Column Morris, Paradise Circus. These columns, named after printer Gabriel Morris, who invented them in 1850, have become objects of mystery and literary adoration in Paris and copied by cities from Beijing to Birmingham. Urban legend has it that they lead, via spiral staircases, to the labyrinth of catacombs beneath the streets!
Behind and to the right is the Town Hall whilst beyond is <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chamberlain_Memorial_and_Square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_556591.jpg" title="File:Chamberlain Memorial and Square - geograph.org.uk - 556591.jpg">556591</a> and on the skyline, the BT microwave tower in Newhall Street.
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