Pictured on its opening day, the food court at the newly extended and refurbished shopping centre could accommodate 500 and boasted 9 food outlets serving a range of international dishes from fish & chips to pasta. The food court was built as a focus for the 165 unit, 3 storey extension to the existing Eldon Court shopping centre, the topping out ceremony was held 11 years to the day after the original shopping centre opened.
Laing won the £5.2m contract in March 1986 for completion in October 1987, a second in January 1987 to build the retail unit that bridges Blackett Street and connects the old with the new development and a third in May 1987 for improvements and upgrading across the whole Eldon Square site.
This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
This is part of the Series: JLP01/10 John Laing Photographic Collection Colour Negatives and Transparencies; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Escalator, Late 20th Century Shopping Centre
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