Aerial view from Clydesdale Tower
Looking towards the South side of the city. Bristol Street is in the near foreground. Bromsgrove Street can be seen curving onto Bristol Street.
Bright - Lighting the Sentinels
Over the period from November 2001 to January 2002 the Sentinels on Holloway Head were lit up at night. The amazing light display of the two blocks is shown in this photograph taken on the launch night ...
Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers - Angela Maloney
Beautiful cloudy sky between the two "Sentinels" on Holloway Head.
Clydesdale Tower, Holloway Head, Lee Bank
Clydesdale Tower is one of the two Sentinel Towers in Holloway Head, Lee Bank, overlooking Holloway Circus. The view is looking southward along Bristol Street, with the dome of the Catholic Church of ...
Essex Street towards Clydesdale Tower
This is the view looking up Essex Street, across The Horsefair, with Clydesdale Tower in the distance. the shops on either side are still recognisable from the early twentieth century. Up till 1961 you ...
Holloway Head
Holloway Head is to the bottom right of the photograph, the twin tower blocks of The Sentinels clearly visible. Other familiar Birmingham locations are there to be seen too such as The Central Library, ...
Lee Bank sports ground
The sports ground at Lee Bank off Holloway Head seen not long after it was nearly finished. Nearly finished because the developers at this time were struggling to get the last occupant out of the building ...
Nature and Tower Blocks - Angela Maloney
A collection of photographs by local artist Angela Maloney contrasting tower blocks with nature. Angela has a website featuring her wonderful paintings at www.angelamaloney.co.uk. This image is of the ...
St Catherine of Siena
The church in 1979 with the Sentinels tower blocks (Clydesdale and Cleveland) looming behind. The church offered mass for the first time on 20th December 1964 and was a replacement for the demolished ...
St Catherines and the Sentinels
St Catherine of Siena. This Roman Catholic Church was "opened" in 1964 and replaced the old Victorian St Catherine's which stood further up towards Holloway Circus. A celebrated priest at the church was ...
The Sentinels, Holloway Circus, Lee Bank
In April 1970 the view down Holloway Head, Lee Bank, shows the Sentinels - Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers. These matching 32-storey towers were designed by James A. Roberts in association with the City ...
View from Clydesdale Tower roof
This view is looking towards the new Bullring development. The Debenhams store is visible in the middle distance.
West Park area
Prior to the building of the West Park, this is the construction site area. To the distant left is St Thomas's Church, to the middle distance are Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers (The Sentinels) on Holloway ...