The Banana Block
Belfast's must-visit! Portview Trade Centre and Banana Block
Turning East Belfast into a tourist must-visit! sounds about as impossible as growing bananas in East Belfast.
Except, they once did grow bananas in East Belfast. The Banana Block at the Portview Centre was once-upon-a-time the Strand Spinning Mill, founded and owned by Otto Jaffe. As the Victorians loved to do, Jaffe sent back banana plants to Belfast f…