Derelict Allandale Private hotel, Guesthouse, 79 Abingdon St, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1PP

Derelict Allandale Private hotel, Guesthouse, 79 Abingdon St, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1PP Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JRFFBF

File size:

57.1 MB (2.6 MB Compressed download)

Releases:

Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?

Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

20 August 2022

Location:

79 Abingdon St, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1PP

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. A grounded documentary photograph made at 79 Abingdon St, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1PP in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Derelict Allandale Private hotel, Guesthouse, 79 Abingdon St, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1PP. The subject also carries associations with food-and-drink business, hospitality economy, customer-facing leisure, local social venue, heritage-led regeneration, casual dining, changing land use, architectural character, changing streetscape, mixed-use redevelopment, hospitality trade, social history, period architecture, and neighbourhood drinking venue. The wider contemporary story combines adaptive reuse, town-centre regeneration and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commercial rents, hospitality costs and how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending. Future viewers can use this scene from 79 Abingdon St, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1PP to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects historical comparison, community pub, urban fabric, licensed trade, documentary photography, licensed hospitality, civic architecture, and local history. The recorded references to Private, Blackpool, Guesthouse, Derelict, and Abingdon preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within 79 Abingdon St, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1PP, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image fixes details of everyday use within the wider story of 79 Abingdon St, Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 1PP.