Showing posts with label urban decay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban decay. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Brutal Beauty - Lee Circle Car Park - Leicester


The brutalist rotunda double helix concrete Lee Circle car park in Leicester, is a beast of a building.

Today, in the late September sun, it purrs more than roars and takes on a kind of beauty that I haven't clocked before.

Only one of its spiral roadways, the Blue route, is now in operation and it is rarely full.

Drivers choose to park the other side of the city centre, nearer or even in, the modern Highcross shopping complex.

lengthening shadows
the pigeon's coo melds
with a car alarm

Paul Conneally
Leicester
2014

Thursday, August 28, 2014