Industrial (1) There are parts of the city which never sleep. They are always humming and throbbing with the sound of industry. At any time of the day, there are men driving heavily… Read more Walking Through Cites: Industrial Sights →
A Meeting of Lines There are places in the city where different times seem to meet. Such as here, where a tower of metal and glass raises from behind an old… Read more Walking Through Cities: The Meeting of Lines →
School Wasteland (1) The city is littered with the remains of the educational system. Strict old Edwardian institutions, with separate doors for boys and girls, now boarded up and forgotten.… Read more Walking Through Cities: School Debris →
Library Corridor (1) A library is a wonderful place to be, even in the digital age. It’s as close to an analogue version of the internet as the physical world… Read more Walking Through Cities: Leeds Central Library →
A Triangle in the Wall Sometimes it’s the small details that catch your eye. The way the walls of this city centre building meet at one edge to create a… Read more Walking Through Cities: A Triangle in The Wall →
Little Germany In the middle of the city of Bradford is the area known as Little Germany. As the name suggests, everything there feels a bit more continental and quirky.… Read more Walking Through Cities: Little Germany in Bradford →
Underneath It’s always interesting to look at half-built buildings. Before their outsides are in place and before the space inside them has been divided into rooms and corridors. It’s a reminder… Read more Walking Through Cities: Insides and Outsides →
Crane High above the city, the hollow towers and moving cranes make ever changing patterns against the sky. Lines, straight or angled, raising up and crisscrossing. Some of them are immobile sentries. The… Read more Walking Through Cities: Metal Patterns in the Sky →