Financial centre of the 19th century. After 1870, Berlin and New York grew to become major financial centres mainly serving their national economies. An array of smaller international financial centers found market niches, such as Amsterdam, Brussels, Zurich, and Geneva. London remained the leading international financial center in the four decades leading up to World War I. Since then, London and New York have developed leading positions in different activities and some non-Western financial centres have grown in prominence, notably Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. In Asia, Tokyo emerged as a major financial centre in the 1980s as the Japanese economy became
Birmingham city centre the city centre are the Chinese Quarter, Irish Quarter and Learning and Technology Quarter. Aston University is based in the city centre whilst Birmingham City University has educational facilities there. In the Eastside area are Birmingham Metropolitan College's Matthew Boulton College campus and BMC's New Technology Institute. Birmingham Ormiston Academy is also located on the edge of the centre. Round this area are many high rise buildings providing student accommodation as well as high rise educational buildings. New Street station is the main railway station in the city centre with local and national railway connections. The station was first built