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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,pano,Centenary Square,in,Birmingham,city,centre,Hall of Memory,Baskerville House,the,large,neoclassical,office,building,buildings,Library of Birmingham,central,library,skyline,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F58GB3 - . Panorama of Centenary Square in Birmingham city centre, West Midlands, England, combining several of the city's best-known civic, cultural and memorial landmarks including the Library of Birmingham, Baskerville House and the Hall of Memory. The square forms a major pedestrian public space on Birmingham's western city-centre axis and is surrounded by institutions associated with culture, learning, government, entertainment and remembrance. The Hall of Memory, built in Portland stone and opened in 1925, commemorates Birmingham citizens who died in the First World War and remains one of the city's principal war memorials. Baskerville House, named after Birmingham printer and typographer John Baskerville, is an imposing interwar civic building overlooking the square. The Library of Birmingham opened in 2013 and brought a dramatic contemporary architectural landmark to the area with its glass façade, circular metal filigree and rooftop golden rotunda. Centenary Square itself was comprehensively redesigned and reopened in 2019 with new paving, trees, seating and water features, strengthening its role as a venue for events and public gatherings. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Birmingham architecture, civic heritage, urban regeneration, public realm, war memorials, libraries, city-centre tourism, cultural investment, planning, architecture and West Midlands development. The panorama is particularly useful for showing how buildings from different eras sit together around a renewed public square, illustrating Birmingham's changing civic ambitions from the interwar period to the twenty-first century and providing a broad contemporary record of one of the city's most important urban spaces. It can also illustrate Birmingham's visitor economy, major public events, remembrance, architectural tourism and the way civic spaces are used to express local identity while accommodating changing patterns of work, leisure and city-centre living.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,lighting,Manchester,Daily Express,Building,office,glass,landmark,landmarks,buildings,city,centre,history,heritage,historic,newspaper,newspapers,outside,facade,art deco,art-deco,exterior,August,Gt Ancoats St,summer,adaptive,reuse,redevelopment,reflections,reflection,mirror,effect,urban,life,M4 5AD,M4
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CGCJW3 - A wide-angle view of the Express Building on Great Ancoats Street in Manchester city centre, photographed in August 2025 during a period of bright summer weather. Clear blue skies and strong sunlight create striking reflections across the building's glass curtain wall, producing changing patterns of light that emphasise its geometric design.
Completed in the late 1930s as the northern headquarters of the Daily Express newspaper, the building is one of Manchester's most distinctive examples of interwar modernist architecture, often described as having strong Art Deco influences. Its use of glass, steel and clean horizontal lines represented a confident, forward-looking image of mass media and modern communication during the pre-war period.
Today, the Express Building has been repurposed as office accommodation, forming part of the wider regeneration of Great Ancoats Street and the eastern edge of Manchester city centre. The presence of pedestrians at street level highlights its continued role in everyday urban life, while the reflective façade mirrors the surrounding city, visually linking past and present.
The image captures how historic modernist architecture responds dynamically to summer light, and how Manchester's media heritage buildings have been adapted to contemporary use. It is well suited for editorial use covering architecture, urban regeneration, adaptive reuse, city-centre life, and the evolving relationship between light, material and the modern cityscape.
9 Great Ancoats Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 5AD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A2680,Homelessness,tents,Lincoln Square,Manchester,city,centre,England,UK,statue,modern,office,buildings,rough,sleeping,housing,crisis,poverty,temporary,shelter,inequality,public,space,welfare,support,services,urban,social,exclusion,accommodation,Andy Burnham,tackling,tackle,homelessness,eradicate,house,street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM1WC2 - Homelessness tents in Lincoln Square, Manchester city centre, England, UK, beside a statue and modern office buildings. A cluster of brightly coloured small tents occupies the paved public space around the monument, creating a stark contrast with the polished commercial architecture behind. The photograph provides a strong editorial illustration of rough sleeping, temporary shelter and visible homelessness within one of Britain's largest and wealthiest city centres. It is suitable for coverage of homelessness, rough sleeping, housing crisis, temporary accommodation, poverty, cost-of-living pressures, social exclusion, public space, Manchester housing policy, local government, support services and urban inequality. The tents and prominent civic setting show how housing insecurity can become highly visible in regenerated commercial districts, raising questions about welfare provision, affordable housing, mental health support, outreach services and the use of public spaces. The vivid tent colours make the human impact difficult to overlook against the formal stone and glass surroundings.
Lincoln Square, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Birmingham Plasma Donor Centre,city,donor,shop,office,donation,donations,shortage,of,blood,61,New St,Birmingham,West Midlands,UK,plasma,in,Wes Streeting,crisis,shortages,B2 4DU,B2,build,building,domestic,self-sufficiency,plasma-derived,medicines,immune-deficiency,diseases,disease,supply,crucial,medical,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3C4CXMT - This documentary stock image shows NHS Plasma donor centre in 61 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK - shortage of blood. The row metadata places the subject at 61 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK , B2 4DU. The spreadsheet date indicates 11 July 2025, so the picture can also work as a time-specific archive record. Plainly, the image is useful because it shows Plasma Donor Centre, Birmingham, donors, New Street, shortages, centre, plasma, donor centre, with search-relevant terms including Plasma Donor Centre, Birmingham, donors, New Street, shortages, centre, plasma, donor centre, NHS, health, Birmingham Plasma Donor Centre, city, donor, shop. The value lies in the combination of place, object, wording and context, giving editors something specific and grounded rather than generic filler imagery. Birmingham has long been a civic, industrial and cultural powerhouse of the Midlands, with major public squares, music history, transport investment and retail change providing strong themes for editorial and documentary use. It is suited to health, household and public-service coverage, linking personal need with wider systems such as the NHS, prescriptions, energy efficiency, heating costs, fuel poverty, domestic comfort and the policy pressures faced by ordinary households. Because it is grounded in a named location and practical subject matter, it is useful for search-led editorial use, regional storytelling, business-to-business presentations, policy briefings and stock-photo buyers wanting evidence from the real world. Historically and socially, this kind of image can help connect past and present: older streets, civic institutions, transport systems, shops, signs, political messages or public services are not frozen museum pieces, but part of how people understand modern life, local identity and economic change.
61 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK , B2 4DU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,office,Northern and Leith,Scottish,National,Party,election,elections,nationalism,indy,independence,politics,politician,constituency office,constituency,surgery,devolution,casework,local,representation,public,service,Parliament,issues,regeneration,Leith Walk,Minister,for,Higher and Further Education,education,democratic representation,urban,political campaigning,public-facing,city,centre,civic life,safety
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8E1AY - Exterior of Ben Macpherson's former MSP constituency office at 34 Constitution Street in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, showing Scottish Parliament and SNP signage for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency. The shopfront-style political office includes window posters, public contact details and a large sign naming Ben Macpherson MSP, making it a clear documentary image of devolved representation, constituency casework and everyday local democracy in Scotland. Ben Macpherson represented Edinburgh Northern and Leith for the Scottish National Party from 2016 until April 2026, according to the Scottish Parliament's current profile, which now lists him as a former MSP. Earlier Scottish Parliament contact material during the 2026 campaign period gave this Constitution Street address as his constituency contact point. The image is useful for editorial coverage of Scottish politics, Holyrood, SNP representation, constituency offices, local casework, democratic access, Leith politics, Edinburgh public life and the relationship between elected members and residents. It can also support wider stories on the visibility of party politics in high streets, the practical role of MSP offices, public appointments, advice surgeries, housing, social security, transport, local campaigning and devolved public services. Macpherson has also held Scottish Government ministerial roles, including Minister for Social Security and Local Government and later Minister for Higher and Further Education, giving the image additional relevance for coverage of Scottish Government portfolios and SNP political careers. The Leith location adds urban context, as Constitution Street sits in an area associated with regeneration, civic change, tram development, local business and a strong political identity. Because the Scottish Parliament profile now identifies him as a former MSP, captions should be dated carefully: if the photograph was taken while the office was active, it can be described historical
Ben Macpherson MSP constituency office at 34 Constitution Street, Leith, Edinburgh, for Edinburgh No
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,British,TV,English,HQ,office,offices,at,SW1P,SW1P 2TX,4,Headquarters,design,corner,of,the,Chadwick Street,channel,four,corporation,logo,Westminster,outside,exterior,broadcast,broadcasting,SW1,city,centre,streaming,on-demand,tele,entrance,British TV,broadcasters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35BXP - 124 Horseferry Road is the Grade II listed headquarters for the British television broadcaster, Channel 4. It is located in the City of Westminster, London and includes 100 residential apartments. The building was opened on 6 July 1994 and was designed by Richard Rogers and Partners.
After a selection process during the autumn of 1990, Channel 4 invited three architectural firms to take part in a competition to design their 15,000 m2 (160,000 sq ft) headquarters building on the south-eastern corner of Chadwick Street and Horseferry Road in a mixed development area of Westminster. The site consisted of an abandoned 10 m (33 ft) deep basement of a proposed 1970s post office building. The architectural brief also incorporated a requirement for a residential development of two blocks of flats including 100 apartments, an underground car park and a small public landscaped park. The three firms chosen were Bennetts Associates, Richard Rogers and Partners and James Stirling.
The Richard Rogers Partnership was chosen from the shortlist. This was the first major building that they had designed since the Lloyd's building (1978-1986). Construction began in 1990 and was completed in 1994. It was built on a design and build basis. The building consists of two four-storey office blocks that are connected to a central entrance block in an L shape. The entrance has a concave glazed wall. The building is finished in grey steel cladding, which is perforated by red-ochre steel struts. John Young, the project architect, said that the colour was taken from a paint sample provided by the City of San Francisco: it is the same colour as the Golden Gate Bridge.
The building was listed at Grade II by Historic England on 23 March 2023
124-126 Horseferry Road, London, England, UK, SW1P 2TX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cardiff,Wales,Cymru,UK,city,centre,government offices Wales,central government Wales,Cardiff city centre,Government building,office,offices,devolved,nations,Welsh language signage,bilingual signage Wales,UK civil service,government workplace,glass office building,civic architecture,public administration,modern urban development,Central Square Cardiff,government department offices,state infrastructure,contemporary architecture,people entering building,documentary photography,Central Square,architecture,walker,walking,person,CF10 1EP,CF10
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFEPXP - The exterior of a UK Government office building in Central Square, Cardiff, featuring large bilingual signage reading Llywodraeth y DU and UK Government . The use of Welsh alongside English reflects statutory bilingual requirements for central government operations in Wales and highlights the visibility of the Welsh language within official public life.
The building forms part of Cardiff's Central Square redevelopment, a major urban regeneration project that has brought together transport infrastructure, government offices and commercial development adjacent to Cardiff Central railway station. The glass-fronted design and open public forecourt reflect contemporary approaches to civic architecture, emphasising accessibility, transparency and modern working environments for civil servants.
