Eight Telephone boxes outside ex-post office on Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH

Eight Telephone boxes outside ex-post office on Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK,  FY1 4DH Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JREBJE

File size:

44.3 MB (1.8 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

4596 x 3372 px | 38.9 x 28.5 cm | 15.3 x 11.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

20 August 2022

Location:

Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH

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. Recorded at Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH 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 frame specifically shows Eight Telephone boxes outside ex-post office on Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH. The setting additionally reflects changing streetscape, documentary photography, adaptive reuse, archival record, built heritage, visual archive, place-making, historic townscape, social history, local history, everyday life, before-and-after reference, changing land use, and architectural character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of adaptive reuse, construction costs and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. As a dated visual record of Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH, the frame retains commercial use and occupation, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include place identity, urban fabric, local character, community identity, public-realm investment, period architecture, commercial redevelopment, and mixed-use redevelopment. Elements such as Lancashire, ex-post, outside, Eight, and boxes add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the specific setting of Abingdon Street. Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 4DH. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.