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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 == | ||
'''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 == | ||
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. |