June 2011 - Decaying Buildings

[scouse smurf]

The theme for June's challenge as chosen by Robbo176 is Decaying Buildings, as she said plenty to choose from

Rules can be found here (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?49225-Monthly-Themed-Challenge-Rules)

Photos can be added upto and including the 29th June and the winner will be selected the following day, in time for choosing July's Theme. So get posting your photos and good luck

[lindylou]

Townsend Lane, Anfield.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y249/rubinda/Yo%20box/P6020010.jpg

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/3406048423_a689012a94_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/exacta2a/3406048423/)

Central Cafe Brooks Street

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/4645071249_4ed98b0d8c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/exacta2a/4645071249/)

The old florrie Mill St

[Sirob]

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/Sirob_bucket/s427StMarysRdGarstonLpool05042009Small.jpg

St. Marys Road, Garston

[steveb]

North Catacomb, Anfield Cem, Grade II*

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/kh61.jpg

[Sirob]

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/Sirob_bucket/IMG_3345Small.jpg
This is mould on the carpet of Odeon 2 in London Road, just before demolition. The whole floor was squelchy and the air rank with decay!

[Waterways]

Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, who went through similar effects as Liverpool being in the USA's Rust Belt, introduced Land Valuation taxation that cleared up derelict buildings. The landowners paid full tax whether occupied or not. They either:

Improved the property and put it into good use
Sold to others who could put it to goof use

In the UK a derelict building with a hole in the roof pays Nothing in tax. But the land values keep rising. They waiting until the times is right, could be many years or decades, and then sell.

During that recession, House & Home, the construction industry’s leading trade journal, recommended that other cities prevent land bubbles by doing what Pittsburgh was doing — taxing land values more heavily than building values. It quoted Pennsylvania governor and former Pittsburgh mayor David L. Lawrence as saying: “There is no doubt in my mind that the graded tax law has been a good thing for the city of Pittsburgh. It has discouraged the holding of vacant land for speculation and provides an incentive for building improvements.”

Link to article (http://feasta.org/documents/fleeing_vesuvius/?p=167)

Liverpool needs to adopt this form of taxation ASAP. However the city needs to lobby the LibDems (big fans) to push it through.

[scouse smurf]

Waterways, as interesting as your post is. this is a photo thread :)

[Ged]

I'll add a few later. It's amazing how many derelict properties are lying around, quite a few council owned too.

[Ged]

Lodge Lane baths.


http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1886/lodgelanebaths.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/lodgelanebaths.jpg/)

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A Georgian property on the corner of Everton Road and Plumpton Street which has a very ornate curved balcony to the rear which would have stunning views over the city. The owners of this should really be made to do something with it.


http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/7272/evertonrdgeorgianhouse.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/864/evertonrdgeorgianhouse.jpg/)

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http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2586/plumptonstgeorgianhouse.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/146/plumptonstgeorgianhouse.jpg/)

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Back Commutation Row

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1338/backcommutationrow1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/121/backcommutationrow1.jpg/)

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[scouse smurf]

Tut, Ged. Only two photos allowed in the challenge. Which two ya gonna pick ?

[Ged]

I wasn't challenging anyone lol. The first 2 then ;)

[Lizzie1]

A crying shame these buildings are left in this state.....didn't the Liverpool Echo used to have a campaign going? and what happened to the planned restoration of Anfield Cemetery?

[Ged]

It died a death Lizzie.

[Cadfael]

Sandfield Tower

(www.sandfieldtower.co.uk)

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff464/jamescadfael/PicRture031_2.jpg

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff464/jamescadfael/113_1313.jpg

[Ged]

Was mooching around there last weekend Bro Cad.

[robbo176]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4848865279_1d10245879.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandy-robbo/4848865279/)
Everton Library (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandy-robbo/4848865279/) by robbo176 (http://www.flickr.com/people/mandy-robbo/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4848862661_072f719a90.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandy-robbo/4848862661/)
DSCF5321 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandy-robbo/4848862661/) by robbo176 (http://www.flickr.com/people/mandy-robbo/), on Flickr

[lindylou]

That second pic is a good one Mandy :thumbsup:

[robbo176]

thanks Lindy ...I think all of the photos are excellent ,its going to be so hard to pick a winner !!! :)

[lindylou]

Yes, I just looked through the pics again and there are so many good ones :)

[John Doh]

I'm not sure about the rules - does 'valid for this month's theme' mean that the buildings must be decaying at the time they were posted? If so, there's at least one here that's not currently so afflicted... So it's not quite such a bleak picture as is being portrayed...