Photographed in daylight with people entering and leaving the building, the image documents everyday government activity in the Welsh capital. It is suitable for editorial use relating to public administration, bilingualism, devolution, modern government workplaces, and urban regeneration in Wales.
UK Government Building, Central Square, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom , CF10 1EP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Cymru,Wales,Welsh,UK,studio,HQ,media,Cardiff Bay,building,broadcasting centre,modern,broadcasting,architecture,BBC Cymru Wales,sign,public service,broadcasting UK,media headquarters Wales,contemporary,office,buildings,radio,TV,national,industry,television and radio production,urban,street,photography,people,pedestrians,walking,city,infrastructure,broadcaster,British TV
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3CM - This photograph shows the BBC Cymru Wales headquarters building at Central Square in Cardiff city centre, home to the national broadcaster for Wales. The modern structure features a combination of pale stone cladding and large vertical glass panels, with prominent BBC Cymru Wales signage clearly visible on the upper facade. The building forms a key part of Cardiff's Central Square regeneration area, adjacent to Cardiff Central railway station.
The image was taken after rainfall, with wet road surfaces and pavements creating reflective textures across the foreground. Traffic lights glow against the damp streets, while a small number of pedestrians move through the scene, dressed for cool, unsettled weather. The sky is overcast with patches of lighter cloud, suggesting changeable conditions typical of the Welsh climate.
BBC Cymru Wales operates television, radio, and digital services in both Welsh and English, and the Central Square development represents a significant investment in modern broadcasting infrastructure and urban renewal. The surrounding streetscape, street furniture, and planting reinforce the contemporary civic character of the area.
The photograph captures both the architectural presence of a major public service broadcaster and the everyday atmosphere of a working city following rain, blending modern media infrastructure with the rhythms of urban life in Cardiff.
BBC Cymru Wales, Central Square, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, CF10 1FT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,English,British,UK,city,centre,E14,finance,office,offices,river,business,sunny,blue sky,council,E14 3QS,CitiBank,centres,financial,district,commercial,real estate,property,One Canada Square,Isle of Dogs,traders,bankers,casino,investment,investers,West India Docks,Docklands Development Corporation,skyline,skyscrapers,AI,skills compact
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R39XGA - Canary Wharf is an area of London, England, located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Canary Wharf is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of London's central business district, alongside Central London.[1] With the City of London, it constitutes one of the main financial centres in the United Kingdom and the world, containing many high-rise buildings including the third-tallest in the UK, One Canada Square, which opened on 26 August 1991.
Developed on the site of the former West India Docks, Canary Wharf contains around 16,000,000 sq ft (1,500,000 m2) of office and retail space. It has many open areas, including Canada Square, Cabot Square and Westferry Circus. Together with Heron Quays and Wood Wharf, it forms the Canary Wharf Estate, around 97 acres (39 ha) in area.
Canary Wharf is located on the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs.
In October 1995, an international consortium that included investors such as Alwaleed, bought control for $1.2 billion. Paul Reichmann, of Olympia & York, was named chairman, and Canary Wharf went public in 1999. The new company was called Canary Wharf Limited, and later became Canary Wharf Group.
In 1997, some residents living on the Isle of Dogs launched a lawsuit against Canary Wharf Ltd for private nuisance because the tower interfered with TV signals. The residents lost the case.
Recovery in the property market generally, coupled with continuing demand for large floorplate Grade A office space, slowly improved the level of interest. A critical event in the recovery was the much-delayed start of work on the Jubilee Line Extension, which the government wanted ready for the Millennium celebrations.
In March 2004, Canary Wharf Group plc. was taken over by a consortium of investors, backed by its largest shareholder Glick Family Investments and led by Morgan Stanley using a vehicle named Songbird Estates plc.
Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets council, east London, England, UK, E14 3QS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,tickets,stops,stands,Liverpool,L1 8JX,network,National Express,coach,bay,bays,at,waiting,area,inter-city,close,closure,ticket,office,profitability,carbon,footprint,company,operator,performance,British,NEX,share,price,dividend,debt,strike,Mobico
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NMK - . This dated editorial view of Liverpool One bus station, Canning Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 8JX in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is National Express, coach bays, at Liverpool One bus station, Canning Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 8JX. The surrounding context encompasses local character, community identity, urban fabric, conservation interest, period building, period architecture, architectural character, changing land use, place identity, visual archive, architectural detailing, public realm, conservation architecture, and before-and-after reference. The modern context includes continuing discussion of heritage conservation, maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Liverpool One bus station, Canning Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 8JX, details that may look very different after redevelopment. The surrounding story also includes traditional materials, historical comparison, adaptive reuse, heritage asset, built heritage, period detail, historic streetscape, and historic townscape. References to Liverpool, station, Merseyside, coach, and Place give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Liverpool One bus station, Canning Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 8JX helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects heritage conservation and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use without losing the local specificity of Liverpool One bus station, Canning Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 8JX. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2M95NMK.
Liverpool One bus station, Canning Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 8JX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Eurovision,host,2023,city,centre,Pier Head,Mersey,L3 1HN,L3,listed,building,beside,the,river,buildings,dome,GB,jack,Maritime Mercantile City,dock,office,Mersey Docks and Harbour Board,Offices,MDHB,Sir,Arnold Thornely,and,FB Hobbs,Briggs,Wolstenholme,Portland Stone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JGNG - The Port of Liverpool Building (formerly Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Offices, more commonly known as the Dock Office) is a Grade II* listed building in Liverpool, England. It is located at the Pier Head and, along with the neighbouring Royal Liver Building and Cunard Building, is one of Liverpool's Three Graces, which line the city's waterfront.[1] It is also part of Liverpool's formerly UNESCO-designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City.
The building was designed by Sir Arnold Thornely and F.B. Hobbs and was developed in collaboration with Briggs and Wolstenholme. It was constructed between 1904 and 1907, with a reinforced concrete frame that is clad in Portland Stone. The building was the headquarters of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (MDHB) for 87 years, from 1907 to 1994, when the company relocated to new premises at Seaforth Dock. In 2001 it was sold to Downing, a Liverpool-based property developer, and between 2006 and 2009 underwent a major £10m restoration that restored many original features of the building.[2][3]
The Port of Liverpool Building is in the Edwardian Baroque style and is noted for the large dome that sits atop it, acting as the focal point of the building. It is approximately rectangular in shape with canted corners that are topped with stone cupolas. At 220 feet (67 m) the building was the tallest building in Liverpool when built, and as of 2022 is the fourteenth tallest. Like the neighbouring Cunard Building, it is noted for the ornamental detail both on the inside and out, and in particular for the many maritime references and expensive decorative furnishings.
Mersey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 1HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,32,UK,EH1 1PB,Take Drugs Seriously,mind altering,and,outreach,shop,office,drop-in,drop,in,confidential advice,1-1,support,free,safe,sex materials,BBV,pregnancy,testing,tests,test,problem,death,deaths,problems,Scottish,kills,killers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M36741 - We neither condemn nor condone drug use: we exist to reduce harm, challenge perceptions and help people make positive choices about their use of cannabis, stimulant and other social drugs and sexual health by providing non-judgemental, credible and up to date information and support.
32 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh,Scotland, EH1 1PB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,16,UK,EH1 2LN,EH1,good coffee,coffee,cafe,sign,neon,distinctive,Red neon sign,history,historic,illuminated,bankofscotland,Lloyds Banking Group,skyline,dusk,night time,evening,HBOS,issues,offices,office,night,headquarters,head office,Bank Street,Lothians,EH1 1YZ,gentrification
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3684H - . This location-specific image from 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The scene records Red neon sign, Espresso Bar, 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN, good coffee, in the evening dusk. The broader subject matter reaches into social history, historical comparison, local history, licensed hospitality, night-time economy, contemporary social history, beer-led hospitality, traditional pub, real-ale culture, hospitality economy, community drinking venue, historic hostelry, visual archive, and public realm. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with energy costs, consumer spending and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. As a dated visual record of 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include local character, local social venue, changing land use, traditional ale house, visitor hospitality, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, and period detail. Elements such as coffee, Espresso, evening, and Edinburgh add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for energy costs and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing within the specific setting of 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN. Another useful connection is pub closures and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing as part of the longer story of 16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN.
16 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2LN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,Hereford,England,UK,HR4 0BJ,of,charity,Building,logo,offices,office,real,hair,wig,wigs,for,kids,children,22-25,Berrington Street,HR4,Little Princess Trust,city,centre,Hannah,Tarplee,family,parent,parents,littleprincesses.org.uk,littleprincesses,LPT,Wendy Tarplee-Morris,Phil Brace
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AE6 - The Little Princess Trust is a UK charity that provides real hair wigs, free of charge, to children and young people, up to the age of 24, who have lost their hair as a result of cancer treatment or other illnesses.
The charity was originally set up in memory of five-year-old Hannah Tarplee who died as a result of cancer in June 2005. Hannah loved her hair so when she underwent treatment for a Wilms' tumour, the loss of her hair was especially traumatic. When Hannah died, her parents felt the most fitting tribute would be a charity dedicated to providing wigs, free of charge, to children who had lost their own hair due to cancer treatment and other conditions. The Little Princess Trust was born and the charity has since helped thousands of young people regain their confidence and identity by giving them a real hair wig.
Thanks to fundraising from its family of supporters, the Little Princess Trust has also committed more than £20 million to projects focused on kinder and more effective treatments for childhood cancers.
The charity's headquarters are currently based at The Hannah Tarplee Building in Berrington Street, Hereford. Phil Brace is the chief executive officer and Wendy Tarplee-Morris, the mother of Hannah Tarplee, is the Director of Service & Impact.
The Little Princess Trust is a registered charity (1176160). Due to a demand for longer wigs, the charity is asking its supporters to donate hair lengths of 12 inches and above
22-25 Berrington St, Hereford, England, UK, HR4 0BJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,Hereford,England,UK,HR4 0BJ,of,charity,Building,logo,offices,office,real,hair,wig,wigs,for,kids,children,22-25,Berrington Street,HR4,Little Princess Trust,city,centre,Hannah,Tarplee,family,parent,parents,littleprincesses.org.uk,littleprincesses,LPT,Wendy Tarplee-Morris,Phil Brace
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AE8 - The Little Princess Trust is a UK charity that provides real hair wigs, free of charge, to children and young people, up to the age of 24, who have lost their hair as a result of cancer treatment or other illnesses.
The charity was originally set up in memory of five-year-old Hannah Tarplee who died as a result of cancer in June 2005. Hannah loved her hair so when she underwent treatment for a Wilms' tumour, the loss of her hair was especially traumatic. When Hannah died, her parents felt the most fitting tribute would be a charity dedicated to providing wigs, free of charge, to children who had lost their own hair due to cancer treatment and other conditions. The Little Princess Trust was born and the charity has since helped thousands of young people regain their confidence and identity by giving them a real hair wig.
Thanks to fundraising from its family of supporters, the Little Princess Trust has also committed more than £20 million to projects focused on kinder and more effective treatments for childhood cancers.
