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Art Deco
This is the Art Deco clock tower and public conveniences (not many of them around now) at Seaton Carew near Hartlepool.
In the 1900's this was a Mecca for day trips and holidays for families from all over the Durham Coalfields and Northumberland.
The Clock Tower is the centre piece of the bus satiation, now I suppose called a 'transport interchange', where busses would disgorge hundreds of holiday makers Hell bent on enjoying themselves during those heady days of summers of the time.
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Date Time:2013:03:30 21:26:01
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Mazda_Man  [Mar 31, 2013 at 10:12 AM]
I bet modern day architects would just have loved to have been given this commission A far cry from some of the new modern stuff in Liverpool, which I have to confess didn't please me much at first but now it has grown on me and I love it. Art Deco!
This is a very sombre picture that heavy cloud and the side lighting both adding to the feeling. That feeling has been well transferred to your upload here which is very good. Compositionally I would like to see a little more base and either a front on symmetrical image or maybe a portrait format with the tower on a third. This is a very personal thing as I realise that we all see things differently.
Silversnapper  [Mar 31, 2013 at 11:14 AM]
I luv the way the late evening sun has mellowed the structure and added a lovely warmth to what I bet was a chilly evening. I don't think it is the easiest subject to on which to decide a picture format George, if it were full-frontal it would probably suit a square but i quite like this. You have got the tower nicely off-centre and retained detail in the shadow side whilst that sky is just super - and as an added bonus, the clock is working. Like it loads.
Photojunkie  [Mar 31, 2013 at 11:18 PM]
Love it George - it's like something out of that old film 'Metropolis' .. Wonderful !
JOHN  [Apr 01, 2013 at 01:20 PM]
A fine photo and I Googled the area at street level and had a look around, could not find out when it was built though. Must have been quite something in it's heyday with hundreds of holiday makers, but looking at it now it seems rather depressing to me.
But you seem to have covered the subject from many angles George, well done.
alanuk  [Apr 01, 2013 at 06:35 PM]
What a fabulous structure to mark such a "low tech" facility. My own city does not have a bus station at all and the bus bus companies just have their buses scattered in all sorts of different places; no joined-up approach at all. I like the light in this and the clouds are superb.
Beermonsta  [Apr 01, 2013 at 08:18 PM]
After looking at both images I think I prefer this one George, the tower has some lovely lighting on it and stands out almost 3d like against the lovely sky.
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