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Birmingham Short-listed for UK City of Culture 2013

Library of Birmingham. © Hayes Davidson -  Birmingham has been shortlisted for the first UK City of Culture title in 2013.

BIRMINGHAM,UK – Birmingham has been short-listed
for the first UK City of Culture title in 2013 it was announced today.
Birmingham’s bid is led by a multi million pound capital investment
programme
, designed to equip the city for the creative economy of the
21st century and will include a new Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square; a
new Creative Campus for Birmingham City University and a new wing for the
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.