The charity's headquarters are currently based at The Hannah Tarplee Building in Berrington Street, Hereford. Phil Brace is the chief executive officer and Wendy Tarplee-Morris, the mother of Hannah Tarplee, is the Director of Service & Impact.
The Little Princess Trust is a registered charity (1176160). Due to a demand for longer wigs, the charity is asking its supporters to donate hair lengths of 12 inches and above
22-25 Berrington St, Hereford, England, UK, HR4 0BJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Oxford Road Manchester,at night,at,Manchester,victorian,building,dusk,M1 6FU,M1,evening,night time,nightime,cityscape,skyline,tall,old,history,historic,insurance,offices,hotel,hotels,office,university,buildings,block,blocks,city,centre,Oxford Rd,lit,illuminated,tower
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG5JM2 - . An identifiable period record of Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Manchester victorian Kimpton hotel refuge building at dusk, Oxford Road Manchester , at night, England, UK,. Other connected aspects include architectural character, community identity, place identity, period streetscape, historical comparison, customer-facing service, night-time economy, conservation architecture, historic frontage, traditional structure, local character, changing streetscape, independent food retail, and local history. Current relevance extends to embodied carbon and energy retrofit, particularly through the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into hospitality costs and changing dining habits, not least because of the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. As a dated visual record of Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with period building, visitor economy, historic townscape, historic streetscape, everyday life, social history, visual archive, and food-and-drink business. Details involving night, Oxford, Kimpton, building, and hotel make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for embodied carbon and the tension between conservation and redevelopment in a form that can be compared with future views of Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU.
Oxford Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6FU
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,City Centre,scouse,L2 0UD,England,UK,The,colonial,imperial,His Majesties,government,crest,icon,building,office,offices,officials,city,centre,control,Tory,Tories,Westminster,House of Commons,effective,ineffective,Conservatives,selfservatives,Home Office,HM,His Majesty,Water St,passageway,grade II,listed,Rachel Reeves,Kier Starmer,Andy Burnham,visa
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1WA - . An identifiable period record of India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows The Liverpool HMRC, HM Government, India Buildings offices, India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD. The locality and subject together evoke changing streetscape, townscape record, local landmark, conservation interest, documentary photography, period streetscape, archival record, everyday life, place identity, heritage landmark, local character, urban change, changing land use, and heritage asset. Current relevance extends to adaptive reuse and heritage conservation, particularly through the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into local identity and public-realm change, not least because of the relationship between public space and local social life. As a dated visual record of India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are period detail, architectural character, contemporary social history, everyday street life, public realm, visual archive, contemporary city life, and conservation architecture. The recorded references to India, Liverpool, Government, Water, and offices preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The frame retains a point of historical comparison as part of India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD's history.
India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Liverpool,Merseyside,City Centre,scouse,L2,31,Water St,England,UK,L20RD,avenue,office,light,lighting,arch,archway,passage,passageway,grade II,listed,Home Office,ineffective,offices,officials,centre,city,government,imperial,colonial,The,L2 0UD,history,historic,heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1XA - . Recorded at 31 Water St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 0RD in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The subject captured here is India Buildings, 31 Water St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 0RD. The wider scene also brings together architectural character, historical comparison, urban fabric, historic frontage, visual archive, changing land use, contemporary social history, public realm, before-and-after reference, historic townscape, local character, historic streetscape, community identity, and community life. The modern context includes continuing discussion of local identity, redevelopment pressure and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. For current editorial use, transport and street safety provide additional context, especially through the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at 31 Water St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 0RD, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. The location also brings in urban change, everyday street life, heritage landmark, pedestrian environment, social landscape, period building, townscape record, and traditional structure. References to Merseyside, Buildings, Liverpool, Water, and India give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 31 Water St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 0RD, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is local identity and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use without losing the local specificity of 31 Water St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 0RD.
31 Water St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 0RD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city centre,Merseyside,England,UK,Levelling up,Northern Powerhouse,L2,office,streetart,street,at,city,centre,parking,Tempest,building,Nomad Clan,NomadClan,art,painting,girl,woman,women,offices,buildings,architecture,car park,car parking,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,Eurovision,2022
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDRC0 - . Made at Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The photograph centres on Nomad Clan Mural artwork at Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW. The surrounding context encompasses local history, traditional structure, period streetscape, local identity, conservation interest, before-and-after reference, conservation architecture, archival record, period detail, community life, place identity, regional identity, historic townscape, and changing streetscape. Current relevance extends to maintenance and embodied carbon, particularly through the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial change and regeneration, not least because of how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. Future viewers can use this scene from Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after closure or conversion. Further associations within the scene are street-level documentary, architectural detailing, changing land use, everyday life, urban fabric, townscape record, visual archive, and documentary photography. Elements such as Hackins, Liverpool, Merseyside, artwork, and Mural add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The frame retains part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene. The scene captures details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city centre,Merseyside,England,UK,Levelling up,Northern Powerhouse,L2,office,streetart,street,at,city,centre,parking,Tempest,building,Nomad Clan,NomadClan,art,painting,girl,woman,women,offices,buildings,architecture,car park,car parking,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,Eurovision,2022
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDRC4 - . This location-specific image from Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Nomad Clan Mural artwork at Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW. The locality and subject together evoke local landmark, local identity, everyday street life, architectural detailing, social landscape, urban change, contemporary social history, everyday life, social history, changing streetscape, period building, community identity, historic townscape, and urban fabric. For current editorial use, maintenance and adaptive reuse provide additional context, especially through keeping older structures useful without erasing their character. Current relevance extends to local identity and footfall, particularly through the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. Small period details of building condition and alterations at Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. The surrounding story also includes townscape record, local character, public realm, local history, historic streetscape, city-centre activity, visual archive, and architectural character. The combination of Mural, Nomad, artwork, Liverpool, and Hackins anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes maintenance and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity when considered against later change at Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW.
Hackins Hey, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,dusk,evening,winter,Santa Clause,fountain,fountains,from,England,UK,M1 1RN,Santa at dusk,white,festivities,illuminated,Dec,December,festive,sunset,night,water,Merry,Xmas,Christmas,city,centre,celebration,celebrate,square,public,space,bright,offices,office
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2BH - . This documentary view of Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The scene shows Merry Christmas, from Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1RN - Santa at dusk. The setting also relates to consumer retail, customer footfall, commercial frontage, shopfront economy, urban commerce, before-and-after reference, local trading, local history, documentary photography, high-street commerce, independent trading, commercial streetscape, changing land use, and retail vacancy. The subject remains useful for current coverage of changing footfall and vacant units, not least because of how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. As the area changes, the frame preserves period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment within the setting of Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN. The subject sits alongside retail property, archival record, regional identity, place identity, town-centre economy, visual archive, public realm, and community identity. References to Merry, Gardens, Piccadilly, Christmas, and Santa help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is changing footfall and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts when considered against later change at Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN. The image also provides a reference for commercial rents and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres without losing the local specificity of Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN.
Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,Glasgow,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,1 foot,1 inch,standard measures,1 yard,G2 1AL,G2,measures,Corporation,brown,plaque,fair trading,standards of measurement,measurement standards,George Square,standard chain,George Square Heritage Trail,Imperial measures,imperial,measure,measurement,measurements,standards,1882,board of trade,chain,link,feet,yard,office,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ2B - In the times before you could buy a ruler in your local stationers or a tape measure in a hardware store, people estimated the length of objects from the lengths of parts of their body. For example:
(i) An inch is roughly the length of the end of your thumb (i.e. from the joint to its end)
(ii) A foot is what you would expect, i.e. the length of a foot, originally the length of the Kings foot.
(iii) A yard was a Bowmans pull (i.e. from your breastbone to your hand).
Such rules of thumb are adequate if all that is required is a rough estimate of the length of an object, but you can imagine the arguments that would ensue if you were buying or selling cloth for example. If you are selling cloth you would make the most profit if you used someone with short arms as your measure, however if you are a tailor buying cloth, you would prefer someone with long arms! To ensure fair trading, standards of measurements were provided in public places in towns and cities throughout the UK.
The chain is the unit of measure used by surveyors, as recently as 50 years ago a young apprentice surveyor was sent to George Square to check the length of his company's chain against the length of the standard chain. In the days before metrication every child had to learn 3 feet make a yard, 22 yards make a chain, 10 chains make a furlong and 8 furlongs make a mile.
There are three sets of measurement standards to be found in George Square:
(a) The standard inch, foot, 2 foot, and 3 foot are mounted on the wall of the City Chambers (locate them on the right hand side of the entrance to the City Chambers as you face the building with your back to the Square).
(b) There is a standard chain with its links in the Square (locate these between the benches and the grassed area on the east side of square.)
(c) 100 feet. (Again these are located beside the benches, this time at the grassed area at the west side.)
City Chambers, George Square Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G2 1AL
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Glasgow,Scotland,City Centre,Strathclyde,The Barras,Markets,G1,G1 5DX,Calton,brick,five story,building,1877,buildings,architecture,city,centre,urban,office,offices,Victorian,history,historic,classic,iconic,built,built 1877,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,windows,window,taxi
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGBC - The Barras is a major street and indoor weekend market in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. The term barra is Glaswegian dialect for barrow, relating to the market's early years, where traders sold their wares from handcarts. Barrowland is sometimes used to describe the district itself where the market is located, which is actually officially known as Calton.
Because of its location on Gallowgate “ the main thoroughfare from the city centre to Parkhead and Celtic Park, Barrowlands is also notable for its large concentration of public houses and shops devoted to fans of Celtic Football Club. Baird's Bar was one of the best known Celtic-oriented pubs next door to the Barrowland Ballroom building, the bar has since closed down due to violent incidents that have occurred in the premises. The bar is to be reopened as a furniture store.
Glasgow Antiques and Randalls Antique and vintage Center, the Cartwheel and the Square Yard can all be found next to the Squirrel Bar.
242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland,UK, G1 5DX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,131 Mount Pleasant,L3 5TF,building,science,office,one,liverpoolsciencepark,education,knowledge,research,offices,space,modern,quarter,city,centre,rental,agency,real estate,sciontec,park,Grade A,laboratory,laboratories,facility,tech,technology,innovation,centres,British,GB,Great Britain
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475J7 - . This location-specific image from 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Liverpool science park , 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF. The broader subject matter reaches into contemporary social history, place identity, social history, before-and-after reference, local history, small business, independent retail, period detail, everyday life, regional identity, street-level business, retail property, specialist retailer, and customer footfall. For current editorial use, online shopping and store closures provide additional context, especially through how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. Other useful contextual ideas include town-centre trading, local enterprise, community identity, visual archive, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, and public realm. Details involving Mount, science, Pleasant, Merseyside, and Liverpool make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the specific setting of 131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF. The record includes a point of historical comparison for future local research.
