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:)

[Hazel]

A lovely view of architecture, fountains and reflections - and blue sky!

[Jorlam]

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...

[Peter]

@quietpurplehaze Thank you Hazel for your comments it was such a lovely day could not go wrong with the sun on the buildings:)

[Peter]

@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:)

[Jorlam]

@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... :-)

[Peter]

@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:)

[Jorlam]

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..

[Rosie Kind]

A really nice composition and the blue sky adds to it Fav

[Peter]

@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:)

[Poppo Livy]

Wow!!! Blue sky Peter. What next?

[Babs]

Fabulous cityscape. Love all the different forms of architecture.

[Claudia B]

I know that place! Nice shot of it showing the wonderful architecture. My favourite event here is the annual curry festival!

[Rachel]

Beautiful! Love the reflections in the water.

[Peter]

@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:)

[Peter]

@onewing Thanks Babs yes an eclectic mix of old and new architecture like most British towns and cities:)

[Peter]

@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:)

[Peter]

@rachelpeony Thank you for finding the time to comment its appreciated the sun light really helped is shot:)

[Taffy]

What an amazing skyline!

[Peter]

@taffy Thank you so much for your lovely comments a skyline not to the same scale as Chicago Taffy:)

[Ron]

What a classic British setting! Wonderful composition, Peter, and I love that you caught the reflection in the pool.

[Peter]

@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)