Although today's photo isn't strictly street art, I thought I would include it anyway.
City Hall, one of Newcastle’s most prestigious and recognisable buildings, is set to turn back time when the façade of the magnificent clock tower is restored. Newcastle City Hall is one of our most important buildings and the restoration of the sandstone façade is an important part of its preservation. Council awarded the tender for this conservation project to Stone Mason and Artist Pty Ltd and work commenced in May 2014.
The conservation work will take approximately 12 months and will include sandstone replacement and repair, waterproofing and lead flashing replacement, restoration of metal windows, copper roof restoration, replacement electrical and lighting, and refurbishment of the clock mechanisms.
Scaffolding has been erected around the clock tower with an image of the tower printed onto the shade cloth.
While the clock bell won’t toll for the duration of the project, impacts to the operation of City Hall will be minimal with functions and events to continue as normal.
I'm glad someone cares about preservation and conservation of significant historical sights. There is a row brewing in Melbourne as our Flinders Street Railway Station needs restoration. It could come to war!!!
I think that this counts as art. What a great idea to do this until the clock tower is fixed. I just hope that Marty Mcfly and the Doc don't break it again :)
@pusspup@thistle@leestevo@richardcreese@hermann They are taking it Back to the Future and as Kane @karlow75 said hope Marth and the Doc don't break it again.
It must be pretty hot working inside the shade cloth to restore it all though.
I love the way they put a picture on the canvas of what should be, or will be, behind it. Makes everything look so much better whilst the work is being done. I guess it is street art in its own way!
What a great idea. When we were up in London last Monday we saw some portacabins that are being used on the Crossrail Project. Because it was a smart part of town they were done up like posh stone buildings. Very effective.
@salza@pcoulson@derekvickers@chimfa@888rachel@kathiecb@darthkitty Just noticed that I didn't reply to this shot. It is a great way to cover up the work, but I bet it must get a bit warm inside there in the middle of summer. wouldn't fancy being a stonemason doing that job.
@paulaw Ha ha. Can't have an eyesore in the posh parts of town can they.
I remember once when I was a child the Queen was visiting our city and some of the buildings which she had to drive past were in the process of being demolished. So as not to have her looking at an eyesore, they painted windows and curtains on the bricked up windows of the building, put doors back on where there was just a hole and put shrubs in planters outside the front doors. All to make them look posh. It cost a fortune and she only spent about 1 minute driving past. I am sure she wasn't taken in by it all.
January 27th, 2015
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It must be pretty hot working inside the shade cloth to restore it all though.
I remember once when I was a child the Queen was visiting our city and some of the buildings which she had to drive past were in the process of being demolished. So as not to have her looking at an eyesore, they painted windows and curtains on the bricked up windows of the building, put doors back on where there was just a hole and put shrubs in planters outside the front doors. All to make them look posh. It cost a fortune and she only spent about 1 minute driving past. I am sure she wasn't taken in by it all.