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The First Red Brick?
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Uploaded: 08/02/09 12:52 AM GMT
The First Red Brick?
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Some universities in Britain are described as 'Red Brick' Universities. These are the universities that were founded in late Victorian and Edwardian times (a few years either side of 1900)in the major industrial cities such as Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham.They mostly grew out of the merging of science and engineering based colleges as opposed to Oxford and Cambridge which were 'Classics' based.
The term 'Red Brick' was coined by a Professor from Liverpool University as many of the original buildings of these universities were indeed built of red bricks. Such an example is shown here. This is The Victoria Building at Liverpool University and is described as "The First Red Brick".
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::tigger3
08/02/09 12:54 AM GMT
Hi Steve, I really like the take on this one. Great angle and superb contrasts and textures. . ♪ ♫ :)sandi♪ =^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography.
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Very nice photo of the building,the colors are very nice,very good clarity as well.
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You could have titled this: 10 Minutes Later Caruso. What a gorgeous color the bricks are with the light on them. Super textures in this one. Such good craftsmanship. More good information.
TicK
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Insure what you touch during your lifetime, is not coated with the fingerprints of apathy....Tick
Very nice shot! Lovely building and I like the angles you've got and all the smaller spires. Also nice to get the history too. Thank you.
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Steve - This kind of brick masonry, of the late 1800's, is a lost art. The clock tower roof is quite special as well. A very nice shot!
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A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. - James Dent
I love the way you got this shot, It looks to be a very tall building and you got it all in. I love the colors too!
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with no hesitation I voted 10/10 before I even started to guess whose work it might be !!!!!!
My most favourite - textures and colours.
My most favourite - textures and colours.
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With all my love and respect,
Marzena
Gorgeous angel and capture you have here Steve. Love the buildings that were built like this with that stone. Fabulous colours and textures.
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Impressive and colourful! Particularly the tower looks grand!
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If practice makes perfect and nobody is perfect, then why practice?
Wow,what beautiful architecture, and I love that red brick.It's wonderful that you were able to shoot the whole building. This is so very pretty. Verena
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A fine example of Victrian architacture and you have made a great capture of it Steve.
So different to some of the modern monstrocities of today.
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So different to some of the modern monstrocities of today.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see ~ Marcel Proust
What a beautiful building this is, very inspiring looking. I love the angle you chose here.
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Wow! I love the angle on this...and the deep red contrasted by that blue sky! Spectacular shot here!
~Kim
~Kim
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