Tuesday, 1 April 2014

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Triangles


This month's City Daily Photo theme day is triangles. Here we have an architectural trio of triangles on the top floor of the Cornerhouse. The building was originally built in 1900 for John Shaw and for 85 years it housed Shaw's Furniture Store. Since 1985 it has been a major Manchester cultural hub with galleries and arthouse cinema. I wonder what will move in when Cornerhouse relocates to purpose-built Home, next year?

If you are a blogger who's struggled with this month's theme, then mea culpa...to an extent. European bloggers were asked to nominate some theme ideas for April so I put it to the family around the dinner table. I chose revolution, Susie chose friends and Holly came out with some random suggestions which included triangles

I immediately envisaged triangular road signs, architecture, parts of town and country where triangles and triangular patterns might exist, along with more artistic interpretations. Triangles was then chosen by the CDP panel, and here we are. I can't wait to see the other entries... 

Elsewhere in the city, this evening after work I encourage you to join me (and hopefully many others) at a Friends of London Road Fire Station April Fool's media event for the Save London Road Fire Station campaign. This, you may recall, is the once glorious building which has been rotting away since Britannia Hotels bought it nearly 30 years ago and have been allowed to let decline. The event has a Mad Hatter theme- from 6 pm at the Fires Station's gates on London Road.


17 comments:

  1. It's strange how little people look up. But, if they did, how much more would they see!

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  2. We will all be seeing triangles everywhere from now on!

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  3. What an interesting building. Thank you Chrissy.

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  5. That's an interesting old building and those triangles are important elements. I do hope it will get put to a good purpose after the move.

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  6. super shot .. great interpretation of this month's theme!

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  7. I really like yours! I think these are some of the nicest triangles I've seen so far.

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  8. It seems like the choice of triangles was 'destiny' then Chrissy :) It really is amazing though when you start looking around they really are everywhere. You made an excellent choice.

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  9. Gorgeous building with a few nice triangles.

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  10. I've enjoyed the theme - good choice!
    That's a great building.

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  11. Ah, good choice Hols and nice interpretation Chrissy. Hope you made a hat for tonight........................

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  12. This fine old building offers views of lovely triangles. Thanks for participating in theme day.

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  13. This month's theme definitely encouraged a diversity of images. So thanks for suggesting it.

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  14. Love seeing this sort of architecture.

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  15. I thought you might have gone with the Triangle shopping centre formerly the Corn Exchange next to the triangular shaped Urbis building. I was going to go with a "grass triangle" but in the end found an alternative but my Stockport one was out of the blue as I googled "triangle Stockport" and discovered a church which was easy to locate and photograph but impossible to find any information about.

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