131 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L3 5TF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,GB,North West England,brick,Withy Grove,Withey Grove Stores,building,red brick,office equipment,historic,history,Madchester,M4 2BJ,M4,WithyGrove,commercial,safes,supplies,city,centre,warehouse,cotton,Ltd,Withy,industrial,precinct,classic,1970s,Shudehill,Grove,withy,office,offices,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEMY - . A detailed visual record documents the character of 35-39 Withy Grove, Manchester, NW England, United Kingdom ,M4 2BJ, in a photograph originating in 2019. The source caption identifies Withy Grove Stores, Office Equipment,Shude Hill, Manchester City Centre, Lancashire, North West England, UK, M4 2BJ. The wider setting includes independent retail, local trading, retail decline and renewal, consumer retail, heritage asset, chain-store economy, architectural heritage, period property, architectural detail, shopfront economy, adaptive reuse, and bricks-and-mortar retail. For present-day editorial use, physical shops can also illustrate debates about brand consolidation and shifts in leisure spending, particularly where these affect mixed-use town centres. Modern coverage of period streetscapes frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of redevelopment pressure, planning control and heritage-led regeneration. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at 35-39 Withy Grove, Manchester, NW England, United Kingdom ,M4 2BJ, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The surrounding context also touches on architectural character, historic townscape, historic fabric, shopping district, heritage streetscape, urban conservation. Associated details include shop, red, Victorian, Shudehill. The scene also carries the language of traditional building, conservation architecture, commercial streetscape, historic environment, built heritage, town-centre trading, retail property, townscape identity, period architecture, and city-centre economy. In the mid-2020s, high-street retail is increasingly discussed through shifts in leisure spending and online shopping, with attention turning to heritage-led regeneration. The view of 35-39 Withy Grove, Manchester, NW England, United Kingdom ,M4 2BJ also preserves another layer of local identity and period change.
35-39 Withy Grove, Manchester, NW England, United Kingdom ,M4 2BJ
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Keywords: Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,Piccadilly,Station,Railway Station,Rail,Terminal,Manchester Piccadilly,Manchester Piccadilly Station,Network Rail,NetworkRail,Entrance,door,doorway,gate,London Road,North West England,M1 2QF,signs,historic sign,historic,Victorian,frontage,M1,office,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7M0W - . An editorial view captures the character of the recorded location, in a photograph originating in 2019. The frame is associated with Shipping and Cartage historic sign on frontage of Piccadilly Railway station, London Road, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 2QF. Further features of the subject include traditional building, rail modernisation, period architecture, heritage asset, integrated transport, road connectivity, transport planning, commuter transport, local transport, rail heritage, passenger railway, and conservation interest. Current debate around integrated public transport often combines reliability, ticketing reform and the practical challenge of renewed station districts. In the mid-2020s, place and memory is increasingly discussed through new technology and business turnover, with attention turning to before-and-after study. For present-day editorial use, traditional structures can also illustrate debates about redevelopment pressure and energy retrofit, particularly where these affect heritage-led regeneration. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at the recorded location, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves, specifically in relation to Shipping and Cartage historic sign on frontage of Piccadilly Railway station. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves road safety, motorway travel, period property, architectural character, mass transit, train travel. The scene also carries the language of roadside environment, sustainable mobility, strategic road network, intercity travel, urban fabric, public transport network, urban mobility, rail transport, vehicle access, and rail corridor. That gives this view of the recorded location continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison, specifically in relation to Shipping and Cartage historic sign on frontage of Piccadilly Railway station.
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Keywords: City centre,city,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,North West England,UK,England,Victorian,office,offices,warehouse,Watts Bros Manchester,Monochrome,Black and White,mono,Watts Brothers,English Heritage Legacy ID,388270,English Heritage Legacy ID 388270,SJ8498SE,LEVER STREET,698-1/29/206 (South East side),Listing NGR SJ8457498405,Hardware,and,furniture,brothers,M1 1DW,M1,centre,Ancoats,history,historic,Lever Street,Lever St,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF632 - Hardware and furniture warehouse, now offices. Dated 1898 at
3rd floor
altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with red
sandstone dressings, slate roof. Rectangular plan at
right-angles to street, with loading bay at rear. Free
Elizabethan style. Basement, 4 storeys and attic, 4 bays, with
plinth, cornice over ground floor, slightly-projected outer
bays with tall shaped gables, and chamfered shafts piercing a
prominent cornice. The ground floor has a large round-headed
doorway to the left, with convex jambs, moulded head and
keystone cartouche lettered 24, and a prominent cornice on
elongated consoles
a mullioned 2-light window to the right
over a basement doorway and 2 altered windows further right.
On the upper floors the 2 centre bays have 3-storey
elliptical-headed arches with 3-light wndows to all floors,
the outer bays have vertical-rectangular windows, with
panelled aprons at 2nd floor and large carved aprons at 3rd
floor lettered respectively 18 and 98. The attic has
3-light mullioned windows in the centre bays and vertical
windows in the gables with ornamental architraves including
oculi in steeply-swept gables finished with small segmental
pediments. The right-hand return wall has 2 bays in matching
style, continued with an 8-window range of white glazed brick,
carried down to 2 storeys at the rear, which has a parallel
loading bay.
Bunsen St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1DW
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Keywords: City centre,city,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,North West England,UK,England,Victorian,office,offices,warehouse,Watts Bros Manchester,Watts Brothers,English Heritage Legacy ID,388270,English Heritage Legacy ID 388270,SJ8498SE,LEVER STREET,698-1/29/206 (South East side),Listing NGR SJ8457498405,Hardware,and,furniture,brothers,M1 1DW,M1,centre,Ancoats,history,historic,Lever Street,Lever St,now,listed,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF633 - Hardware and furniture warehouse, now offices. Dated 1898 at
3rd floor
altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with red
sandstone dressings, slate roof. Rectangular plan at
right-angles to street, with loading bay at rear. Free
Elizabethan style. Basement, 4 storeys and attic, 4 bays, with
plinth, cornice over ground floor, slightly-projected outer
bays with tall shaped gables, and chamfered shafts piercing a
prominent cornice. The ground floor has a large round-headed
doorway to the left, with convex jambs, moulded head and
keystone cartouche lettered 24, and a prominent cornice on
elongated consoles
a mullioned 2-light window to the right
over a basement doorway and 2 altered windows further right.
On the upper floors the 2 centre bays have 3-storey
elliptical-headed arches with 3-light wndows to all floors,
the outer bays have vertical-rectangular windows, with
panelled aprons at 2nd floor and large carved aprons at 3rd
floor lettered respectively 18 and 98. The attic has
3-light mullioned windows in the centre bays and vertical
windows in the gables with ornamental architraves including
oculi in steeply-swept gables finished with small segmental
pediments. The right-hand return wall has 2 bays in matching
style, continued with an 8-window range of white glazed brick,
carried down to 2 storeys at the rear, which has a parallel
loading bay.
Bunsen St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1DW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,USA,city,city centre,US,725 5th Ave,NY 10022,United States,Trump,building,gold,architecture,POTUS,Der Scutt,Poor,Swanke,Hayden & Connell,Midtown Manhattan,escalators,reflections,cafe,skyscraper,busy,people,offices,office,80s,1980,1983,asset,real estate,main lobby,golden,assets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6XT - Trump Tower is a 58-floor, 664-foot-tall (202 m) mixed-use skyscraper at 721“725 Fifth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City,USA,between East 56th and 57th Streets. It serves as the headquarters for the Trump Organization. Additionally, it houses the penthouse condominium residence of businessman, real estate developer, and former U.S. president Donald Trump, who developed the building and named it after himself. Several members of the Trump family also live, or have resided, in the building. The tower stands on a plot where the flagship store of department-store chain Bonwit Teller was formerly located.
Der Scutt of Poor, Swanke, Hayden & Connell designed Trump Tower, and Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company (now the AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company) developed it. Although it is in one of Midtown Manhattan's special zoning districts, the tower was approved because it was to be built as a mixed-use development. Trump was permitted to add more stories to the tower in return for additional retail space and for providing privately owned public space on the ground floor, the lower level, and two outdoor terraces. There were controversies during construction, including the destruction of historically important sculptures from the Bonwit Teller store
Trump's alleged underpaying of contractors
and a lawsuit that Trump filed because the tower was not tax-exempt.
Construction on the building began in 1979. The atrium, apartments, offices, and stores opened on a staggered schedule from February to November 1983. At first, there were few tenants willing to move into the commercial and retail spaces
the residential units were sold out within months of opening. After Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and subsequent election, the tower saw large increases in visitation, though security concerns required the area around the tower to be patrolled for several years.
725 5th Ave, Manhattan , New York, NY 10022, United States
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,USA,city,city centre,US,725 5th Ave,NY 10022,United States,Trump,building,gold,architecture,POTUS,Der Scutt,Poor,Swanke,Hayden & Connell,Midtown Manhattan,escalators,reflections,cafe,skyscraper,busy,people,offices,office,80s,1980,1983,asset,real estate,main lobby,golden,assets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6Y2 - Trump Tower is a 58-floor, 664-foot-tall (202 m) mixed-use skyscraper at 721“725 Fifth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City,USA,between East 56th and 57th Streets. It serves as the headquarters for the Trump Organization. Additionally, it houses the penthouse condominium residence of businessman, real estate developer, and former U.S. president Donald Trump, who developed the building and named it after himself. Several members of the Trump family also live, or have resided, in the building. The tower stands on a plot where the flagship store of department-store chain Bonwit Teller was formerly located.
Der Scutt of Poor, Swanke, Hayden & Connell designed Trump Tower, and Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company (now the AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company) developed it. Although it is in one of Midtown Manhattan's special zoning districts, the tower was approved because it was to be built as a mixed-use development. Trump was permitted to add more stories to the tower in return for additional retail space and for providing privately owned public space on the ground floor, the lower level, and two outdoor terraces. There were controversies during construction, including the destruction of historically important sculptures from the Bonwit Teller store
Trump's alleged underpaying of contractors
and a lawsuit that Trump filed because the tower was not tax-exempt.
Construction on the building began in 1979. The atrium, apartments, offices, and stores opened on a staggered schedule from February to November 1983. At first, there were few tenants willing to move into the commercial and retail spaces
the residential units were sold out within months of opening. After Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and subsequent election, the tower saw large increases in visitation, though security concerns required the area around the tower to be patrolled for several years.
725 5th Ave, Manhattan , New York, NY 10022, United States
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Real Life,Glasgow,Love,Love Glasgow,love,We Love,neon,sign,shop,office,city,centre,UK,heart,GSofA,School of art,art,2017,Sinclair,Ross,Ross Sinclair artist,GSA,Neon Sculptural Installation,Neon Sculpture,red,yellow,red heart,Glasgow School Of Art,writer,musician,Scottish,Professor of Contemporary Art Practice,School of Fine Art,Real Life project,project,lighting,GoTonysmith,Commonwealth Games
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A4PJJX - Ross Sinclair is an artist, writer and musician who is Professor of Contemporary Art Practice within the School of Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art. He is best known for his ˜Real Life' research project initiated when he had the words REAL LIFE tattooed in black ink across his back, at Terry's Tattoo parlour in Glasgow, 1994.
