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[[File:272-2018-closeup.JPG|frame|2018: Closeup of the new mural by Mani, featuring a Cowley Road poem by local poet Steve Larkin.]]
[[File:272-2018-closeup.JPG|frame|2018: Closeup of the new mural by Mani, featuring a Cowley Road poem by local poet Steve Larkin.]]
[[File:272-2017-03.JPG|frame|2017: Coral betting shop.]]
[[File:272-2017-03.JPG|frame|2017: Coral betting shop.]]
[[File:272-1995.jpg|frame|1995: Photographed by Martin Stott]]
[[File:272-upstairsMural.JPG|frame|2017: The distinctive mural crouching above the shopfront, on the eastern end of this row of colourfully decorated terraces.]]
[[File:272-wallMural.JPG|frame|2017: The building's eastern wall on the corner of Leopold Street. This was the site of the last tram stop from the city, commemorated in the mural (repainted in 2018).]]
[[File:272-1995.jpg|frame|1995: Pre-murals! Photographed by Martin Stott]]


== 2015 - present ==
== 2015 - present ==


[[File:272-upstairsMural.JPG|frame|2017: The distinctive mural crouching above the shopfront, on the eastern end of this row of colourfully decorated terraces.]]
 


'''The Coral off-track betting shop''' is at 270-272 Cowley Road. Planning permission to change the property to a betting shop was approved in March 2015.<ref>http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=NI9WCNMFILI00</ref>
'''The Coral off-track betting shop''' is at 270-272 Cowley Road. Planning permission to change the property to a betting shop was approved in March 2015.<ref>http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=NI9WCNMFILI00</ref>
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== Early 20th Century ==
== Early 20th Century ==


[[File:272-wallMural.JPG|frame|2017: The building's eastern wall on the corner of Leopold Street. This was the site of the last tram stop from the city, commemorated in the mural.]]


This building is on the site of the eastern terminus and stabling of the horse-drawn tram, which used to run into the city centre. The tram is commemorated in the mural on the eastern wall.
This building is on the site of the eastern terminus and stabling of the horse-drawn tram, which used to run into the city centre. The tram is commemorated in the mural on the eastern wall.