Creative Heights II: Shoot the Sunset from Staying Cool at the Rotunda
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On Sunday 1st October 2023, Elliott and Jack and other photographers got the chance to go up to the level 20 balcony from Staying Cool at the Rotunda, as the sun went down. It was a bit cloudy, so not much of a sunset really, and got misty as it got dark. The views was amazing. Here just highlights of the views.
Full photos here in Sky High Birmingham.
This visit to Staying Cool at the Rotunda was booked two months in advance for Creative Heights II. The £15 paid went to the Love Brum charity, they raised over £400.
Sunday 1st October 2023 between 5pm and 8pm (although Elliott and Jack arrived around 4:30pm, and left by 7:30pm).
The balcony was on Level 20. We had access mainly to one penthouse suite, and briefly let into the other for the views on the other side.
The Rotunda
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Birmingham New Street Station and Grand Central
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The Ringway Centre on Smallbrook Queensway
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1000 Trades Square (Grand Central Square)
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Birmingham New Street Signal Box
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Birmingham Moor Street Station
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HS2 Curzon Street Station
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Millennium Point and Eastside City Park
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St Martin in the Bullring
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St Martin's Square at the Bullring
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Rotunda Square at the Bullring
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Bullring
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Selfridges
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High Street with Primark and Waterstones
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New Street
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The White House on New Street
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Birmingham Council House
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Birmingham Town Hall
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Birmingham Cathedral
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Centenary Square
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The Cube
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The Mailbox
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Ruins of St Thomas' Church at the Peace Garden
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BT Tower
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103 Colmore Row
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The Octagon at Paradise Birmingham
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The Mercian
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Victoria Law Courts and Methodist Central Hall
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Beetham Tower
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The Electric Cinema
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Birmingham Hippodrome
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Birmingham Back to Backs
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The Wellington Hotel
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Birmingham Coach Station in Digbeth
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Custard Factory, Digbeth
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The former Floodgate Street Board School, Digbeth
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Former Father Lopes' Chapel, Digbeth
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St Alban's Church, Highgate
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Birmingham Central Mosque
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Small Heath Station
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St Andrew's Stadium, home of Birmingham City FC
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Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr
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Photos by Elliott Brown