Sinclair completed a PhD by Published Work in 2016 where he interrogated and articulated the innovative nature of the Real Life project, unusual in its scale and duration, defining the contribution to contemporary art practice across the fields of sculpture, painting, performance, installation, critical writing and music. Drawing on these multi-disciplinary methodologies Sinclair maps out the forms, materials and processes activated over almost 25 Years of Real Life Projects, that often combine unusual and unorthodox approaches challenging conventional modes of exhibition practice, enabling new means of engagement with the viewer. The multi part thesis submitted claims these routes as an autonomous, artist initiated project, connecting with the public at a dynamic intersection of ideas, context, performance and art-practice.
Sinclair's Real Life Project is set in a critical framework of contested paradigms of Everyday Life and The Real and acknowledges the influence of key critical thinkers over the quarter century of its development from Barthes, Baudrillard and De Certeau, through Bourriaud, Bishop and Kester and more recently in Harman, Mark Fisher and Paul O'Neill amongst many others. The project has been punctuated by the exploration of individual and collective relationships with Real Life particularly viewed through contemporary paradigms constructing society such as: Democracy, Utopia, Justice, Capitalism, Geography and History, the Church, the Bank, the State, while in parallel addressing the role of the tattooed artist himself.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Real Life,Glasgow,Love,Love Glasgow,love,We Love,neon,sign,shop,office,city,centre,UK,heart,GSofA,School of art,art,2017,Sinclair,Ross,Ross Sinclair artist,GSA,Neon Sculptural Installation,Neon Sculpture,red,yellow,red heart,Glasgow School Of Art,writer,musician,Scottish,Professor of Contemporary Art Practice,School of Fine Art,Real Life project,project,lighting,GoTonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A4PJKD - Ross Sinclair is an artist, writer and musician who is Professor of Contemporary Art Practice within the School of Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art. He is best known for his ˜Real Life' research project initiated when he had the words REAL LIFE tattooed in black ink across his back, at Terry's Tattoo parlour in Glasgow, 1994.
Sinclair completed a PhD by Published Work in 2016 where he interrogated and articulated the innovative nature of the Real Life project, unusual in its scale and duration, defining the contribution to contemporary art practice across the fields of sculpture, painting, performance, installation, critical writing and music. Drawing on these multi-disciplinary methodologies Sinclair maps out the forms, materials and processes activated over almost 25 Years of Real Life Projects, that often combine unusual and unorthodox approaches challenging conventional modes of exhibition practice, enabling new means of engagement with the viewer. The multi part thesis submitted claims these routes as an autonomous, artist initiated project, connecting with the public at a dynamic intersection of ideas, context, performance and art-practice.
Sinclair's Real Life Project is set in a critical framework of contested paradigms of Everyday Life and The Real and acknowledges the influence of key critical thinkers over the quarter century of its development from Barthes, Baudrillard and De Certeau, through Bourriaud, Bishop and Kester and more recently in Harman, Mark Fisher and Paul O'Neill amongst many others. The project has been punctuated by the exploration of individual and collective relationships with Real Life particularly viewed through contemporary paradigms constructing society such as: Democracy, Utopia, Justice, Capitalism, Geography and History, the Church, the Bank, the State, while in parallel addressing the role of the tattooed artist himself.
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Keywords: Road,painting,graffiti,resistance,IRA,peace,Northern Ireland,NI,UK,St,street,Eire,Irish,Republic,Irish Republic,conflict,Irish Republican Army,Political Change,Bobby,Sands,MP,IRA,Sinn Fein,Office,dark skies,dark sky,over West Belfast,Hblock,H-Block,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,occupation,good,Friday,agreement,peace,reconciliation,IRA,terror,terrorists,genocide,catholic,community,catholics,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,republican cause,Belfast Catholic Community
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1FN - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1G1 - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: City Centre,office,building,architecture,G1,30,St Vincent,Pl,place,Victorian,old,Bank,Chambers,chamber,PLC,headquarter,office,banking,money,licence,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scots,Scottish,British,Scotland,Glasgow,Greater,problem,with,problem with,issue with,City,Centre,cities,Urban,Urbanist,town,infrastructure,transport,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,attraction,attractions,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Greater Glasgow,British Isles,Glasgow City Centre,City Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ5WT - . An identifiable period record of 30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The photograph centres on Clydesdale Bank Chambers at Night,Glasgow,near George Square, Scotland, UK. The frame also records themes of public transport stop, archival record, local mobility, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, community identity, roadside stop, visual archive, social history, everyday life, public realm, roadside transit, street-side transport, and public transport information. The wider contemporary story combines reliability, bus service funding and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around 30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with documentary photography, changing land use, surface public transport, regional identity, local character, period detail, transport accessibility, and local bus network. Elements such as George, Chambers, Square, Night, and Glasgow add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate reliability and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport when considered against later change at 30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL. The image fixes details of everyday use as a date-specific reference. It also preserves evidence of changing use for later comparison.
30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ5Y2 - . This location-specific image from 30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Clydesdale Bank Chambers at Night,Glasgow,near George Square, Scotland, UK. The wider scene also brings together changing land use, social history, local mobility, historical comparison, place identity, passenger transport, documentary photography, visual archive, roadside transit, public transport stop, transport accessibility, bus infrastructure, everyday life, and public realm. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with decarbonisation, reliability and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. Small period details of local activity and public use at 30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. Further associations within the scene are regional identity, surface public transport, local history, street-side transport, local character, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, and roadside stop. References to Night, George, Clydesdale, Glasgow, and Scotland give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to decarbonisation and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres as part of the longer story of 30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL. The location additionally provides evidence of rural transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing when considered against later change at 30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL.
30 St Vincent Pl, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland G1 2HL
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Keywords: Postit,postits,board,white,whiteboard,flip,chart,flipchart,teambuilding,brain,storming,activity,team,building,session,technique,techniques,idea,ideas,business,candid,connect,diagram,discussion,discussions,idea,ideas,meeting,sticky,note,notes,sticky notes,working,work,strategy,brainstorm,planning,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scots,Scottish,British,Scotland,Glasgow,city,problem,with,problem with,issue with,What are the anchors of our strategy?,What,are,the,anchors,of,our,strategy,Office Team Building,Office Team Building,Office,Team,Building,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ632 - . This dated editorial view of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The frame specifically shows Strategy and Values brainstorming office training team building session- What are the anchors of our strategy?. A broader reading of the photograph includes historic townscape, heritage landmark, conservation interest, place identity, changing land use, cityscape history, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, historical comparison, visual archive, regional identity, community identity, built heritage, and period architecture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of redevelopment pressure, planning control and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes contemporary social history, conservation architecture, social history, archival record, period building, urban fabric, everyday life, and architectural detail. The recorded references to session-, brainstorming, building, Values, and office preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is redevelopment pressure and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism within the real-world context of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK. The wider significance includes embodied carbon and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism within the specific setting of Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK.
Motherwell,North Lanarkshire, Scotland,UK
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Keywords: crane,cranes,build,built,building,new,homes,office,offices,retail,quarter,Belfast city Centre,Northern Ireland,UK,city centre,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Beal,feirste,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWRW6 - . An identifiable period record of North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows Construction and modernisation of Belfast city Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. Further facets of the scene include local history, everyday life, architectural character, archival record, heritage asset, period building, period detail, visual archive, changing land use, regional identity, heritage landmark, local character, historical comparison, and documentary photography. The wider contemporary story combines tourism, embodied carbon and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes architectural detail, before-and-after reference, built heritage, place identity, changing streetscape, historic streetscape, historic townscape, and social history. References to Belfast, Centre, modernisation, Ireland, and Construction give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for tourism and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility in a form that can be compared with future views of North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Another useful connection is planning control and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility within the real-world context of North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research.
North St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Road,painting,graffiti,resistance,IRA,peace,Northern Ireland,NI,UK,St,street,Eire,Irish,Republic,Irish Republic,conflict,Irish Republican Army,Political Change,Easter Rising,James Connolly,Seamus Ó Conghaile,outside,society,HQ,office,Erected,March,2016,James Connolly statue,bronze,Pat,Finucane,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,occupation,good,Friday,agreement,peace,reconciliation,IRA,terror,terrorists,genocide,catholic,community,catholics,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,republican cause,Belfast Catholic Community
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWTFT - James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile
5 June 1868 “ 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican and socialist leader, aligned to syndicalism and the Industrial Workers of the World.
He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish-born parents. He left school for working life at the age of 11, but became one of the leading Marxist theorists of his day. He also took a role in Scottish and American politics. He was executed by a British firing squad because of his leadership role in the Easter Rising of 1916.
in 1910 he was right-hand man to fellow-syndicalist James Larkin in the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. He stood twice for the Wood Quay ward of Dublin Corporation but was unsuccessful. His name, and those of his family, appears in the 1911 Census of Ireland - his occupation is listed as National Organiser Socialist Party
In 1913, in response to the Lockout, he, along with an ex-British officer, Jack White, founded the Irish Citizen Army (ICA), an armed and well-trained body of labour men whose aim was to defend workers and strikers, particularly from the frequent brutality of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. Though they only numbered about 250 at most, their goal soon became the establishment of an independent and socialist Irish nation. He also founded the Irish Labour Party as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1912 and was a member of its National Executive. Around this time he met Winifred Carney in Belfast, who became his secretary and would later accompany him during the Easter Rising.
Connolly was sentenced to death by firing squad for his part in the rising. On 12 May 1916 he was taken by military ambulance to Royal Hospital Kilmainham, across the road from Kilmainham Gaol, and from there taken to the gaol, where he was to be executed. Visited by his wife, and asking about public opinion, he commented, They will all forget that I am an Irishman
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWTJJ - James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile
5 June 1868 “ 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican and socialist leader, aligned to syndicalism and the Industrial Workers of the World.
He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish-born parents. He left school for working life at the age of 11, but became one of the leading Marxist theorists of his day. He also took a role in Scottish and American politics. He was executed by a British firing squad because of his leadership role in the Easter Rising of 1916.
in 1910 he was right-hand man to fellow-syndicalist James Larkin in the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. He stood twice for the Wood Quay ward of Dublin Corporation but was unsuccessful. His name, and those of his family, appears in the 1911 Census of Ireland - his occupation is listed as National Organiser Socialist Party
In 1913, in response to the Lockout, he, along with an ex-British officer, Jack White, founded the Irish Citizen Army (ICA), an armed and well-trained body of labour men whose aim was to defend workers and strikers, particularly from the frequent brutality of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. Though they only numbered about 250 at most, their goal soon became the establishment of an independent and socialist Irish nation. He also founded the Irish Labour Party as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1912 and was a member of its National Executive. Around this time he met Winifred Carney in Belfast, who became his secretary and would later accompany him during the Easter Rising.
