Photo: Daniel C. Bach
Bridges you say. Glasgow has bridges everywhere; some old, some newer, brutalist, industrial, railway, footpath, overpass. Lots of bridges. Although most are pretty grubby, and not much to look at, the city has done a great job at working with what it has - 16th century buildings sometimes help as well. The city has done a great job at making boring every day things look a little more interesting by adding light and color. Sidenote: see earlier post, 'Night Walker' for a better example.
Okay, didn't want to rant, just wanted to share a photograph, but I must say, Calgary has struck out in this same category. There are an immense amount of heritage buildings
I am informes as well, as I attend ALL of the Calgary City Council heritage strategy meetings while in town.
Cowtown city council has put millions of dollars into creating new whizzy footbridges and gutting Memorial drive - which looked better with the 100 year old trees I'll have you know - and has still failed at making the boring look interesting. Well, my work has - take a walk past Teatro at night - but that's because it's a building full of creative people. Anyways. Photo. Light. Have a nice day.
Daniel C.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Still walking...
Photo: Daniel C. Bach
Bridges you say. Glasgow has bridges everywhere; some old, some newer, brutalist, industrial, railway, footpath, overpass. Lots of bridges. Although most are pretty grubby, and not much to look at, the city has done a great job at working with what it has - 16th century buildings sometimes help as well. The city has done a great job at making boring every day things look a little more interesting by adding light and color. Sidenote: see earlier post, 'Night Walker' for a better example.
Okay, didn't want to rant, just wanted to share a photograph, but I must say, Calgary has struck out in this same category. There are an immense amount of heritage buildings
I am informes as well, as I attend ALL of the Calgary City Council heritage strategy meetings while in town.
Cowtown city council has put millions of dollars into creating new whizzy footbridges and gutting Memorial drive - which looked better with the 100 year old trees I'll have you know - and has still failed at making the boring look interesting. Well, my work has - take a walk past Teatro at night - but that's because it's a building full of creative people. Anyways. Photo. Light. Have a nice day.
Daniel C.
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