THERE is no point in mourning the passing of those magnificent Birmingham buildings that were bulldozed in decades past. Nothing will bring them back.
Instead it crucial that this city creates new buildings that please the eye, lift the spirits and are unique.
The new light and airy Bullring fits the bill. Likewise the futuristic and iconic Selfridges store.
Next in line is City Park Gate, a development of homes, shops, restaurants, offices and open space that will brighten up the dull Masshouse Circus area.
It will have its critics, but few will argue that it is not a vast improvement on the concrete wasteland that it replaces.