Parking machine & signs,charges from PayByPhoone and ParkingEye, at Cockhedge Shopping & retail park at Warrington,Cheshire,UK, WA1

Parking machine & signs,charges from PayByPhoone and ParkingEye, at Cockhedge Shopping & retail park at Warrington,Cheshire,UK, WA1 Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JTNA61

File size:

48.8 MB (1.8 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

4680 x 3648 px | 39.6 x 30.9 cm | 15.6 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

31 August 2022

More information:

. An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The location is represented through Parking machine & signs, charges from PayByPhoone and ParkingEye, at Cockhedge Shopping & retail park at Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA1. Another layer of the photograph includes place-making, documentary photography, customer footfall, street-level business, heritage-led regeneration, shopfront economy, everyday life, commercial streetscape, visual archive, urban fabric, independent trading, public-realm investment, consumer retail, and retail property. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with online shopping, town-centre regeneration and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public-realm investment, commercial viability and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Small period details of materials and architectural details at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. A second descriptive layer includes local character, social history, high-street commerce, local enterprise, contemporary social history, community identity, historical comparison, and commercial frontage. Elements such as machine, PayByPhoone, Cockhedge, ParkingEye, and Shopping add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is online shopping and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location.