An Imperial facade... by peadar

An Imperial facade...

This is the Imperial Hotel, Blackpool. Opened in 1867, an early guest was Charles Dickens; in more recent history, Queen Elizabeth and other members of the current Royal Family have stayed, as have most British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century (Blackpool was throughout this period a major political conference venue). Nowadays, the glory has rather faded somewhat, but this facade still has its Victorian, and Imperial, feel.
It does look grand and imperial ;).
July 11th, 2019  
Really very beautiful!
July 11th, 2019  
A lovely shot of a very impressive hotel.
July 11th, 2019  
Beautiful building!
July 11th, 2019  
Impressive frontage, beautiful symmetry
July 11th, 2019  
Nice shot and great colors. Fav
July 11th, 2019  
It is rather grand isn't it! I'm guilty of just passing it by without a second glance when in the area.
July 11th, 2019  
very impressive building and its stands out great against the blue sky
July 11th, 2019  
Great building, terrific shot
July 12th, 2019  
It is still standing proud.
July 12th, 2019  
Impressive
July 12th, 2019  
A beautiful building!
July 12th, 2019  
A beautiful old building with character.
July 12th, 2019  
Very imposing.
July 12th, 2019  
The Blackpool lights......impressive facade and all those visitors
July 12th, 2019  
This was one of the few hotels I photographed while I was there on Tuesday. It's a very impressive building and I like your photo of it. I like the blue sky - that was missing when I was there!

Ian
July 12th, 2019  
@fishers Ian, I used a Lightroom Preset called "Direct Positive". It normally works well for shots taken south of Lyons, but here it looks slightly obvious and over blown to my eye. On the day, I didn't really have the time to go back to first principles.
July 12th, 2019  
Great light and details. Lovely sky.
July 13th, 2019  
It's so impressive.
July 13th, 2019  
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