As promised here is a photo of the building that was the reflection in yesterday's photo.
Known by many Novocastrians as The Roundhouse or The Champagne Cork, this building was constructed to accommodate the various departments of Newcastle City Council in 1977 as the City Hall could no longer accommodate the growing workforce. It continues to support the city as Newcastle City Council Administration Centre.
Marnie has just informed me that my photo Optical Illusion has made it to the TT. Thanks so much to everyone who voted for it.
How nice that it is a rather unusual shape! Makes it interesting to see. I never would have guessed from the reflections in yesterdays pic that the building was like this, so I find it really nice to see. I like the patterns of all the windows too... I can't help but notice that huge pink plant pot on the parking area and what is the colourful near by it Babs?
@kjarn Thanks Kathy. I don't mind the look of this building, it looks better than some of the high rises that are appearing all over the centre of Newcastle at the moment.
@jodies Newcastle has some fabulous old buildings and I suspect that quite a few of them will be demolished before too long to give way to rather ugly high rises that are appearing all over the centre of Newcastle.
@stephanies Thanks Stephanie. The pink plant pot has a tree planted in it, but I am not sure what the other object is. In this square there are lots of trendy looking benches, cafes and maybe it is a bench. I will have to check it out next time I am in Newcastle.
@golftragic You should see some of the creations they are coming up with at the moment. Lots of rather boring high rises with no character at all so this one is probably going to end up one of the better buildings. A lot of the old Newcastle historical buildings are disappearing.
Thanks also for your congrats on my picture getting on the TT. I seem to have been on a bit of a roll at the moment. Downhill from now on no doubt.