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Except where is the orange traffic light and the tree outside on the right?
Maurice
The photo in post 56. O Bar is what it is now. Country Motors boarded up 30 years ago.
Except where is the orange traffic light and the tree outside on the right?
Maurice
A good aerial view of the canal and the junction as wellNow for View 6 (Views 1 to 5 are above) and there are 5 photos in this set.
I have to be honest and say these are not the most exciting pictures in this series, but I am posting them for completeness.
This is one of the problems you have when you start taking pictures of something ISN'T there. How do you decide the best place to stand to get the best "before and after" pictures.
You don't even know if the spot on which you are standing will the THERE when you come back, a building may have been built over the spot, or maybe a huge brick wall will have been built in the way.
This is why I have taken so many picture of the Eastside site over the last few years (from 2010 onward), to try to get every angle covered.
The picture below was taken in November 1986, after the announcement of the ICC / Symphony Hall, but before much work had taken place.
This view is taken from behind (or on the side) of the Convention Centre site. I am standing in Kingston Row and as you can see from the road signs on the right, it is near Cambridge Street and King Edwards Road.
I could not move the "view" any more to the left as there is a large block of flats in the way.
Here is a small map showing where I am standing, and what direction I am pointing for the photo. Click on it to see it larger.
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Luckily it is Winter so no leaves on the trees, so you can just see the brewery on the very left.
Some demolition seems to have started, there is a half demolished building near the centre.
View 6 Picture 1) Back (or side) of Convention Centre
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Brumpic on Twitter has posted your 1989 O Bar photo without credit
View 11 Picture 2. No date on this picture so can only guess 1987 or 1988.
Same view as picture 1 above, but now most of the buildings have gone, except the church (which is still there).
The tall building behind the church was also demolished later.
The area behind this view became Brindley Place of course.
View 11 Picture 2) Broad Street
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well said john...been saying the same thing myself for years now..i know we must move on and i do like what has been done to our canals but is it really necessary to have so little regard and respect for so many of our fine buildings...wont get them back now so photos and our memories are all we are left with...
lyn
The tall building behind the church was
The picture is nearly ten years old. Now ten years later the first thing that comes to my mind is whether the bollards would be strong enough to prevent vehicles mounting the pavement to deliberately kill pedestrians.
Guilbert, have you tried a bit of enhancement in a photo editor?
It can make quite a difference, as shown by various members.
This is View 12, and three pictures in this set. Again, a view of Brindley Place (believe it or not).
This picture was taken in November 1986, as they were clearing the site.
I am standing on the other side of the canal, with the site of what would become the National Indoor Arena behind me.
I am facing Broad Street (the two tall buildings in the distance are on Broad Street), and the Sea Life Centre would probably be right in the centre of this picture.
Here is a small map showing where I am standing, and what direction I am pointing for the photo. Click on it to see it larger.
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View 12 Picture 1) Brindley Place
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To true Lynwell said john...been saying the same thing myself for years now..i know we must move on and i do like what has been done to our canals but is it really necessary to have so little regard and respect for so many of our fine buildings...wont get them back now so photos and our memories are all we are left with...
lyn
Look at the state of that road repair on the junctionNow for View 6 (Views 1 to 5 are above) and there are 5 photos in this set.
I have to be honest and say these are not the most exciting pictures in this series, but I am posting them for completeness.
This is one of the problems you have when you start taking pictures of something ISN'T there. How do you decide the best place to stand to get the best "before and after" pictures.
You don't even know if the spot on which you are standing will the THERE when you come back, a building may have been built over the spot, or maybe a huge brick wall will have been built in the way.
This is why I have taken so many picture of the Eastside site over the last few years (from 2010 onward), to try to get every angle covered.
The picture below was taken in November 1986, after the announcement of the ICC / Symphony Hall, but before much work had taken place.
This view is taken from behind (or on the side) of the Convention Centre site. I am standing in Kingston Row and as you can see from the road signs on the right, it is near Cambridge Street and King Edwards Road.
I could not move the "view" any more to the left as there is a large block of flats in the way.
Here is a small map showing where I am standing, and what direction I am pointing for the photo. Click on it to see it larger.
View attachment 133806
Luckily it is Winter so no leaves on the trees, so you can just see the brewery on the very left.
Some demolition seems to have started, there is a half demolished building near the centre.
View 6 Picture 1) Back (or side) of Convention Centre
View attachment 133807