Editing Centenary Square (section)

{{Short description|Public square in Birmingham, England}}
{{About||the square in New South Wales, Australia|Centenary Square, Parramatta|the square in Bradford, England|Bradford City Park}}
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| name        = Centenary Square
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| image       = Centenary Square August 2021.jpg
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| caption     = Aerial view of Centenary Square in 2021, looking east. In the foreground on the left side is the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], followed by the [[Library of Birmingham]] and [[Baskerville House]], with the [[Hall of Memory, Birmingham|Hall of Memory]] in front of it. To the right hand side is the tramway across which is The Exchange building belonging to the [[University of Birmingham]].
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| location    = [[Birmingham]], England, UK
| maint       = [[City of Birmingham]]
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| completion_date = 1920s (1991 redesign, 2019 2nd redesign)
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'''Centenary Square''' is a public square on the north side of [[Broad Street, Birmingham|Broad Street]] in [[Birmingham]], England, named in 1989 to commemorate the centenary of Birmingham achieving [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]]. The square is used as a staging area for many of the city's main cultural events including the [[Frankfurt Christmas Market, Birmingham|Frankfurt Christmas Market]], Arts Festivals, Remembrance Day Services, New Year's Celebrations and during Christmas hosts a temporary [[ice rink]] and [[Ferris wheel]]. It is also the location of the [[Library of Birmingham]]. [[Paradise, Birmingham|Paradise]] and [[Chamberlain Square]] are adjacent to it, 

The area was an industrial area of small workshops and canal wharves before it was purchased by the council in the 1920s for the creation of a grand civic centre scheme to include museums, council offices, cathedral and opera house. The scheme was abandoned after the arrival of [[World War II]] with only the [[Hall of Memory, Birmingham|Hall of Memory]] and half of the planned [[Baskerville House]] complete. After the war the scheme was revived in a simpler form however the council never managed to implement the design.

In 1991 the square was redesigned to complement the new [[International Convention Centre, Birmingham|International Convention Centre]] with new paving, railings and lamps designed by artist [[Tess Jaray]], a fountain and several sculptures. During the construction and opening of the [[Library of Birmingham]] on the square in 2013 several of the elements of the 1991 design were removed and a library amphitheatre was built into the square. In 2014 a design competition was held to redesign the square. Construction of the redesigned square began in 2017 and was largely complete in 2019.