With its cinema, shops, office block, multi-storey car park and covered square, the centre provided the city with new opportunities.
We take a look at the Square as it was in the past with pictures from our archives - do you see yourself in any of them?
Gladiators in Anglia Square on July 27, 1996 (Image: Newsquest)
Kids took part in the gladiator-style games using foam bats (Image: Newsquest)
The games were enjoyed on a sunny July day (Image: Newsquest)
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A sponsored walk passes Roys in Anglia Square, Norwich, to raise money for the British Liver Trust, June 1, 1996 (Image: Newsquest)
Gildengate House, Anglia Square, March 1997 (Image: Newsquest)
The new canopy in Anglia Square was unveiled in early 1991 (Image: Newsquest)
The Square in March 1998 (Image: Newsquest)
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Sainsbury's and a Burger House were once prominent shops in the Square, 1983 (Image: Newsquest)
The Square in October, 1993 (Image: Newsquest)
October 1993 (Image: Newsquest)
Anglia Square in 1983 (Image: Newsquest)
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