please empty your brain below
Intersting post, but reads as though penned by a different writer from usual.

Waterhouse | 16.10.16 - 8:59 a.m. | #

It looks and sounds like a lovely building and collection. It also reminds me that DG's taste in art is not limited to the post-Picasso era (which I personally struggle with), but he is also able to appreciate what many people describe as "real pictures".

DG's own photos are also, as always, a great complement to the text. I rather liked the first one, showing a 50/50 mixture of magnificent old buildings, and newer ones (which have their own sort of magnificence, if only sheer scale). Neither half of the composition dominates the other, which I find quite clever. And yes, all he had to do was stand in the right place and press the button. But we should not underestimate the finding of the right place.

Another item to add to my list of DG-inspired must-goes. And another reminder how glad we should be that he didn't stay in Bedford.

Malcolm | 16.10.16 - 10:51 a.m. | #

Oddly enough, I've known of photographers who would be delighted if a stray hand appears on a stairway banister, and will actually stand around waiting for the right moment to catch one

RogerW | 16.10.16 - 1:50 p.m. | #

This building was mentioned as re-opening on BBC TV's London news. They also had a report from inside. Mainly showed the stairs.
Must say dg does not take long to get to anything new in London.
The rooms do not seem to have much furniture in them. On the TV news the sound of the reporters voice when in the house had quite an echo, maybe they could hold some choral singing events there.

John | 16.10.16 - 2:35 p.m. | #

When the 1 Canada Square Tower first appeared it looked very wrong as it is off-centre to the "Greenwich axis" - the line of architectual symmetry through the park as viewed from the statue of general Wolfe, past the avenue of chestnut trees to the Queens House and the Naval College. (Not to be confused with the Greenwich Meridian which also passes through the park)

Now that the tower is beset with other towers, as seen in DGs picture - it does not look so skew whiff - indeed with further towers now also appearing on the west (left) side of the axis they are starting to form a frame for it.

timbo | 16.10.16 - 5:12 p.m. | #

@ Timbo. Hmmm. In a way I feel a little sympathy for the people that work at One Canada Square. For years the ones on the upper floors must've had some of the best unbroken views across London: the way things are going, their current-day view seems more than likely to be another office block :(
As one who lives on the Greenwich side of the river, I was initially averse to the way 1 Canada Sq appeared on the skyline. I've got to say that that opinion changed one particular night in the early 1990s when the building teamed up with GLR (later to become BBC Radio London) to produce light show synchronised with the music played on the radio. The way it seemed to me was that the building was making a decent effort at trying to make itself, if you like, 'part of the community.' For me, at least, it worked :)

RogerW | 16.10.16 - 5:36 p.m. | #

The red bus entering the picture from the left in front of the white Naval College shows that this was taken by a thoughtful photographic composer, rather than a 'snapper'.

A lovely picture DG, complemented by the staircase, the arched passageway and the Tall Hall.

Great results.

petras409 | 16.10.16 - 7:58 p.m. | #











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