County Arcade, Leeds by fishers

County Arcade, Leeds

As well as photos of the Light Night Leeds event, I took the opportunity while in Leeds to get a few night shots of some of the interesting architecture in the city centre. This shot shows County Arcade.

The County Arcade was built between 1898 and 1904, designed by the theatre architect Frank Matcham. It was notable for glazed barrel roofing decorated with copious amounts of faience from the Burmantofts Pottery, a number of mosaics and plentiful use of marble. Matcham's development also included the Cross Arcade and the Empire Theatre and all three constructions were in the same style.

Ian
Joy
Great shot, Fav
October 17th, 2019  
Impressive arcade! Love that roof decor and colour
your pov is superb, gives a good sense of depth with the leading line
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October 17th, 2019  
Pat
What a beautiful arcade with excellent leading lines.
October 17th, 2019  
Beautiful image!! fav
October 17th, 2019  
well done, not easy to photograph this!
October 17th, 2019  
love it - fav
October 17th, 2019  
Brilliant fav
October 17th, 2019  
Fav
October 17th, 2019  
Fabulous leading line and vanishing point...terrific capture of lines
October 17th, 2019  
Great architecture shot It reminds me , and looks like, a street in my birthtown The Hague : the `` Passage``. A very famous historical street. Fav.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhX2BnaItXM
October 17th, 2019  
Love it!
October 18th, 2019  
A beautiful ceiling!
October 18th, 2019  
What a wonderful arcade.
October 18th, 2019  
Lovely shot.
October 18th, 2019  
Awesome shot and building. Fav.
October 18th, 2019  
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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated, and they put this shot on the Popular Page.

Somewhere in my book collection there is a booklet about the lanes and arcades of Leeds. I really need to fid it and explore some more of these attractive arcades.

Ian
October 18th, 2019  
@pyrrhula Thank you Ferry, I enjoyed watching the video of the arcade in The Hague. There are some interesting simularities.

Ian
October 18th, 2019  
Beautiful! Reminds me of a photo I took from a mall in Sacramento, CA. but I haven’t posted it yet! Fav. :)
October 18th, 2019  
That sure is a beautiful arcade
October 19th, 2019  
@gardenfolk @kjarn Thank you both. I've found my booklet about the lanes and arcades of Leeds, so it looks like a winter project to get photos of some of them, although from what I remember this is the most impressive one.

Ian
October 19th, 2019  
Oh, very grace and favour - I like this.
October 20th, 2019  
Great architecture!
October 23rd, 2019  
@vignouse @vesna0210 Thank you both for your lovely comments. I'm sorry it has taken so long to respond, but I've been rather distracted with Katharine having a stay in hospital.

Ian
November 5th, 2019  
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