On your left you can see the famous Midland Metro. This opened around twenty years ago and connects the city to Wolverhampton via a network of suburbs. An extension to the line is currently in construction which will see the line run out to Edgbaston in time for the Commonwealth Games. As we turn the corner, on your right we can see the new Bullring Centre with its famous bronze statue outside; symbolising the might of Birmingham. It was constructed fifteen years ago and the big shiny dalek houses a Selfridges store; though its 15,000 aluminium discs that cover the building are supposed to resemble a sequinned Paco Rabanne dress. On your left is the Rotunda which are the remains of the first indoor shopping centre in England. The tower served as an office block until it suffered damage in a pub bombing on the ground floor. It wasn’t built out of Lego then. It’s now been converted into housing.
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