Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Photographs’ Category
Wellington's Column Liverpool
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Wellington’s Column or the Waterloo Memorial on the corner of William Brown Street and Lime Street in Liverpool. Taken on a sunnier day than my previous photograph Wellington’s Head.
Municipal Buildings Tower
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Photograph of the tower of on the Municipal Buildings, Dale Street, Liverpool.
Speed – the Modern Mercury
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Above the main door into the Georges Dock Ventialation Tower and Central Station is this statue: Speed – the Modern Mercury. The relief in Portland Stone (one of my favourite construction materials) is seven meters tall including the base. It was designed by Herbert J. Rowse and the sculptor was Edmund C. Thompson assisted by George T. Capstick.
Georges Dock Ventilation Tower Liver Bird
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010I’ve not had a chance to take my camera out at lunch time at work recently so here is a picture I took a while ago. It’s of a decorative Liver Bird on one side of the art deco Georges Dock Ventilation Tower (sometimes called the Mersey Tunnel Building) in Liverpool near the Three Graces. The detail on the bird itself appears to have been eroded by the elements but other elements are still crisp.
Lime Street Station Uncovered
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010The concrete mess on the front of Lime Street Station was one of the worst eyesores in the city. It was a badly executed, dreary, unimaginative waste of concrete that hadn’t aged well. Worse it was right in the heart of the city centre, covering up the face of one of the country’s great Victorian […]
Wordless Wednesday #36
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Photograph of the Organ in St Georges Hall, Liverpool
Wordless Wednesday #35
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Photograph of slope covered in Daffodils in Sefton Park, Liverpool
Wordless Wednesday #34
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010Photograph of Mossley Hill, Liverpool from Sefton Park
Wordless Wednesday #32
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Photograph of a Chandelier in St Georges Hall, Liverpool
Go Penguins II
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010I had hoped to post a gallery of Go Penguin photographs I took after work tonight in St George’s Hall Liverpool as sixty of them are displayed before being put up for auction later in the week. Photoshop doesn’t seem to want to do the image processing automatically so I’ll have to go through them […]