Connolly was sentenced to death by firing squad for his part in the rising. On 12 May 1916 he was taken by military ambulance to Royal Hospital Kilmainham, across the road from Kilmainham Gaol, and from there taken to the gaol, where he was to be executed. Visited by his wife, and asking about public opinion, he commented, They will all forget that I am an Irishman
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWTK0 - James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile
5 June 1868 “ 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican and socialist leader, aligned to syndicalism and the Industrial Workers of the World.
He was born in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish-born parents. He left school for working life at the age of 11, but became one of the leading Marxist theorists of his day. He also took a role in Scottish and American politics. He was executed by a British firing squad because of his leadership role in the Easter Rising of 1916.
in 1910 he was right-hand man to fellow-syndicalist James Larkin in the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. He stood twice for the Wood Quay ward of Dublin Corporation but was unsuccessful. His name, and those of his family, appears in the 1911 Census of Ireland - his occupation is listed as National Organiser Socialist Party
In 1913, in response to the Lockout, he, along with an ex-British officer, Jack White, founded the Irish Citizen Army (ICA), an armed and well-trained body of labour men whose aim was to defend workers and strikers, particularly from the frequent brutality of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. Though they only numbered about 250 at most, their goal soon became the establishment of an independent and socialist Irish nation. He also founded the Irish Labour Party as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1912 and was a member of its National Executive. Around this time he met Winifred Carney in Belfast, who became his secretary and would later accompany him during the Easter Rising.
Connolly was sentenced to death by firing squad for his part in the rising. On 12 May 1916 he was taken by military ambulance to Royal Hospital Kilmainham, across the road from Kilmainham Gaol, and from there taken to the gaol, where he was to be executed. Visited by his wife, and asking about public opinion, he commented, They will all forget that I am an Irishman
Falls Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: Office,space,history,historic,architecture,building,city,centre,ave,L2,grade,listed,II,building,Grayson,Ould,granite,brick,stone,arched,entrance,Corinthian,pilasters,Ionic,Queen Insurance,Queen Insurance Buildings,Queen Avenue,Castle st,Grade II,Grayson and Ould,Grayson & Ould,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Ionic,half-columns,half,columns,lamp,lamps,Victorian,gaslamp,gas,path,pathway,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM63 - An office building designed by Grayson and Ould. It is in brick with stone dressings, a granite ground floor, and a slate Mansard roof. The building has four storeys, and is five bays wide. In the ground floor, two of the bays form an arched entrance to Queen Avenue. In the first floor, between the windows, are Corinthian pilasters, and between the windows in the second floor are Ionic half-columns. On the front of the building are friezes, and at the top are dormers
Queen Insurance Buildings, Queen Avenue, Liverpool L2 4TZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM7R - An office building designed by Grayson and Ould. It is in brick with stone dressings, a granite ground floor, and a slate Mansard roof. The building has four storeys, and is five bays wide. In the ground floor, two of the bays form an arched entrance to Queen Avenue. In the first floor, between the windows, are Corinthian pilasters, and between the windows in the second floor are Ionic half-columns. On the front of the building are friezes, and at the top are dormers
Queen Insurance Buildings, Queen Avenue, Liverpool L2 4TZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HM81 - An office building designed by Grayson and Ould. It is in brick with stone dressings, a granite ground floor, and a slate Mansard roof. The building has four storeys, and is five bays wide. In the ground floor, two of the bays form an arched entrance to Queen Avenue. In the first floor, between the windows, are Corinthian pilasters, and between the windows in the second floor are Ionic half-columns. On the front of the building are friezes, and at the top are dormers
Queen Insurance Buildings, Queen Avenue, Liverpool L2 4TZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HNAA - The Bank of Liverpool was a financial institution founded in 1831 in Liverpool, England.
In 1918, it acquired Martins Bank, and the name of the merged bank became the Bank of Liverpool and Martins Ltd. However, the name was shortened to Martins Bank Ltd in 1928.
The successor bank was bought by Barclays Bank Ltd in 1969, when all of its seven hundred branches became branches of Barclays.
Dale St, Liverpool , England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGXP12 - The landmark towers of Canada Square rise above Canary Wharf in London beneath a bright blue and partly cloudy sky. The HSBC tower at 8 Canada Square stands on the left, the pyramid-topped One Canada Square dominates the centre, and the Citi tower at 25 Canada Square appears on the right. Their visible corporate logos identify international banks in London's Docklands financial district.
The image became topical in July 2026 following the launch of the UK Financial Services Skills Compact, a government-backed agreement intended to reduce workforce skills gaps. HSBC UK was among the launch signatories. Signatories committed to preparing their UK workforces through training in artificial intelligence and other critical capabilities over rolling three-year periods. They also pledged to maintain or expand structured routes for new talent, appoint a senior executive responsible for closing skills gaps and publish annual progress updates.
The compact reflects growing concern about how generative AI, automation and digital transformation may reshape jobs across banking, insurance and the wider financial services industry. Employers face pressure to improve productivity while retaining experienced people, developing human judgement and creating credible routes into changing roles. Upskilling existing employees may help preserve institutional knowledge rather than relying solely on recruitment or workforce reductions.
This photograph illustrates banking, corporate employment, artificial intelligence, professional training, staff retention and the future of financial work. It also documents the modern commercial architecture of Canary Wharf, where glass and steel skyscrapers became symbols of London's role as an international finance centre. Although HSBC has announced plans to leave 8 Canada Square for a smaller City of London headquarters, the branded tower remains an instantly recognisable feature of the Canary Wharf skyline.
Canada Square ,Canary Wharf ,London, England, UK, E14 5LQ.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGM78G - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Blackheath Ave, London, SE10 8XJ in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The main point of reference is London Panorama from Greenwich, England,UK. The subject also carries associations with visual archive, period building, heritage landmark, contemporary social history, everyday life, regional identity, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, conservation architecture, public realm, architectural detail, historical comparison, cityscape history, and architectural character. The wider contemporary story combines planning control, heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at Blackheath Ave, London, SE10 8XJ, details that may look very different after conservation work. Further associations within the scene are historic townscape, conservation interest, urban fabric, built heritage, archival record, local history, historic streetscape, and changing land use. References to Panorama, Greenwich, and London give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Blackheath Ave, London, SE10 8XJ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character when considered against later change at Blackheath Ave, London, SE10 8XJ. Another useful connection is embodied carbon and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change without losing the local specificity of Blackheath Ave, London, SE10 8XJ. The image fixes evidence of changing use for later comparison.
Blackheath Ave, London, SE10 8XJ
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Keywords: building,new,architecture,material,materials,Office,Leeds,West Yorkshire,England,UK,GB,Great Britain,financial,investment,Liverpool,canal,United Kingdom,Skyscraper,block,tower,towering,glass,financial,development,redevelopment,Dalek,residential,tallest,skyline,GoTonySmith,Architects,Landmark,Development,Projects,and,St James,saint,james,st,Securities,with,Bovis,Lend,Lease,tenants include Eversheds,Ernst & Young,ghd,BDO Stoy Hayward,and DWF LLP,Retail tenants,include,Tesco,Starbucks,Panini Shack,Philpotts,prestigious,city,centre,address,evening,low,light,Carbuncle,Cup,shortlist,ugly,dusk,night,evening,lighting,old,new,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Aedas Architects,low light,Carbuncle Cup,ugly architecture,old and new,newand old
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XFM - Bridgewater Place, nicknamed The Dalek, is an office and residential skyscraper development in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the tallest building in Yorkshire, and has held this record since being topped out in September 2005. It is visible at up to 25 miles (40 km) from certain areas.
The development has been designed by Aedas Architects with the developer being Landmark Development Projects and St James Securities with Bovis Lend Lease being the contractor. The developer of the residential element of Bridgewater Place is KW Linfoot.
It was first announced in 2000 and, following several redesigns and delays with the construction process, construction of the building began in 2004 and was completed in 2007. It became the tallest building in Leeds, by a significant margin, and Yorkshire (although this does not take into account structures such as Emley Moor). Bridgewater Place has a height of 112 metres (367 ft) to roof level. Originally the tower was to have a spire which would have extended the height of the building to 137 metres (449 ft), however this was never built.
Bridgewater Place has 32 storeys, of which two are used for car parking, ten for offices and twenty for residential purposes. There is 40,000 square metres / 430,560 square feet of floor space in the building with 200 flats and 400 underground car parking spaces serving both the residential and commercial areas of the building.
Current office tenants include Eversheds, Ernst & Young, ghd, BDO Stoy Hayward and DWF LLP. Retail tenants include Tesco, Starbucks, Panini Shack and Philpotts. The residential element of the development has proved to be a prestigious city centre address.
The major part of the building's construction was completed by late December 2006.[citation needed] The completion of the entire building was commemorated on Thursday 26 April 2007. A special episode of Look North, the BBC's local regional news programme was produced to commemorate the opening of the tower.
Bridgewater Place,Leeds,Yorkshire, England,UK
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Keywords: sign,exterior,stone,city,history,Accountant,in,Bankruptcy,and,the,Court,of,the,Lord,Lyon,and,housed,the,Office,of,of,tourism,tourist,Surname,find,finding,Scottish,ancestors,family history,Italianate structure,Gotonysmith,Robert Matheson,archives,archive,birth,death and marriage records,genealogists,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PRG - New Register House is the main building of the General Register Office for Scotland, located near St Andrew Square to the east end of Princes Street in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It also houses the Accountant in Bankruptcy and the Court of the Lord Lyon and housed the Office of Director of Chancery until its abolition in 1928.
West Register Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: traditional,stone,gold,letters,City,Scotland,UK,Scots,Scottish,newspapers,press,baron,office,offices,Edinburgh Evening News,Cockburn Street,Cockburn,St,Street,baronial,style,baronial style,Scots,Peddie,Kinnear,JR,John Richie,Gotonysmith,barons,papers,print,daily,newspaper
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M1M - The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper published from Edinburgh. It was a broadsheet until 16 August 2004. The Scotsman Publications Ltd also issues the Edinburgh Evening News and the Herald & Post series of free newspapers in Edinburgh, Fife, and West Lothian.
As of 2014, it had an audited print circulation of 27,208, down from 35,949 in 2012 (Jan - Aug average) and 42,581 in August 2011. Scotsman.com websites, including the news site, job site, property site, mobile site and others have an average of 119,672 visitors a day.
In 1860 they obtained this purpose built office on Cockburn Street in Edinburgh designed in the Scots baronial style by the architects Peddie & Kinnear.
This backed onto their original offices on the Royal Mile. The building bears the initials JR for John Ritchie the founder of the company. In 1902 they moved to huge new offices at the top of the street, facing onto North Bridge, designed by Dunn & Findlay (Findlay being the son of the then owner).
This huge building had taken three years to build and also had connected printworks on Market Street (now the City Art Centre). The printworks connected below road level direct to Waverley Station in a highly efficient production line.
