Midnight Blue

18 Aug

Since the Millenium around 2001, the River Thames has acquired a plethora of blue lights along its waterfronts north and south. It doesn’t seem to have been an orchestrated exercise, which makes its growth even more interesting.

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I popped down to the Southbank around 0200 the other evening and caught these babies. Peace.

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County Hall, once the home of London democracy, now boasting galleries, hotels and an aquarium.

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The Shell Centre, a prime example of the Modernist architecture that sprang up along here at the same time as the Royal Festival Hall in the early 1950s.

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One Response to “Midnight Blue”

  1. LU Editor 56 August 20, 2012 at GMT+0000 2:56 am #

    Great photos – I’ve noticed quite a few cities globally are starting to use blue instead of the customary orange – not sure why!

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