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New Street is a Street in central Birmingham , England (). It is one of the city's principal thoroughfares and shopping streets. Named after it is Birmingham New Street Station , although that does not have an entrance on New Street except through the Pallasades Shopping Centre . HISTORY New Street is mentioned in a deed dated back to 1398 which makes it one of the oldest streets in the city. The street underwent large development during the 18th and 19th Century and in an 1840s guide, shortly after the building of the Town Hall it is described as "''the Bond Street of Birmingham; what with its glittering array of shops, its inns; its fine Elizabethan School, its School of Arts, its Theatre, its Post-office, it gives the ton to that part of the town.''" In 1974 , the Birmingham Pub Bombings took place in two Pub s; one on New Street, the other under the Rotunda . Lost buildings
TODAY '', is at the western end. The Bull Ring and High Street shopping areas and the Rotunda are at the eastern end. New Street today is mostly Pedestrianised , although commercial vehicles are still permitted to enter. It is a popular shopping area which provides a busy link from Corporation Street to the newly built Bull Ring Shopping Centre . A Farmers' Market occurs on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Every Christmas a Frankfurt market is held on the street and in Victoria Square , its wooden huts selling items such as jewellery, ornaments, Clothing and German food. The Burlington Hotel, formerly known as the Midland Hotel, is located next to the Waterstone's Bookshop which occupies the former Grade II Listed Midland Bank building ( 1869 ). The Burlington Arcade, the front area to the Burlington Hotel, underwent a renovation under the design of Malcolm Payne architects who designed a Glass roof to cover the area which was once known as Burlington Passage. The lettering of the Midland Hotel is still visible however on the rear of the building fronting Stephenson Street. In 2004 a glass-walled tourist information centre was constructed in the middle of the street outside the Waterstone's store. SOURCES
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