Cockburn Street, Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Office,building,England,UK,14,storey,Chancery,Place,new,city,centre,business,Upper,King,Street,Conservation,Area,blue-chip,organisations,blue,chip,Project,Digital,Tomorrow,M2,4DU,M24DU,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,glass,block,tower,towering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N5G - The KYOCERA Technology Suite - Manchester
State of the Art Showroom and Offices in Central Manchester
KYOCERA Document Solutions UK Ltd is delighted to have taken the 3,015 sq ft ground floor of 14 storey ˜Chancery Place', one of Manchester's most prestigious office buildings. Designed by award-winning architects to enhance the diverse architecture of the Upper King Street Conservation Area, Chancery Place is home to a range of blue-chip organisations and is part of the first phase of Manchester's ˜Project Digital Tomorrow'.
KYOCERA's ground floor location comprises a showroom, product demonstration suites, meeting rooms and the company's first Northern sales office. Add to that a mezzanine floor and KYOCERA have over 4,000 sq ft of space in Chancery Place overall.
Chancery Place, Upper King Street Conservation Area, Manchester, England UK M2 4DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3884 - Former Scotsman Newspaper offices now a luxury hotel in the heart of Edinburgh
In the 1900's the North Bridge running between the New and Old Town's of Edinburgh was widened and as part of this expansion a 190 foot high tower was built, into which the Scotsman Newspaper moved their offices.
The building cost around £500,000 and after the rest of the North Bridge extension was completed teamed with the Carlton directly opposite, it formed a imposing entrance to the Old Town.
The direct access from Market Street to the building was an ideal distribution outlet for the papers to be packed directly onto the trains at Waverley Station straight from the printing house that took up the entire basement. Across the middle floors of the building which is now home to some of the Scotsman's most luxurious rooms and suites were originally used for the editorial offices. What is today a stunning 2 floor Penthouse suite complete with its own Sauna used to be the Pigeon lofts where the news was sent far and wide across Scotland.
The Scotsman Newspaper was regarded as radical when it was first published but over the years it became Scotland's National Newspaper. It first opened its doors to the locals of Edinburgh for advertising in 1831 and what is today the North Bridge Brasserie was the original reception and trading rooms. With its stunning marble pillars and ornate balcony this room has witnessed much bartering and haggling over advertising costs. Today this stunningly majestic room is home to the Scotsman's Brasserie and bar offering a truly Scottish menu, imaginative cocktails and one of Edinburgh's largest collections of rare whiskeys.
In 2001 the Newspaper moved to their own purpose built offices in Holyrood whilst the stunning building was renovated into The Scotsman Hotel. Now with 56 rooms and 12 suites the hotel retained its originality and quirky features and this, along with the 5 star service we endeavor to deliver offers visitors a unique experience.
20 North Bridge, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK EH1 1TR
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Keywords: independent,national,party,poll,vote,voting,nation,city,North,bridge,south,southbridge,The,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,hotel,bar,bars,pub,pubs,press,news,paper,tower,history,historic,building,buildings,print,printing,house,gold,on,stone,work,stonework,Gotonysmith,editorial,offices,office,reception,and,trading,rooms.,With,its,stunning,marble,pillars,and,ornate,balcony,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG389P - Former Scotsman Newspaper offices now a luxury hotel in the heart of Edinburgh
In the 1900's the North Bridge running between the New and Old Town's of Edinburgh was widened and as part of this expansion a 190 foot high tower was built, into which the Scotsman Newspaper moved their offices.
The building cost around £500,000 and after the rest of the North Bridge extension was completed teamed with the Carlton directly opposite, it formed a imposing entrance to the Old Town.
The direct access from Market Street to the building was an ideal distribution outlet for the papers to be packed directly onto the trains at Waverley Station straight from the printing house that took up the entire basement. Across the middle floors of the building which is now home to some of the Scotsman's most luxurious rooms and suites were originally used for the editorial offices. What is today a stunning 2 floor Penthouse suite complete with its own Sauna used to be the Pigeon lofts where the news was sent far and wide across Scotland.
The Scotsman Newspaper was regarded as radical when it was first published but over the years it became Scotland's National Newspaper. It first opened its doors to the locals of Edinburgh for advertising in 1831 and what is today the North Bridge Brasserie was the original reception and trading rooms. With its stunning marble pillars and ornate balcony this room has witnessed much bartering and haggling over advertising costs. Today this stunningly majestic room is home to the Scotsman's Brasserie and bar offering a truly Scottish menu, imaginative cocktails and one of Edinburgh's largest collections of rare whiskeys.
In 2001 the Newspaper moved to their own purpose built offices in Holyrood whilst the stunning building was renovated into The Scotsman Hotel. Now with 56 rooms and 12 suites the hotel retained its originality and quirky features and this, along with the 5 star service we endeavor to deliver offers visitors a unique experience.
20 North Bridge, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK EH1 1TR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38ME - . Argyll Chambers ,offices building, & arcade , in Glasgow city centre, Scotland, UK. Photographed at Argyll Chambers, 28-32 Buchanan Street , Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 29 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Argyll, Chambers, offices, arcade, Glasgow, real estate, buildings, commercial, office and block, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Argyll Chambers, 28-32 Buchanan Street , Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: 1,England,NW,North,West,GB,Great,Britain,UK,united,Kingdom,BCSC,Gold,Award,for,Sustainability,architect,glass,construction,cooperative,city,office,location,eco,Sustainability,Award,at,the,2012,North,West,Business,Insider,Property,Awards,coop,high-sustainable,landmark,HQ,gotonysmith,locations,With,sustainability,and,innovation,at,its,heart,the,objective,of,the,programme,has,been,to,construct,a,building,that,is,adaptable,and,flexible,in,its,operation,highly efficient in the consumption of resources,but,also,economically,viable,and,replicable.,1,Angel,Square,has,been,designed,to,deliver,a,50%,reduction,in,energy,consumption,compared,to,our,current,Manchester,complex,and,an,80%,reduction,in,carbon.,This,will,lead,to,a,reduction,in,operating,costs,headoffice,head,centre,energy-plus,energyplus,powered,pure,plant,oil,fed,Combined,Heat,and,Power,CHP,system,rapeseed,Co-operative's,farm,land,energy,grid,development,waste,energy,absorption,chiller,cool,BREEAM,Outstanding,M60,0AG,M600AG,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9B0B - A true eco office building in central Manchester.
With sustainability and innovation at its heart the objective of the programme has been to construct a building that is adaptable and flexible in its operation, highly efficient in the consumption of resources, but also economically viable and replicable. 1 Angel Square has been designed to deliver a 50% reduction in energy consumption compared to our current Manchester complex and an 80% reduction in carbon. This will lead to a reduction in operating costs of up to a third.
The building will be powered by a pure plant oil fed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system and will utilise rapeseed oil which is grown on The Co-operative's own farm land. Excess energy can be supplied back to the grid and utilised by the wider NOMA development with waste energy being sent through an absorption chiller, used to cool the building.
1, Angel Square, Manchester , England, UK M60 0AG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9B0R - A true eco office building in central Manchester.
With sustainability and innovation at its heart the objective of the programme has been to construct a building that is adaptable and flexible in its operation, highly efficient in the consumption of resources, but also economically viable and replicable. 1 Angel Square has been designed to deliver a 50% reduction in energy consumption compared to our current Manchester complex and an 80% reduction in carbon. This will lead to a reduction in operating costs of up to a third.
The building will be powered by a pure plant oil fed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system and will utilise rapeseed oil which is grown on The Co-operative's own farm land. Excess energy can be supplied back to the grid and utilised by the wider NOMA development with waste energy being sent through an absorption chiller, used to cool the building.
1, Angel Square, Manchester , England, UK M60 0AG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9B2C - A true eco office building in central Manchester.
With sustainability and innovation at its heart the objective of the programme has been to construct a building that is adaptable and flexible in its operation, highly efficient in the consumption of resources, but also economically viable and replicable. 1 Angel Square has been designed to deliver a 50% reduction in energy consumption compared to our current Manchester complex and an 80% reduction in carbon. This will lead to a reduction in operating costs of up to a third.
The building will be powered by a pure plant oil fed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system and will utilise rapeseed oil which is grown on The Co-operative's own farm land. Excess energy can be supplied back to the grid and utilised by the wider NOMA development with waste energy being sent through an absorption chiller, used to cool the building.
1, Angel Square, Manchester , England, UK M60 0AG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,London,city,centre,South East England,capital,Southbank,Southwark,dusk,night,cityhall,Central London,mayor,Mayor London,office,offices,HQ,headquarters,London Assembly,evening,dark,river Thames,Tower Bridge,architecture,building,blue,Foster and Partners,Norman Foster,unusual,bulbous,shape,glass,public building,council
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9ARR - City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.
For the first two years of its existence, the Greater London Authority was based at Romney House, Marsham Street in Westminster. Meetings of the London Assembly took place at Emmanuel Centre, also on Marsham Street.
City Hall was constructed at a cost of £43 million on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. The building does not belong to the GLA but is leased under a 25-year rent. Despite its name, City Hall is not in and does not serve a city (according to UK law), which often adds to the confusion of Greater London with the City of London, which has its headquarters at Guildhall. In June 2011, Mayor Boris Johnson announced that for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the building would be called London House.
The predecessors of the Greater London Authority, the Greater London Council and the London County Council, had their headquarters at County Hall, upstream on the South Bank. Although County Hall's old council chamber is still intact, the building is unavailable for use by the GLA because of its conversion into, among other things, a luxury hotel, amusement arcade and aquarium.
The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AT1 - City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.
For the first two years of its existence, the Greater London Authority was based at Romney House, Marsham Street in Westminster. Meetings of the London Assembly took place at Emmanuel Centre, also on Marsham Street.
City Hall was constructed at a cost of £43 million on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. The building does not belong to the GLA but is leased under a 25-year rent. Despite its name, City Hall is not in and does not serve a city (according to UK law), which often adds to the confusion of Greater London with the City of London, which has its headquarters at Guildhall. In June 2011, Mayor Boris Johnson announced that for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the building would be called London House.
The predecessors of the Greater London Authority, the Greater London Council and the London County Council, had their headquarters at County Hall, upstream on the South Bank. Although County Hall's old council chamber is still intact, the building is unavailable for use by the GLA because of its conversion into, among other things, a luxury hotel, amusement arcade and aquarium.
The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,London,city,centre,South East England,capital,Southbank,Southwark,dusk,night,cityhall,Central London,mayor,Mayor London,office,offices,HQ,headquarters,London Assembly,evening,dark,river Thames,Tower Bridge,architecture,building,blue,Foster and Partners,Norman Foster,unusual,bulbous,shape,glass,public building,council
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AT2 - City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.
For the first two years of its existence, the Greater London Authority was based at Romney House, Marsham Street in Westminster. Meetings of the London Assembly took place at Emmanuel Centre, also on Marsham Street.
