the old towns in Europe with their cobbled stone cleanliness and tourist traps, have all started looking similar to me; as have the new cities around the world with their random collection of glass clad office towers and one or two pieces of star architecture (in Sheffield this was 'award winning' the railway station area as it was being spruced up by creating a plaza in front) but, what struck me more was the emptiness of the modern city core with its twin landmarks of the town hall and the city hall and the gothic cathedral. hollowed out in the evenings- the glittering facades and the desolate streets in the long twilight; or the devastation of the post-industrial city- hollowed out industrial warehouses being converted to swanky apartments or student housing. these landscapes exist on the eastern and western edges of the city while the centre of town sits on top of a hill with spectacular views across the countryside caught between vistas.
. st pancras:
sheaf square
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why is the whole town so eerie and deserted? (or is that just a mumbai-ite speaking?)
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