Scot Rail train, Carlisle to Glasgow via Dumfries, at platform One, North West England, UK,

Image details
Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
P69RJ6File size:
46.1 MB (1.7 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5352 x 3012 px | 45.3 x 25.5 cm | 17.8 x 10 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
28 June 2018Location:
Court Square, Cumbria, Carlisle CA1 1QZMore information:
. A grounded documentary photograph made at Court Square, Cumbria, Carlisle CA1 1QZ in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Scot Rail train, Carlisle to Glasgow via Dumfries, at platform One, North West England, UK, . The frame also records themes of historic townscape, historical comparison, adaptive reuse, visual archive, historic streetscape, architectural detail, conservation architecture, place identity, social history, public realm, before-and-after reference, built heritage, changing streetscape, and regional identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of energy retrofit, maintenance and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within Court Square, Cumbria, Carlisle CA1 1QZ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. Further associations within the scene are documentary photography, conservation interest, local history, archival record, period detail, architectural character, period building, and contemporary social history. The combination of Glasgow, Carlisle, platform, Dumfries, and train anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Court Square, Cumbria, Carlisle CA1 1QZ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is energy retrofit and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change as part of the longer story of Court Square, Cumbria, Carlisle CA1 1QZ. The scene further reflects tourism and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism when considered against later change at Court Square, Cumbria, Carlisle CA1 1QZ. Image P69RJ6 also remains a dated record of Court Square, Cumbria, Carlisle CA1 1QZ.