City Hall was constructed at a cost of £43 million on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. The building does not belong to the GLA but is leased under a 25-year rent. Despite its name, City Hall is not in and does not serve a city (according to UK law), which often adds to the confusion of Greater London with the City of London, which has its headquarters at Guildhall. In June 2011, Mayor Boris Johnson announced that for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the building would be called London House.
The predecessors of the Greater London Authority, the Greater London Council and the London County Council, had their headquarters at County Hall, upstream on the South Bank. Although County Hall's old council chamber is still intact, the building is unavailable for use by the GLA because of its conversion into, among other things, a luxury hotel, amusement arcade and aquarium.
The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,London,city,centre,South East England,capital,Southbank,Southwark,dusk,night,cityhall,Central London,mayor,Mayor London,office,offices,HQ,headquarters,London Assembly,evening,dark,river Thames,Tower Bridge,architecture,building,blue,Foster and Partners,Norman Foster,unusual,bulbous,shape,glass,public building,council
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AT5 - City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.
For the first two years of its existence, the Greater London Authority was based at Romney House, Marsham Street in Westminster. Meetings of the London Assembly took place at Emmanuel Centre, also on Marsham Street.
City Hall was constructed at a cost of £43 million on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. The building does not belong to the GLA but is leased under a 25-year rent. Despite its name, City Hall is not in and does not serve a city (according to UK law), which often adds to the confusion of Greater London with the City of London, which has its headquarters at Guildhall. In June 2011, Mayor Boris Johnson announced that for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the building would be called London House.
The predecessors of the Greater London Authority, the Greater London Council and the London County Council, had their headquarters at County Hall, upstream on the South Bank. Although County Hall's old council chamber is still intact, the building is unavailable for use by the GLA because of its conversion into, among other things, a luxury hotel, amusement arcade and aquarium.
The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NNM - Spinningfields is an area of Manchester city centre, in North West England, developed in the 2000s between Deansgate and the River Irwell by Allied London Properties. The £1.5 billion project consists of 20 buildings, totalling approximately 430,000 m2 (4,600,000 sq ft) of commercial, residential and retail space. It takes its name from Spinningfield, a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate. In 1968, Spinningfield and the area to the south were turned into Spinningfield Square, an open paved area. Landmark buildings within the scheme include the Manchester Civil Justice Centre and 1 Spinningfields, a 90 m (300 ft) tall office building.
History
See also: History of Manchester
The proposal to create a central business district originated in 1997 when Allied London purchased a number of buildings around the John Rylands Library. Allied London executive Mike Ingall was convinced of the site's regeneration potential and Manchester City Council was keen to redevelop the city centre after the 1996 Manchester bombing.
The development, named from a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate, is bounded by Bridge Street to the north, Quay Street to the south, Deansgate to the east, and the River Irwell to the west. The Financial Times said in 2012 that the development spread over 22 acres (89,000 m2) and contained 3,000,000 sq ft (280,000 m2) of office space.By 2008, many had been completed and others were under construction or in the planning stages. The structural, civil and geo-environmental engineers were Capita Symonds Structures based in Cheadle Hulme.
Left Bank, SpinningFields, Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3AN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NNX - Spinningfields is an area of Manchester city centre, in North West England, developed in the 2000s between Deansgate and the River Irwell by Allied London Properties. The £1.5 billion project consists of 20 buildings, totalling approximately 430,000 m2 (4,600,000 sq ft) of commercial, residential and retail space. It takes its name from Spinningfield, a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate. In 1968, Spinningfield and the area to the south were turned into Spinningfield Square, an open paved area. Landmark buildings within the scheme include the Manchester Civil Justice Centre and 1 Spinningfields, a 90 m (300 ft) tall office building.
History
See also: History of Manchester
The proposal to create a central business district originated in 1997 when Allied London purchased a number of buildings around the John Rylands Library. Allied London executive Mike Ingall was convinced of the site's regeneration potential and Manchester City Council was keen to redevelop the city centre after the 1996 Manchester bombing.
The development, named from a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate, is bounded by Bridge Street to the north, Quay Street to the south, Deansgate to the east, and the River Irwell to the west. The Financial Times said in 2012 that the development spread over 22 acres (89,000 m2) and contained 3,000,000 sq ft (280,000 m2) of office space.By 2008, many had been completed and others were under construction or in the planning stages. The structural, civil and geo-environmental engineers were Capita Symonds Structures based in Cheadle Hulme.
Left Bank, SpinningFields, Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3AN
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813000140 - 'Another sepia shot here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3828202662/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NB1 - . Panorama at Bell lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK including the old Thelwall Post Office and the Pickering Arms. Photographed on 3 May 2009. Commonly believed to be the Smallest city in England. Historically, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. Historically, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. In 2026, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. The historical context is that landscape photographs record more than scenery: structures, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. In the longer view, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. Additional discoverability terms include scenic view, night photography, seasonal landscape, skyline, cityscape, and coastal landscape.
Bell lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R7A3N1 - Branded London Borough of Islington Repairs Team van is parked beside a residential street in London. The white Volkswagen Transporter carries the council crest, green graphics and details for reporting council housing repairs online. A roof-mounted ladder indicates its maintenance role, supporting responsive repairs, inspections and minor works.
The image illustrates a council direct labour organisation, shortened to DLO, where an authority retains its own workforce and fleet to deliver repair and maintenance activity. This can provide direct control, local knowledge, visible accountability and faster prioritisation of urgent work.
Council housing repairs performance is frequently scrutinised by tenants, councillors, regulators and the media. Common measures include emergency and routine response times, first-visit completion, missed appointments, repeat repairs, tenant satisfaction, complaint volumes, outstanding work and cost per repair. A branded van therefore represents frontline delivery and the reputation of the landlord.
Repairs services are often criticised when residents face long waits, failed appointments, poor communication, repeat visits or work that treats a symptom without resolving the underlying defect. Damp, mould, leaks, heating failures and unresolved disrepair can become especially serious where vulnerable residents are affected. Criticism may also focus on weak records, fragmented contractor oversight, labour shortages or the absence of a clear audit trail from report through diagnosis, completion and tenant confirmation.
The photograph can support editorial coverage of social housing standards, council accountability, maintenance backlogs, tenant complaints, housing disrepair, value for money and the challenge of delivering a reliable day-to-day repairs service in a densely populated London borough. No operative or resident is visible, keeping attention on the municipal vehicle and the public service it represents
222 Upper St, London, England, UK, N1 1XR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K02F42 - The original building was designed by the Coop's in-house architect F.E.L. Harris. It opened in 1906 as the headquarters of the Cooperative Wholesale Society (CWS) and was called New Central Building. It was designed to look like a headquarters building and still does.
Take a look at that façade. It is pure powerhouse Edwardian, an almost bombastic expression of commercial and national confidence. This was a time when, like it or not, the British Empire was at its peak and the nation felt big.
Hanover is Baroque, a Classical-style formed of big bold elements, nothing is reticent, subtlety is shunned. The base of the exterior walls are of Aberdeen granite, elsewhere there's red brick with Derbyshire sandstone dressings. The most immediately eye-catching elements are the giant order columns at second floor level, then a fiercely heavy cornice, followed by a sweet but strong arcade high in the sky.
Hanover Building, NOMA, Corporation Street,Manchester, England, UK, M60 0AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A4PJJP - Ross Sinclair is an artist, writer and musician who is Professor of Contemporary Art Practice within the School of Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art. He is best known for his ˜Real Life' research project initiated when he had the words REAL LIFE tattooed in black ink across his back, at Terry's Tattoo parlour in Glasgow, 1994.
Sinclair completed a PhD by Published Work in 2016 where he interrogated and articulated the innovative nature of the Real Life project, unusual in its scale and duration, defining the contribution to contemporary art practice across the fields of sculpture, painting, performance, installation, critical writing and music. Drawing on these multi-disciplinary methodologies Sinclair maps out the forms, materials and processes activated over almost 25 Years of Real Life Projects, that often combine unusual and unorthodox approaches challenging conventional modes of exhibition practice, enabling new means of engagement with the viewer. The multi part thesis submitted claims these routes as an autonomous, artist initiated project, connecting with the public at a dynamic intersection of ideas, context, performance and art-practice.
Sinclair's Real Life Project is set in a critical framework of contested paradigms of Everyday Life and The Real and acknowledges the influence of key critical thinkers over the quarter century of its development from Barthes, Baudrillard and De Certeau, through Bourriaud, Bishop and Kester and more recently in Harman, Mark Fisher and Paul O'Neill amongst many others. The project has been punctuated by the exploration of individual and collective relationships with Real Life particularly viewed through contemporary paradigms constructing society such as: Democracy, Utopia, Justice, Capitalism, Geography and History, the Church, the Bank, the State, while in parallel addressing the role of the tattooed artist himself.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84J70 - The Garda SÃochána meaning the Guardian(s) of the Peace), more commonly referred to as the Gardaà (Guardians) or the Guards, is the national police service of Ireland. The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
Since the formation of the Garda SÃochána in 1923, it has been a predominantly unarmed force, and more than three-quarters of the force do not routinely carry firearms. As of 31 December 2019, the police service had 14,708 sworn members (including 458 sworn Reserve members) and 2,944 civilian staff. Operationally, the Garda SÃochána is organised into four geographical regions: the East, North/West, South and Dublin Metropolitan regions.
The force is the main law enforcement agency in the state, acting at local and national levels. Its roles include crime detection and prevention, drug enforcement, road traffic enforcement and accident investigation, diplomatic and witness protection responsibilities. It also provides a community policing service.
The service was originally named the Civic Guard in English, but in 1923 it became the Garda SÃochána in both English and Irish. This title has been maintained in recent legislation. This is usually translated as the Guardians of the Peace. Garda SÃochána na hÉireann appears on its logo but is seldom used elsewhere. At that time, there was a vogue for naming the new institutions of the Irish Free State after counterparts in the French Third Republic
the term guardians of the peace (gardiens de la paix, literally 'peacekeepers') had been used since 1870 in French-speaking countries to designate civilian police forces as distinguished from the armed gendarmery, notably municipal police in France, communal guards in Belgium and cantonal police in Switzerland
44 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 KD74, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N56 - The KYOCERA Technology Suite - Manchester
State of the Art Showroom and Offices in Central Manchester
KYOCERA Document Solutions UK Ltd is delighted to have taken the 3,015 sq ft ground floor of 14 storey ˜Chancery Place', one of Manchester's most prestigious office buildings. Designed by award-winning architects to enhance the diverse architecture of the Upper King Street Conservation Area, Chancery Place is home to a range of blue-chip organisations and is part of the first phase of Manchester's ˜Project Digital Tomorrow'.
KYOCERA's ground floor location comprises a showroom, product demonstration suites, meeting rooms and the company's first Northern sales office. Add to that a mezzanine floor and KYOCERA have over 4,000 sq ft of space in Chancery Place overall.
Chancery Place, Upper King Street Conservation Area, Manchester, England UK M2 4DU
