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Description: | Clearance of old houses was necessary to open up the route between Mosley Street and Westgate Road, to improve access from the centre of the town to a new area for development. The opening of Collingwood Street encouraged the building of fashionable new housing in the Summerhill Square area, by providing a clear drive along elegant streets to the centre of town. The Assembly Rooms became more accessible, and the Literary and Philosophical Society chose the junction of this new street and Westgate Road for its elegant new premises. Collingwood Street was also the first serious attempt to provide suitable modern premises for Newcastle's booming commercial sector of brokers, shippers and banks. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: unknown | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | William Nicholson | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/artonline/se... | Go to resource |
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