Editing Centenary Square (section)

===Post War development===
In 1940-41 William Haywood produced another design for the civic centre, centred on a 42 metre high column topped by a 10&nbsp;ft statue representing the Spirit of Birmingham. The incomplete Baskerville House would form the east wing of a U-shaped court. The council adopted the design in 1944 and [[William Bloye]] produced a maquette on the statue in 1948, but the next year it was abandoned as too expensive. In 1958, [[Alwyn Sheppard Fidler]] produced a less formal layout with water features and a line of residential towers linked by a municipal office podium on the north side. The Crescent Wharf tower blocks north of Cambridge Street by the City Architect, [[Alan Maudsley]], in 1968 are a much modified version of its proposed towers.

Bingley Hall which stood at the western end of the square was damaged by fire in 1984. The city council used this as an opportunity to develop the western end of the square into the [[International Convention Centre, Birmingham|International Convention Centre]] and [[Birmingham Symphony Hall]], which opened in 1991 and 1992 respectively.