A few more from Liverpool – these were along Hanover Street (I had a meeting near Albert Dock and they were on my way back to the train station).
The architecture of Liverpool really is something to behold. I worked in Liverpool on and off for a couple of years and used to enjoy wondering around taking it all in.
A first for this blog – a Tree From Another City.
This isn’t really a tree, but it just squeezes into my undefined “I know what it is when I see it” definition of what is acceptable and what isn’t. It helps that the building is a lovely example of architecture.
Sachas Hotel has a tree on the top. You have to look carefully for it. I like to think they know about it and allow it to grow as a sign of their individuality and belief in …personal freedom. Or Something.
This is just outside the centre of Manchester near Great Ancoats. It didn’t used to be a very good area, but recent developments mean it seems to be improving.
This is particularly unusual, although I suppose now chimneys tend to be blocked off maybe we will see more trees growing out of residential buildings. Perhaps they could put lights around it and a little fairy on top too.
This would have been a better picture on a nice sunny day, but the traffic had stopped for a bit and it gave an opportunity to capture this tree. It caught my eye a bit back, but there is no way I would wonder up to this end of town with a camera in my hand…
At the risk of the Geek meter exploding, here is a better picture of the last building; this time taken with an iPhone 4s. Not strictly treesonbuildings talk, but I am very impressed by the camera on this phone. Also, this picture was taken in the morning and the light was not as good as the below example. I’ll stop typing now as I expect this isn’t very interesting.
I found quite a few more trees on buildings today and will post them soon!
Tempting to make a puntastic joke about the all-over-the-news rev. Flowers here, but I will refrain.
Instead, let’s revel in what is, I think, the best example yet of a building succumbing to nature in our very midst:
Followed by some other fine examples that had me kicking myself for not upgrading my phone earlier. Actually, I was cursing the loser I bought it from on eBay that didn’t post it until 5 days after I won the auction. T*sser.
Just around the corner from Shudehill, at the start of the Northern Quarter proper, are a few fine examples – this being one of them. It looks like this might be a balcony, or roof garden – but no! This is a majorly un-looked after roof.
All to the benefit of these trees/shrubs:
Probably pushing it a little with this one, but the paintings on the old elevator shaft meant I simply couldn’t let this one pass by.
The iPhone 3GS camera is really showing its limitations here. A better phone is on the way – bought especially for all you treesonbuildings fans!*
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*may not be true.
I spotted this fantastic specimen whilst in a traffic jam this morning. I must return to the spot when I have my camera and more time, but I couldn’t resist posting this taster straight away.
