{"id":115211,"date":"2018-05-21T06:21:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T04:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pretoria-image-martineau-place\/"},"modified":"2018-05-21T06:21:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T04:21:50","slug":"pretoria-image-martineau-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pretoria-image-martineau-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretoria Image: Martineau Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This #Blue Bulls tagged image is courtesy of Flickr. Click on the Flickr account holder below the photograph to see more.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blue Bulls\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a71df_4375480141_dea33752ff.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><br \/><i>Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/39415781@N06\/4375480141\">ell brown<\/a><\/i><br \/>\nThis is the inside of Martineau Place. A shopping centre opened in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>I keep looking up at these roof canopies, and think that they would make interesting shots, and they have.<\/p>\n<p>This is what was Martineau Street, cut in 1887. It was replaced by the Commercial Union development of 1959 \u2013 65 by J Seymour Harris  Partners.<\/p>\n<p>It was replaced in 2000 \u2013 01 by the first stage of the Martineau Galleries scheme. By Leslie Jones Architects.<\/p>\n<p>Blue mullions topped with gold saucers, an entrance on Corporation Street with hugely inflated silver metal keystones, a pointed prow canopy in Union Street, and  at the corner of Bull Street a miniture Odeon in blocky moderne. A gimicky mishmash.<\/p>\n<p>From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster.<\/p>\n<p>More here <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martineau_Place\" rel=\"nofollow\">en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martineau_Place<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In here it seems to be mostly for getting food at lunchtime, and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Places to eat out at this end.<\/p>\n<p>Spud U Like on the left, Bruger King and Yum Yum on the right.<\/p>\n<p>At the end, City Arcade in scaffolding.<\/p>\n<p>The office tower is undeveloped is called One Martineau Place.<\/p>\n<p>This area is called Martineau Square.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypta.co.za\/category\/images\/\">More Pretoria Images<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>This <em>Blue Bulls<\/em> image was automatically curated and published with <a href=\"http:\/\/wprobot.net\/?ref=578\" target=\"_blank\">WP Robot<\/a> plugin \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/wprobot.net\/?ref=578\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/wprobot.net\/?ref=578\" target=\"_blank\">WP Robot for WordPress<\/a> \u2013 a massive time and money saver.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/submit\">Read, Republish and Submit Press Releases to MyPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This #Blue Bulls tagged image is courtesy of Flickr. 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