Aesthetics of decay, worn-out remnants, decline post-industrial. Beautiful ruins. Fragments of the past.
Secondary focus old co-op
It's funny how the street is jammed with parked cars @ 5:30pm
Smell of carpets. Astroturf on sale - does it smell?
Limestone walling
Extrapersonnel is for rent - so there might be a NEW shop comeing
Tree on roof
You can buy NEW clothes at Nico
Opening takes advantage of another classic view
Hair products
Surprising survival Little Barrel Pub
Industrial aesthetic functional utilitarian
Damp alley
Bright square lights
Rain washed streets
Good survivals
Cast iron railings lost on south side
Cigarette yuk! Saw it coming.
Nico's style - a bit deco!
Car exhaust
Old
Some good 18 + 19C facades but in poor condition
Smell of clothes on display
Bin - can hardly see the Dudley coat of arms (didn’t notice it before) - dripping ice-cream down the side.
Loss of firm enclosure but still just about maintains the spatial flow
Old and abandoned
Illuminated moon sign. Square coloured windows (Art Deco Aesthetic?)
Ladies' perfume
Shop fronts are mostly reds and blues
Aftershave
TOO MUCH TRAFFIC! But the street must have vitality without it
Fags
'Fast motorbike / loud & fast'
Cast iron railings good survival
Traffic fumes yuk
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Damp day in summer
Why put a multi-storey car park with access from the narrowest street in the town?
Roller shutters
Adverts on lit, scrolling billboard - I find them rather cheesy. Consumption is cheesy!
100 kg very old romae has romd nom rals
Section loss of firm original enclosure
Fresh air
E-cigarette
Fag smoke
Good details survive
Brutalism
Maybe there are new cars
'Walking fast & hurriedly'
Waft of damp grass
A random yellow (!) traffic cone on the pavement
New sofa
Cheap modern infill
Space escapes thro' set back corner splay for traffic sightline has spoilt the street intimacy
Smell of a clean Euro-6 bus engine
Bank - good principal focus for view down
Secondary focus old cinema
Fountain comes into view
It’s difficult to see green from plants although then noticed the weeds in the pavement and buildings
Another e-cig
Loss or original building line enclosure too much horizontality
'Quick eating pigeon'
A nice smell I cannot pin down
New barriers
Good granite curbs (but not local stone)
Young man in overpowering aftershave
NEW broom at A&M
Pile of bird seed on pavement makes me smile as I know there are signs near here saying don't feed the birds
Barber
Barbers shop. I like that smell.
New T-shirt
Vile aftershave
Baked goods mmm....
Church
New matress
Big old building
Funny logo vinyl on window for Caspian Pizza
What smells I didn't I get - rubbish, old fashioned food shops, dog shit / damp dogs, pub smells
Top Church spire focal point
Fag smoke
Limestone kerbs in Vicar St
Great sculpture
Drains
Trad ground materials + patterns
The classic Dudley view up to spire of Top Church