Spot The Difference

Earl Street, Coventry

The Earl of Mercia (centre) and Coventry Council House (right)

The photo above was taken last week and

the one below was taken May, 2015.

 The bridge was removed in late April, 2017.

The link bridge was constructed in 1970 to

connect the historic council house

to civic centre buildings to the left.

PS.  The building in the middle, straight ahead, is a pub :).

Man's Struggle

Earl Street

Created by Walter Ritchie. 

These are images of 2 large Portland Stone carved relief murals

located on the outer wall of the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.

Titled:

Man's Struggle to Control the World Outside Himself (above)

and 

(below) Man's Struggle to Control the World Inside Himself

Walter Richie created these murals between 1954 and 1959.

They were originally located in Coventry's Precinct and

later moved to this location at the museum.

THIS website gives an interpretation of the work

and more background info.

In the two photos below you can see Earl Street in both directions.

 (Above) Looking towards Cox Street and

(below) Looking towards Council House and City Centre beyond.

Cathedral is just behind Council House.

Woman's Struggle :)

I can hardly believe that it has been a week since

my last blog post.  For that reason, I think it wise

to take a little break.  Rest and recreation sounds like fun. 

See you here in October.

Take care all in the meantime.

Participating in Monday Mural

using my iPhone.

Another Look

Earl Street, Coventry

This photo was taken yesterday afternoon

after I published my blog post. I like it.
The bridge over the road goes from the Council House

to Committee rooms on the left.  The committee rooms and bridge

are to be demolished soon.

By the way, Council House here is the name used for

the building serving as headquarters for local government offices -

kind of like the term 'City Hall' used in America.  

Have a good weekend!!

Council House Square

Junction at Earl Street, Little Park Street & High Street

A look at Coventry architecture from 1875.

This is the newly completed Council House Square.

Construction of the Council House (right) began in 1913.

The building in the centre was a furniture shop in 1875 and is now

a small grocer store with apartments above.

The building to the left is a pub, but opened

as a bank in 1896.

 The photos (above and below) show the 

view of Council House Square from the

Council House steps. There is a mixture of new 

and old architecture.

I think this new redeveloped area outside the Council House

looks very nice.  I guess the important thing here is to enjoy

it while it lasts.  A lot of the buildings in the photo (immediately above)

are to be knocked down soon.  Oh dear...more changes.

In the meantime, let's zoom in on those flowers....

...oh, and one more photo of the Council House.

See you tomorrow!

Not A Pretty Picture

Today's posting is just a little of information about

what is happening for those of you familiar with Coventry. 

Basically, we have plenty of road changes taking place. 

That is the Council House in the center of the top shot

and the building with the tall tower in the photo below.

I'm standing in Earl Street at Much Park Street.

Have a look in both directions :).

Well, at least it is not raining.

Participating in Our World Tuesday