streets that whisper history or shout nightlife or sometimes do both. So
00:16what makes a street stick with someone? Is it beauty, energy, culture or just memories
00:21tied to a certain corner? We asked people across the city centre which streets they
00:26write it most and why those names matter. I don't come to Birmingham very often so I
00:32think the only ones that come to mind is probably Colmore Row, up by Pigeon Park and we've just
00:42been round by the Icon Gallery and Brindley Place, those are nice places. I don't know
00:47the name of any of them. I like this street because this is probably the one I am most
00:53familiar with when I got off the train, sort of up and down here. So New Street, is this?
00:59And the streets that go down to the Bullring. Walking along the canals is beautiful and there's
01:04some lovely architecture but around the back of the mailbox and walking along that way
01:09is lovely. I think people go to the obvious places like the Fluse and the Jacuzzi and stuff.
01:15I've never seen the library before so that's really exciting me today. It's got to be, what's
01:22that street called by where we normally get brunch? Canal area, the canal area. Brindley
01:30Place, there we go. I think the place gives like a very Italian vibe, Venice vibe and it's
01:35got like lots of different restaurants and you have like, you know, the sea and the canals
01:40passing by. I think it's really nice. The best street, I'd say Broad Street. Broad Street's
01:47a good street, you know, you've got all the nightclubs and nightclubs and the bars there
01:52and there you've got the canal bars.
01:55Some pick spots steeped in history. Streets with uniform stonework and listed buildings.
02:01Others preferred grit and colour. Price is loud with hearth, noise and life. That tension
02:06between past and present runs through the city like a fault line. The same street can mean
02:11elegance to one person and sterility to another. And what gets forgotten or redeveloped can be
02:16just as revealing as what's kept pristine. It's about what people feel when they walk
02:21through it, not just what's on a plaque.
02:23Um, I think it's the architecture and then the vibe. For me, it's the architecture and
02:30the general sort of vibe and buzziness. A mix between the history and the vibe. Cause
02:38I would say Digbath, it's not the most pretty looking place, but it's got like a lot of history
02:42there and like a lot of graffiti. So I think it just makes the place like a lot more lively
02:46to people and that's why they want to go there.
02:49Um, I'd say Victoria Square, you know, where they've got the statue and Albert Slosh, that's
02:56good.
02:57It's good.
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