✨ Treasure Hoard: The brick fields of Hightown beach, Hightown.
The walls they kissed against, threw balls against, are now fragments on the shoreline.
merseyside
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✨ Treasure Hoard: The Ghost Signs at the Queen's Stores, Liverpool
These buildings are a strong reminder of Liverpool's industrial heritage. How long will these ghost signs last for - material survivals that reach back to an age of sailmakers and chandlers?
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 8 Mar 2024
But, out of the horror and destruction of the blitz has emerged something quite remarkable: a huge swathing, pulsing galaxy of bricks. Here the cut of the frog and arris is softened by the wave’s embrace.
🟨 Treasure Hoard Entry: The Brick Fields of Hightown, Merseyside.
I’m told that the bricks (amongst other later demolished sites) were deposited here after the blitz of Liverpool - swept up from the bomb-pitted terraced houses and trucked onto the beach.
🟨 Treasure Hoard Entry: The Ghost Signs at the Queen's Stores, Liverpool
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest - 4 Nov 2022
Welcome I’m an architectural photographer and writer. On my van-life travels through the British Isles I’m building up a word and photo-hoard of material culture that celebrates the value and distinctiveness of our built heritage and contributes to a sense of place.My van is my time-machine, it
Genius Loci Digest - 25 Mar 2022 📸🚐🏛
Welcome! I’m an architectural photographer. On my van-life travels through the British Isles I’m building up a word and photo-hoard of material culture that celebrates our built heritage and contributes to a sense of place.My van is my time-machine, it gives me fresh perspectives on our remarkab