(18 Apr 2015, 1:22 pm)MurdnunoC wrote The top bit of Northumberland was pedestrianised in 1999. The bottom bit, I'm guessing, 1989/90, perhaps earlier. I believe the street was narrowed once the Central Motorway East was completed in 1975.
The picture below (perhaps my favourite) was taken in 1976.
Now I see why Northumberland Street was fully pedestrianised .