I have to try to get my photo folder under control. I'm joining with EC and others for Sunday Selections and this will reduce a few photos.
I am not sure which cruise ship this is beyond it being among the P&O fleet.
Goats track or desire lines, they are the same and people will walk on grass parallel to a path if it works better.
My favourite city building, Manchester Unity. Its foyer is just as gorgeous as its exterior.
A statue of the disgraced Sir Thomas Bent. Bent by name and bent by nature.
In the city, somewhere. I can't remember.
A fairly modern façade, but it is an old 1890s bluestone building.
Who knows where, but the building was nicely lit by sunshine.
Is this Old Melbourne Gaol? Again, so long ago and I can't remember.
Kosov is a student at RMIT but he hasn't even seen these mysterious boxes. Is it art?
It was raining yon thither, but not here.
Brighton Beach. Quite nice.
Brighton Beach Station, which I've shown many times before.
Film advertising at a tram shelter. I don't think it is my kind of film.
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I always enjoy your eclectic selections. Love the photo of somewhere in the city and the sun blessed building.
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Thanks EC. It seems it is art if someone says it is art.
DeleteLovely, original selection. Lots of variety there.
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DeleteYour insurance (?) building is remarkably similar to one in Toronto I worked in. Beautiful interiors as you say. So old-fashioned and obsolete now when we do everything just about everything digitally.
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WWW, it looks so New York to me. One issue is I don't think it has central air-conditioning.
DeleteThe statue of the Premier in Brighton reminds me of the debate about pulling down art when the hero turns out to be dodgy eg a Fascist, rapist, racist. At least he believed in public transport.
ReplyDeleteHels, he believed in public transport for his own ends, to get prospective land and home buyers to his local developments, and it worked. Some things never change.
DeleteLove the photos and love to see your city.
ReplyDeleteThat's nice Pixie.
DeleteAlways an interesting selection to brighten up my evening.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jay Cee.
DeleteManchester unity building is truly a classic
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is Roentare.
DeleteIt sure different there than here.
ReplyDeleteDora it's a big city, with the greater area having 5 million people.
DeleteRMIT? What's that? I googled it = The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. The mascot of this esteemed place of education is Rupert the Redback. Do you know him?
ReplyDeleteI went to RMIT (many decades ago), and I did not know that!
DeleteI had to check your truthfulness YP, and Rupert the Redback is quite true.
DeleteJ, the full name or Rupert the Redback?
DeleteI wonder if that is the Tommy Bent statue that used to stand on the Nepean Highway before they widened it. God, that was eons ago. Thanks for making me feel old!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever done a guided walking tour through Melbourne? I did a few some years ago and found them fascinating. We went into the MU building. Was that the one that had the first escalator?
Fascinating glimpses as always, Andrew.
I believe it is Merlot. I've taken some audio guided tours through the city and St Kilda. For about six years during the Midsumma Festival, there were gay walking tours in the city and the inner suburbs, all fascinating. We took about six of those. I am not sure about the first escalator.
DeleteNice mix of varied photos. I like your favorite building very much. I'm going to read up on Thomas Bent, can't remember anything about him.
ReplyDeleteDeb, I would not expect you to know anything about Bent. He would have mainly been known locally.
DeleteThose boxes two look like a newspaper self serve stand, another a package mail collection box, but....lined up like that, and painted so brightly, must be an art thing.
ReplyDeleteI guess so Strayer. I really should check, shouldn't I?
DeleteA fun collection of random photos
ReplyDeleteThanks Diane. Hope you are well.
DeleteManchester Unity is a beautiful building.
ReplyDeleteI think so Bob. Doesn't it look very New York or Chicago?
DeleteReally nice selection Andrew. I wonder if the colourful mysterious oxes are "street libraries" where graduating uni students can put books they no longer need that might be useful for the next year's students?
ReplyDeleteWe had a gigantic cruise ship here about a week ago, maybe two, I've lost track, but I heard about it and saw it on the news and it had already been here a few days so I lost my chance to get out there for photos.
That's a great idea River, but I don't think they are used for that. The appear to be weatherproof.
DeleteIt seems a lot of game playing went on between the cruise liners, Port of Melbourne and Port of Adelaide.
A good selection you have Andrew. The ship is looking good sailing to port. Love your favourite building, it's a beauty.
ReplyDeleteThanks Margaret. The ship is following a path through the bay that you know very well.
DeleteI like your random pictures. River's thoughts were the same as mine. I'd say that there's a free library there. I've never seen so many though. I had to go off and have a read about Thomas Bent. He sounds like a man who used his high office for personal gain. Luckily, we don't have politicians like that here in this day and age. *sarcastic rolling of eyes*
ReplyDeleteOr about Bent Debby, a plain crook. I don't think the boxes are used for anything, but they should be.
DeleteLots of nice architecture where you are.
ReplyDeleteKirk, thankfully some kept but so much lost.
DeleteI like the old newspaper boxes! They DO make a great art display. I had to look up Sir Thomas Bent and get the backstory -- doesn't sound too different from plenty of other politicians, to be honest.
ReplyDeleteSteve, is that what they are? That makes sense now but I wonder why they are all different? Bent went a step further than most politicians of the time.
DeleteI had a flashback to the first couple of winters in Florida, going across the street on Sunday morning and sliding a couple of coins in the box, to get the door to open to bring home the Sunday newspaper.
ReplyDeleteTP, I don't remember that we ever had those dispensers but take that literally, as I think we did. I just can't remember them.
DeleteI remember such boxes, some people would stand close by and grab a "free" paper just as the door was closing if the previous person didn't close it properly right away. We had them in Port Pirie so people could still get a paper when the shops had closed.
DeleteSo they are quite old technology River. Well, not really tech. Yes, there used be all sorts of ways to beat the systems back then. It is harder now.
DeleteI haven't seen a newspaper box in ages, Andrew.
ReplyDeletePat, maybe in not such a long time we will say, I haven't seen a newspaper in ages.
DeleteCool picks! Those boxes look like they belong in a newspaper museum, in which case I guess they would be considered an art installation. :D And you're right about newspapers becoming obsolete. We've seen some amazing changes in our lifetimes, haven't we? Be well, my dear.
ReplyDeleteDarla, haven't we ever. The previous generation came to know televisions. Look at what we now have.
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