Since Covid struck, I have rarely been on a train and rarely been to a city, but there were a few things I needed from the shops and it was a beautiful day so I braved both train and Leeds city centre. Ironically, the main shop I intended to visit was closed 'for the foreseeable future', so that was a nuisance. Never mind, I amused myself by 'looking up' at the wonderful Victorian buildings that grace the city. I often wonder whether the glass and concrete structures springing up all over the place nowadays will age as wonderfully as these have.
I'm not sure that many of the old clocks actually show the right time these days! Old Father Time on the 'Tempus Fugit' clock is above a building that was once a jeweller's and clock shop. John Dyson, its Victorian owner, is said to have added the clock to the building's facade to mark his wife's birthday.
The Kirkgate Market Hall's roofline has many domes and turrets.
There's always something interesting when you look up. For years I didn't own a watch and used to know where all the reliable clocks were in Cambridge!
ReplyDeleteYes, as the last shot shows, the older decorative buildings stand out very definitely more interesting than the newer concrete and glass structures.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous old buildings. I'm sure the new ones won't last as long at all!
ReplyDeleteSome beautiful old architecture there.
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