Gardens · West Midlands
Owen Owen Building
Owen Owen Building — a garden in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
Lewis Clarke — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Owen Owen Building is a garden of interest in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Owen Owen Building is a large retail building in Coventry's Broadgate shopping precinct. It is named for the company that originally owned it, Owen Owen Ltd, it is currently occupied by Primark.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Owen Owen was a chain of department stores based in Liverpool that opened its first store in Coventry in 1937 on the corner of Trinity Street and The Burges. The original Owen Owen building remained open until it was struck by an incendiary bomb in the Coventry Blitz on 14 November 1940. This left it scorched and roofless like the nearby cathedral, so the company moved to temporary premises in Trinity Street and Hales Street. It was announced in 1942 that the original building was to be demolished as it was damaged beyond repair. The construction of Owen Owen's new store at the end of Broadgate began in 1951 along with other reconstruction projects in the city centre. The building was…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.4087, -1.5104
- Address
- Broadgate
- Established
- 1954
- Official site
- www.bbc.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q105986522 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Owen Owen Building, Coventry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Owen Owen Building?
- Owen Owen Building is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.4087°, -1.5104°.
- When was Owen Owen Building built?
- Owen Owen Building dates to 1954.