Architecture - buildings that is

stranding · Aug 26, 2012

Hayles66 said:
Love the union jack

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So do all the villagers here! Hope it last well. Haven't heard that the the police are looking for anyone, so seems OK so far

Below a couple more photos of the Market Square around the road flag.

We managed to grab our nice old telephone box before the powers came to change it for a grotty newfangled one!

This shows two of Bampton's millennium projects: the seat round the tree made from recycled black bin liners & the mosaic made by the villagers of granite tiles. The design was a controversial compromise... A compilation of the village icons:- morris dancing, the old annual horse fair, the "Bampton in the Bush" old name & the old castle.

Can't find any pics of the annual April Fools done to the "elderly" sign but here is a link to another recent AF prank here:

http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/8949917.County_gets_into_the_April_Fool_s_Day_spirit/

AdmiralAdama · Aug 26, 2012

stranding said:
So do all the villagers here! Hope it last well. Haven't heard that the the police are looking for anyone, so seems OK so far
Below a couple more photos of the Market Square around the road flag.

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We managed to grab our nice old telephone box before the powers came to change it for a grotty newfangled one!

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23533"/>

This shows two of Bampton's millennium projects: the seat round the tree made from recycled black bin liners & the mosaic made by the villagers of granite tiles. The design was a controversial compromise... A compilation of the village icons:- morris dancing, the old annual horse fair, the "Bampton in the Bush" old name & the old castle.

Can't find any pics of the annual April Fools done to the "elderly" sign but here is a link to another recent AF prank here:

http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/8949917.County_gets_into_the_April_Fool_s_Day_spirit/

It think the government should enact legislation to protect the old phone box. Our superheroes need a place to change.

AA

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stranding · Aug 26, 2012

AdmiralAdama said:
It think the government should enact legislation to protect the old phone box. Our superheroes need a place to change.

AA

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Exactly!

May also be smelly, expensive to maintain & impossibly Non-PC for access, but it's There & it's Traditional

Richard Brown · Aug 26, 2012

AdmiralAdama said:
It think the government should enact legislation to protect the old phone box. Our superheroes need a place to change.

AA

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Rest assured AA, several of these Gilbert Scott designed phone boxes have listed status and are protected. I photographic loads in London and S E England!

Superheroes are welcome

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scifan57 · Aug 26, 2012

Richard Brown said:
Rest assured AA, several of these Gilbert Scott designed phone boxes have listed status and are protected. I photographic loads in London and S E England!

Superheroes are welcome

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They're certainly more aesthetically pleasing that the modern equivalent.

scifan57 · Aug 26, 2012

Downtown plaza in Regina, Saskatchewan.

scifan57 · Aug 27, 2012

Some Chicago architecture.

Wrigley building

Tribune Tower

The Chicago Theater

Apple store on North Michigan Avenue

Tribune Building entrance and area

Hancock Building

Richard Brown · Aug 28, 2012

Here are some photos which I took during yesterday's excursion. First of all, views along the Thames from the cables which suspend Hungerford Pedestrian Bridge and the London Eye - to - a bit of fun atop of a South Bank Building - to - the replica Globe Theatre championed by Sam Wannamaker - to - views of Tower Brige seen beyond HMS Belfast.

Then we paused near to the remains of London Wall close to the Tower of London. I took this photo to illustrate London's development over a span of close on 1,800 years. It's not quite the same as Mexico City's Plaza de Tres Culturas

The Shard, almost completed is beyond the Tower of London, while the base of a Roman tower occupies the pit in the foreground.

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stranding · Aug 28, 2012

Richard Brown said:
Here are some photos which I took during yesterday's excursion. First of all, views along the Thames from the cables which suspend Hungerford Pedestrian Bridge and the London Eye - to - a bit of fun atop of a South Bank Building - to - the replica Globe Theatre championed by Sam Wannamaker - to - views of Tower Brige seen beyond HMS Belfast.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23658"/>

Then we paused near to the remains of London Wall close to the Tower of London. I took this photo to illustrate London's development over a span of close on 1,800 years. It's not quite the same as Mexico City's Plaza de Tres Culturas

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23660"/>

The Shard, almost completed is beyond the Tower of London, while the base of a Roman tower occupies the pit in the foreground.

Interesting photos, as always, with a good story behind them. Love the idea of the London's "long history" one--a concept it encapsulates brilliantly!

Glad the weather didn't put you off--it was on/off rain over here.

stranding · Aug 28, 2012

scifan57 said:
Some Chicago architecture.

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<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23598"/>Tribune Building entrance and area

Scifan
These photos are intriguing! Why are those bits of London stone framed like that within the Tribune building?

scifan57 · Aug 28, 2012

stranding said:
Scifan
These photos are intriguing! Why are those bits of London stone framed like that within the Tribune building?

These stones and more from famous buildings around the world are set into the exterior walls of the Tribune Building.

scifan57 · Aug 28, 2012

Some more Chicago architecture.

Chase bank building.

Monadnock Building, tallest building in the world with load bearing external walls.

AdmiralAdama · Aug 28, 2012

scifan57 said:
Some more Chicago architecture.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23694"/>

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23695"/>Chase bank building.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23696"/>

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23697"/>

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23698"/>

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23699"/>

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23700"/>

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=23701"/>Monadnock Building, tallest building in the world with load bearing external walls.