Victoria Centre
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Intu Victoria Centre, is a shopping centre in Nottingham, England, constructed between 1967 and 1972.The Victoria Centre has various fashion and high street stores as well as cafes, restaurants, a health and fitness centre and the Nottingham Victoria bus station. Over three million people live within a 45 minute drive of the centre.HistoryThe Victoria Centre stands on the site of the old Nottingham Victoria railway station, which was demolished in 1967. The clock tower and the former Victoria Station Hotel (now run by Hilton Hotels) are the only parts of the old station to survive. The shopping centre was built between 1967 and 1972 by Taylor Woodrow. Above the shopping centre rise the 26 floor, 256 feet (72m) high "Victoria Centre Flats", which run North to South along the length. There are 464 flats and of offices.In 1973, the sculptor Roland Emmett was commissioned to design and build a water powered clock, known as The Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator. Until a refurbishment in the 1990s, the clock chimed the quarter hour by playing an excerpt from the fourth movement, 'Gigue en Rondeau II', of Rameau's (1683–1764), 'Pieces de Clavecin' Suite in E-minor. This musical sculpture is by Boots, Next and John Lewis and is a popular meeting place.In 1997 the centre was extended to give more retail space and the addition of new anchor, House of Fraser. Following this the rest of the centre was refurbished.
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