Urban symbols – Photo #3 of 2010
The photo below is of the Theatre Royal in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I took it two weeks ago, on the occasion of a visit to the city to watch Newcastle United play (and win) a match against Blackpool.
The Theatre Royal was opened in 1837. The impressive architecture illustrates the prosperity and confidence that the industrial towns and cities of Northern England felt in the period of the Industrial Revolution. The area was decimated in the era of manufacturing decline later, but there has since been some recovery, and the architecture of Victorian Newcastle is still impressive.
The theatre in the meantime has a lively programme and is enjoying some success.
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April 25, 2010 at 7:19 am
It’s a bit of a wedding cake design-wise.
And that darkness behind the portico gives it brooding menace.
It’s good, but I wouldn’t have it in the house. It would suck light out of a room.
April 25, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Ah Vincent, the darkness comes from my editing, rather than from the building. I was trying the create a particular effect!
April 25, 2010 at 4:42 pm
You were lucky with the sky!
April 25, 2010 at 5:21 pm
I will own up to some editing, in the sky and elsewhere. Here’s the original photograph:
