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First light on the Mighty Wurlitzer..
Today I took Blondeblurr , Brigitte , to the 5.45am coach for Gatwick, from where she flies to Milan to stay with a long-lost cousin for a week before returning to Oz.
Then I came home and took one of my Chinese girls to the train for Northern Ireland and it was on this second trip that I took this photo of the McCarthy and Stone building with the east light just hitting it.
When this was built the windows were plastic, and with the first heatwave they all started popping out as they expanded!
Comments (13)
jayfar
Quite a building. Good luck to the two travellers.
miwi
Klasse shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. Glad Brigitte enjoyed her stay with you. May she have a safe trip home. God bless.
Faemike55
Very beautiful capture that must have been something to see the windows popping out
wysiwig
I see they also have Legos in England. An excellent capture of what appears to be an updated Modernist design.
jendellas
Fabulous capture!!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
"When this was built the windows were plastic, and with the first heatwave they all started popping out as they expanded!" And doubtless the idiot architect won an innovative award, just like the pouring spout on cartons of orange juice, the designer of it got an innovative design award, and the bloody thing is hopeless. Your capture isn't hopeless though, and deserves an award :)
Adobe_One_Kenobi
I should point out here that I meant the ones on cartons of "Just Juice" The type you pull upward to break the seal, absolutely useless, too far from the edge of the carton to pour cleanly. How can you win an award for something so crap? The old school tie I suppose. Still I suppose it beats the bones out of those tetrahedral ones you had to cut with scissors, they were idiotic.
Juliette.Gribnau
beauiful building, light and mood
Cyve
Fantastiv building and very great shot.
kaward
Glorious shot Andrea! sometimes an inconvenience can reward you a great photo opportunity. This one was beautifully taken!!
MrsRatbag
It looks quite nice in the early light!
danapommet
I like this design but plastic windows - really????? I hope that Brigitte had a smooth trip/flight and same for you border! cut and paste this http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2013/08/19/john-hancock-tower-design-failure-falling-windows/ The John Hancock building in Boston, was built with a triangular base and under the right wind direction, the building acted like a wing on a large airplane, and the lifting stress popped out the large plate glass windows that came down to the street like guillotines. At $700 a window, 30 something years ago, it cost $5,000,000 to replace them all.
jocko500
cool shot