Centenary Square by pcoulson

Centenary Square

Centenary Square Bradford taken yesterday on a bright winter morning, the scaffold has been removed from around the town hall clock tower the rest will be removed by Easter:)
A lovely view of architecture, fountains and reflections - and blue sky!
January 21st, 2017  
Love the angle of view - it's really impressive. Love the reflections and the water sprays too. The Town Hall, sorry - City Hall, is looking so very good now.. this image shows the size of the pool/fountain area, very well...
January 21st, 2017  
@quietpurplehaze Thank you Hazel for your comments it was such a lovely day could not go wrong with the sun on the buildings:)
January 21st, 2017  
@jorlam Thank you for your interesting comments I was standing on the viewing area over the Pavilion, by the way when the clock tower was built in 1873 the building was called the town hall only change to the City Hall in 1965 so I think we can say we are both correct maybe, lol:)
January 21st, 2017  
@pcoulson Peter, i once phoned and asked if there were ever any public tours of the Town Hall. The response could have caused a blooming glacier, it was so cold. i was informed in words of restricted syllables that Bradford is a city therefore it is a City Hall.. I said something along the lines of Manchester being a much larger/more important city with a Town Hall.. the response was a click as the connection was broken. All a piece of nonsense... :-)
January 21st, 2017  
@jorlam How rude of them, should have been pleased you showed an interest in the building, your right in calling it city hall I just tend to call all such buildings Town Halls no matter if I'm it a town or city:)
January 21st, 2017  
Manchester Town Hall is magnificent, i once spent a morning, exploring and taking photos.. that is what prompted me to ask at Bradford. "Town Hall" comes more easily to the mind/tongue..
January 21st, 2017  
A really nice composition and the blue sky adds to it Fav
January 21st, 2017  
@rosiekind Thank you Rosie for your comment and fav, we have not had many days like this recently have to get busy when we do:)
January 21st, 2017  
Wow!!! Blue sky Peter. What next?
January 21st, 2017  
Fabulous cityscape. Love all the different forms of architecture.
January 21st, 2017  
I know that place! Nice shot of it showing the wonderful architecture. My favourite event here is the annual curry festival!
January 21st, 2017  
Beautiful! Love the reflections in the water.
January 22nd, 2017  
@terryliv Thank you your comments Terry we do get some blue sky's in winter but its usually freezing cold, this was a relatively warm (6 degrees C) and sunny day:)
January 22nd, 2017  
@onewing Thanks Babs yes an eclectic mix of old and new architecture like most British towns and cities:)
January 22nd, 2017  
@claudiajbee Thank you for your interesting comments Claudia there seems to be something going on all the time in Bradford, after this shot went off to find the railway arches and Fibre Sculpture they are well hidden away ended up having to ask, a parking attendant pointed me straight to them:)
January 22nd, 2017  
@rachelpeony Thank you for finding the time to comment its appreciated the sun light really helped is shot:)
January 22nd, 2017  
What an amazing skyline!
January 22nd, 2017  
@taffy Thank you so much for your lovely comments a skyline not to the same scale as Chicago Taffy:)
January 22nd, 2017  
What a classic British setting! Wonderful composition, Peter, and I love that you caught the reflection in the pool.
January 23rd, 2017  
@stray_shooter Thank you Ron, yes the old and new sitting side by side, the pool is at its height is only 12 inches deep normally all the grey stones are covered in water, it was constructed in 2011 as an area to relax around the kids love running through the water in the warm weather full dressed, its funny watching the mums and dads trying to get them out without getting soaked themselves, (must get a shot of them in the summer)
January 23rd, 2017  
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