CITY CENTRE GALLERY
Incorporating part of Cathays

133 Images

Images are arranged in chronological order, from top to bottom.

(1870) High Corner House (now demolished), Castle Street	(1870s) Castle Street and the Castle Clock Tower	(1871) South view from Cardiff Castle clock, looking down Westgate Street	(1871) View of Canton Bridge from Castle Clock Tower

(1872) High Street	(1875) View from the Castle Clock Tower, showing the High Street and St Johns Church	(1884) Cardiff Castle	(1887) North Street (Re-named Kingsway in 1909)

(1890) Philharmonic Restaurant, St. Mary Street	(1890) Queen Street	(1890) St. Johns Street (and Evans Court which was demolished in 1892)	(1890) St. Mary Street, Decorated for Prince of Wales Visit

(1890s) Cardiff Castle	(1890s) Shewing University, Newport Road	(1890s) St Mary Street	(1891) Quay Street

(1898) Cardiff Castle, Excavations	(1898) Norman fortifications revealed during the excavations at Cardiff Castle	(1900) Cardiff Castle, Dock Feeder	(1900) Taff Vale Railway Station (Queen Street)

(1902) Queen Street	(1903) Globe Hotel, Castle Street	(1903) Squire John Richards house, Church St and St. Mary Street	(1904) Queen Street

(1905) Cardiff Castle	(1905) Queen Street	(1905) St. Mary Street	(1910s) High Street

(1910s) Queen Street	(1910s) Town Hall in St Mary Street (demolished in 1914)	(1912) King George V and Queen Mary leave Cardiff Castle	(1912) Queen Street Station (original Taff Vale Railway building) on the junction of Newport Rd

(1912) St. Mary Street	(1917) Westgate Street Fire Station, Appliance Room	(1920) Royal Arcade	(1920s) Central Free Library

(1920s) Queen Street and Dominion Buildings	(1921) Duke Street	(1930) Duke Street and Castle	(1930) Temperance Town, which used to be located where the Central Bus Station stands now

(1932) St. Mary Street	(1934) Queen Street	(1940) Cardiff Castle and Duke Street	(1940s) Carlton Restaurant in Queen Street, the remains after WW2

(1940s) GWR Train at Cardiff General Station	(1940s) St. Johns Church, The Hayes	(1946) St. Johns Church, The Hayes	(1947) Guildford Crescent looking up towards Queen Street, and the dock feeder

(1947) Turkish Baths in Guildford Crescent, and the dock feeder	(1950) Taff Vale Railway bridge and Rhymney Railway bridge over Newport Rd	(1950s) Aerial view of Cardiff City Centre	(1950s) Aerial view of the City Centre

(1950s) Churchill Way and Queen Street Station, aerial view	(1950s) County Council Offices	(1950s) Queen Street - Mid 50s	(1950s) Queen Street

(1950s) St Mary Street, Aerial View	(1950s) Thomson House Printing Press, Wood Street	(1950s) Thomson House, Wood Street	(1952) Glamorganshire Canal lock at Queen Street (then Crockherbtown)

(1953) Wood Street, before Central Bus Station was built	(1954) Queen Street Railway Station	(1955) Cardiff General Station (Note the Riverside Platform to the right which was removed in 1964)	(1955) Queen Street

(1957) Central Bus Station and Asteys at night	(1957) Herbert House in Greyfriars Road which was demolished in 1958 - Capital Tower is located here now	(1960) Empire pool	(1960s) Aerial View of Westgate St. and Castle St

(1960s) Cardiff Castle 2	(1960s) Cardiff Castle	(1960s) Crockherbtown Sidings, just a few minutes from Queen Street Station	(1960s) Empire Pool on Wood Street

(1960s) Empire Pool training baths	(1960s) Queen Street Station, looking up the Rhymney Railway Line	(1960s) Queen Street Station, with the two original bridges over Newport Road	(1960s) Queen Street

(1960s) Rose and Crown Pub in Kingsway (demolished in 1974)	(1960s) Snelling House in Bute Terrace was once the headquarters of the Wales Gas Board	(1960s) St. Mary Street	(1964) Cardiff Castle

(1965) Stuttgarter Strasse (construction of) which linked Park Place to Newport Road	(1970s) Central Library, View from Trinity Street before pedestrianisation	(1970s) City Planning Offices, Central Station	(1970s) Empire Pool, inside - Late 70s

(1970s) Empire Pool, inside	(1970s) Empire Pool, view from the lowest diving board	(1970s) Hayes House, The Hayes	(1970s) New Theatre

(1970s) Pearl Assurance Building, Greyfriers Road	(1970s) Prudential Buildings, Kingsway	(1970s) St Johns Church, View from Trinity Street before pedestrianisation	(1971) St. Mary Street

(1972) City Hall	(1972) City Planning Offices under construction, viewed from across the River Taff	(1972) Queen Street early on Christmas morning	(1972) Queen Street

(1973) South Wales Institute of Engineering Headquarters on Park Place	(1974) Marments in Queen Street	(1974) Mill Lane Market	(1974) Queen Street

(1975) Cardiff Central Railway Station	(1975) Central Bus Station	(1975) Quay Street, and the construction of the NCP car park	(1975) Royal Arcade

(1975) St John Street and Working Street	(1975) St Mary Street	(1975) Womanby Street - Looking towards the Castle Clock Tower	(1977) A Cardiff Bus and Central Station

(1980) Guildford Crescent and Queen Street Station railway line, aerial view	(1980s) Gorsedd Gardens, City Hall	(1980s) Pearl Assurance Tower	(1985) Queen Street (Lloyds Bank and Boots)

(1985) Queen Street (Marments)	(1998) Aerial photograph of Cardiff Castle Roman fort	(1999) Aerial photograph of City Centre (including Castle and Roman fort)	(2001) Aerial View of Cardiff Castle and Civic Centre

(2001) Aerial view of Cardiff City Centre and Cardiff Bay	(2002) Millennium Stadium	(2003) Cardiff Castle	(2003) Cardiff Central Train Station

(2005) Billboard Display, Rear of CIA	(2005) Brunel House, Knox Road	(2005) Central Market and St Johns Church Graveyard	(2005) City Planning Offices at Central Station, demolished 2006

(2005) Dedication Plaque for Cardiff Central Library, demolished in 2007	(2005) St James Church, Newport Road	(2005) Top of St Mary Street by Castle	(2005) Wood Street

(2006) BT building in Sandon Street being converted as part of the St. Davids 2 scheme	(2006) Hayes Island Snack Bar	(2006) North Road subway, and the old lock workings from the days of the Glamorganshire Canal	(2006) North Road subway, and the post which has been worn away by ropes used to pull canal boats through

(2006) North Road subway, which is actually the old Glamorganshire Canal tunnel