Saturday, 1 June 2013

City Daily Photo: the beauty of decay, Regina's rack and ruin


The City Daily Photo theme day for June is The beauty of decay

A local example of this, to my eyes,  is the Employment Exchange building  in the city centre. Designed in the 1930s, World War II stopped work on it until the late 1940s. The royal crest reads "GRVI 1951" which was the last full year of King George VI's reign.  I doubt he ever went near the place though...

It fulfilled its function as an employment exchange for many years but it seems to have been inexplicably (to me) deserted since the 1990s, and has gone to rack and ruin. It is in a prime city centre location too. Strange... 

More details of it are at Our Manchester.

25 comments:

  1. Very captivating in its ruin - I like the angle too! I hope someday it will rise from the ruins and someone will give it new life.

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  2. Remarkable story, Chrissy. Wonderful image.

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  3. Interesting story. I like your point of view for this photo.

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  4. always a shame to see buildings just waste away

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  5. Yes gone to rack and ruin Chrissy but it's still got character ... definitely beauty in that decay!


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  6. Maybe the crest is a curse?? Always intriguing when prime real estate goes empty ... downunder it's usually because asbestos was found in it!!

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  7. Ruins and decay or whatever happened to that building, it sure became a beauty of imperfection

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  8. i love the window and the emblem...interesting that they just let it go to waste like this. especially given its location.

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  9. This has a certain class to it :)

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  10. This has it all, decay, beauty, mystery and intrigue. Perfect!

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  11. It must have looked very smart once - great subject for theme day.

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  12. The mystery tale begins. Love your angle!

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  13. Very strange that no one has taken over the building. Nice pic!!

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  14. What a great find, and perfect for todays theme day post.

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  15. Yeah, great angle...on both the picture and the concept.

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  16. Decaying but still elegant. Love this window!
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  17. I like the inclusion of the crest in buildings like this, especially if made from wrought-iron. We have some royal crests scattered around here in Sydney, believe it or not!

    Many thanks for your contribution to our Theme Day.

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  18. In three years, you will probably show the restored building, if it is in such a prime location

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  19. You’ve made a great Theme Day post. Let's hope the building finds a new use and is refurbished.

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  20. Neat image; troubling story. So who addresses employment needs now?

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  21. Like all those textures, great choice for theme day.

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