Category Archives: Italian Quarter, Curzon

Final Proposal: Italian Quarter Memorial

TITLE: Memorial for the Curzon Italian Quarter LOCATION: Eastside, Birmingham COLLABORATORS: Friends of Eastside Community Park PROJECT TYPE: Community Participation, Design Feasibility This commission developed a design proposal for a permanent memorial located in Eastside Park in commemoration for the

Final Proposal: Italian Quarter Memorial

TITLE: Memorial for the Curzon Italian Quarter LOCATION: Eastside, Birmingham COLLABORATORS: Friends of Eastside Community Park PROJECT TYPE: Community Participation, Design Feasibility This commission developed a design proposal for a permanent memorial located in Eastside Park in commemoration for the

Curzon community meeting

To proceed with the project for the memorial to the former, Italian community of Curzon, we organised a community engagement session, at the Woodman pub – one of the only remaining structures from the period in question. This was the

Curzon community meeting

To proceed with the project for the memorial to the former, Italian community of Curzon, we organised a community engagement session, at the Woodman pub – one of the only remaining structures from the period in question. This was the

The Arandora Star

To memorialise the local Italian Brummies that lost their lives on the Arandora Star, the ship sunk by a U-boat on the Atlantic, our students worked with Simon Linford in producing a commemorative plaque and information poster. This was unveiled in

The Arandora Star

To memorialise the local Italian Brummies that lost their lives on the Arandora Star, the ship sunk by a U-boat on the Atlantic, our students worked with Simon Linford in producing a commemorative plaque and information poster. This was unveiled in

New commission: Curzon, Italian Quarter

image source: Brummagem magazine, ‘Remembering Birmngham’s Italians’, pp.6-9 We are pleased to announce our newest commission. We have been approached by the Friends of Eastside Community Park to work on a project to design a commemorative structure, marking the historic

New commission: Curzon, Italian Quarter

image source: Brummagem magazine, ‘Remembering Birmngham’s Italians’, pp.6-9 We are pleased to announce our newest commission. We have been approached by the Friends of Eastside Community Park to work on a project to design a commemorative structure, marking the historic