The Gateshead Millennium Bridge has always struck me as slightly oddly named: it is named not for the river it crosses, but for the smaller of the two conurbations it connects; and opened some time into the new Millennium. Incidentally, the ugly bollards in the river beneath are due to start being removed any day now.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Architecture, Bridges, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tourist Attractions.
This is a building in Gosforth that I find completely fascinating: it has so many different features that it somehow looks unreal, like something off a film set or out of Disneyland.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Architecture, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne.
This is the fairly impressive roof of Eldon Garden, which is marred by the 80s decor which consists mainly of arched mirrors, presumably to try and make the space look lighter. Given the arty reputation Eldon Garden tries to create for itself, I reckon it would look great with a bit of a renovation and a hanging artwork – something like a mini version of Snow’s Flight Stop in Toronto – but something more local to Newcastle, of course, and perhaps more in keeping with the wrought iron supports.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Architecture, Newcastle upon Tyne, Retail.
If I may be permitted a moment of grumpiness: the vogue for road signs drawn by children is irritating. This photo shows but one example from my neighbourhood.
When you consider the care and attention paid by Margaret Calvert et al in the design of clear, readable road signs, the idea of having difficult to read distracting scribbles pasted about the place seems absurd. Yet, I’m sure I’ve read in the past that such signs actually reduce traffic speed and accident rates: still, it doesn’t mean I have to like them.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Transport.
This is the £35m building in Gosforth which was intended to be the home of Northern Rock before it went belly-up. It’s now known as Partnership House.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northern Rock.
Newcastle’s 1906 Central Arcade seems as busy today as ever!
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Architecture, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tourist Attractions.
This sad-looking Brutalist monolith is the former Newcastle-upon-Tyne branch of the Bank of England. It opened in 1971, and closed in 1997 when the Bank restructured.
It is to be demolished shortly, but – interestingly – the former gold bullion vaults underneath it are too strong to viably demolish, and so are to be left in place.
I would have thought that vaults of such strength would be enormously valuable to someone for something – even repurposed as a strong-walled emergency command centre or similar – but there they are, lying empty. And, it seems, there they will stay for many years to come!
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Architecture, Brutalism, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Heatherwick’s Blue Carpet has long been a source of controversy in Newcastle – not least as it isn’t really blue any more. Some reviewers say that you can be stood in the middle of it and not know it’s an artwork: this was certainly the experience of my girlfriend earlier today!
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tourist Attractions.
Thorpes, on Gosforth High Street, is one of those shops that looks as though it might just sell everything you’ve ever imagined. There aren’t many shops like it left these days… and it’s the only place I’ve seen 150w incandescent light bulbs in years!
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Retail.
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