[ChrisGeorge]

I'm not sure about the rules - does 'valid for this month's theme' mean that the buildings must be decaying at the time they were posted? If so, there's at least one here that's not currently so afflicted... So it's not quite such a bleak picture as is being portrayed...

Hi John

As far as I know, the thread is for photographs of decaying buildings, preferably on Merseyside, but they don't have to be current photographs. Perhaps someone can correct this impression if I am wrong.

Chris

[lindylou]

Mines alright! - I only photographed it the other week :celb (23):

[Ged]

I would have thought currently decaying. Not resurrected into use nor demolished.

[ChrisGeorge]

Mines alright! - I only photographed it the other week :celb (23):

How about if the photographer is decaying? :celb (23):

[steveb]

How about if the photographer is decaying? :celb (23):

Apply to have him grade listed.

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I would have thought currently decaying. Not resurrected into use nor demolished.



I agree, as they are now, not taken years ago

[lindylou]

How about if the photographer is decaying? :celb (23):

Ha,ha, yes ! ;)

[Ged]

How about if the photographer is decaying? :celb (23):

George doesn't post his own pics, only LRO ;)

I beleive he is listing rather than listed.

[ChrisGeorge]

George doesn't post his own pics, only LRO ;)

I beleive he is listing rather than listed.

LRO. Does that stand for "lying round obsolete"? :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[lindylou]

A second one from me :)

This is the main pic -- don't count the attachments :)

House on the corner of Whitefield rd/ Belmont rd. This house has been like this for as long as I can remember !
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y249/rubinda/Yo%20box/P6170005.jpg


2 added. Belmont rd side -

[Lizzie1]

A second one from me :)

This is the main pic -- don't count the attachments :)
House on the corner of Whitefield rd/ Belmont rd. This house has been like this for as long as I can remember !
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y249/rubinda/Yo%20box/P6170005.jpg
2 added. Belmont rd side -


What a fine house it must once have been.........wonder how it escaped the bulldozers of the 60s/70s?

[lindylou]

I don't know why it's been left in such a state for so long. The house stands alone long after other buildings were demolished. Maybe they can't trace the owners.

[Ged]

Land Registry will show the owners. I was tracing one last week.

[Rhoobarb]

I don't know why it's been left in such a state for so long. The house stands alone long after other buildings were demolished. Maybe they can't trace the owners.

I bought my house off a bloke who didn't know he'd inherited a load of houses in Orrell Park. I'm in the process of selling it at the moment and the Covenant that is on the land is mentioned in the HIP I had done when it first went on the market. I'm 99.9% certain it was a relative of the original builder we bought it off.

[Ronijayne]

Well done.

[Spike]

I must take a pic of our house. I will win this if I do.

[Lizzie1]

I must take a pic of our house. I will win this if I do.

:)

[scouse smurf]

7 days left to add your photo to this months challenge

[scouse smurf]

3 days left to impress Robbo176 lol

[scouse smurf]

less than 2 hours left lol.

Gonna be a slight change to the rules for the winner. I know it sounds a bit confusing but the winner of this months challenge will pick July's winner and the theme for August.

Just gives us more time to contact them to arrange things. Will announce the theme for July on Friday

[GeorgePorgie]

Ain't easy Photographing this one cos of its height....but...

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[GeorgePorgie]

How come my pics are not uploading as a full size pic like the rest on this thread? I'm not attaching I'm using the load "Image" icon.

[scouse smurf]

The winner of Junes challenge, as chosen by Robbo176 is Cadfael's photos below

Well done :)


Sandfield Tower

(www.sandfieldtower.co.uk (http://www.sandfieldtower.co.uk))

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff464/jamescadfael/PicRture031_2.jpg

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff464/jamescadfael/113_1313.jpg

[robbo176]

well done Cad :)

[Ged]

Well done Bro ;)

[lindylou]

Ditto :handclap:

[steveb]

Well done

[Cadfael]

Hey I'm well chuffed. Just logged on to find the news :PDT11 Thanks All!