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Category: Architecture
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Detonate Salford 29th May 2017 An acrostic for todays daily post from Inky. Dibnah, a man known for knocking down chimneys even as the foundations burned…he watched today, it’s oh so different as charges are laid out in a pattern neat in stacks and co ordinated in a way the building collapses in on itself…
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Greengate, Salford UK Words by Inky : Image C/o Google Images Dense See that stretch of brown land in front of you some town hall boffin has planted a seed watch as the tiny cabins grow aided by steel, concrete and cables services for those who use them ? that’ll come later when the professionals…
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Salford, 7th March 2017 The drawing originated from the last family holiday we had in Oludeniz, in Turkey. I took my notepad and pencils with me to do some scribbling when i got bored of taking camera shots with my Samsung web camera. Just by the complex we were staying in were the remains of…
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Lighting up the night sky on the way to the metro centre
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; In response to the prompt H2O Whilst the morning brings the odd boat sailing up the canal, and the dredger cleaning the bottom Sailboats traverse around Erie and Ontario – as the Dazzling Snowdrop gives tours The sun shines on the surface creating rainbows where it can as local wildlife teach their youngsters the…
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in response to the prompt https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/facade a little like a hermit crab or cuckoo the new build hides behind remains of the old modernity concealed behind antiquity cornices and gargoyles given a clean up what lies behind the old place now? its anybody’s guess no signs of the buildings old use beyond the front…
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Three Coins in the Fountain Salford, 7th June 2016 Three coins in a fountain, in a patch of green in a City in Europe Three coins – thrown in at first light of a Mediterranean Morning Three coins, shimmering under the blue water Three coins, magnified in the wet Three coins, small currency, change for…
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Brick Born in a kiln – of red sand and clays Ready for the job in hand In a moment it becomes a key of Construction – lined up in a wall – a Key component of any house
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#napowrimo #day28 #building #museum #poetry #Manchester #story #backtofront Telling tales of conflict to all Holding time in its heart like a baby Our precious planet has been broken by war As earth air and water are captured in aluminium On the dockside it rises from the ground This mighty metal building has a tale to…
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This is a piece of Digital Art, Created by me after a visit to Manchester’s City Centre It’s one of my favourites, Created with my Samsung Camera and Corel Painter. The subject matter being the corridor between Manchester’s Central Library and the Town Hall building. The sun was in the right place and provided just…