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Beautiful architecture
Topic Started: Dec 24 2010, 06:20 AM (1,720 Views)
Michelle
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Architecture is all right, but it's cool nonetheless - here's Notre Dame:
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CJ
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That's lovely!

Europe is full of beautiful architecture. Here's the Grand Place in Brussels:

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Michelle
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I looked up Versailles on Wikimedia Commons and found this:
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CJ
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Wow, nice. I've never been there, but that does look deceptively small until you notice the size of the people!

(Or maybe there was a group of midgets visiting on that day :P )
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Michelle
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It is a bit small, don't know what it's use is (nor do I know the name of it)
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CJ
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Well, I would guess it's about 10m tall, which is a lot larger to all the similar things I've seen (hence why I thought it was smaller at first).
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Michelle
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I suppose so. Here's another - Wilmslow Church:
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CJ
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Very nice!

I've never been there, but I've heard of it, and I'm pretty sure it's near here.
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Michelle
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Yep, I saw the featured article today, looked it up and it's in Cheshire too. It's about 35 miles from Chester
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CJ
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Here's the exterior of St Pancras railway station in London:

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Michelle
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God, that is beautiful!
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CJ
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I know! The sad thing is...it was nearly demolished in the 1960s, but fortunately, a campaign led by the poet Sir John Betjeman succeeded in saving it.
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Michelle
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Nice. Glad they did. I suppose it could be turned into a museum.
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CJ
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Well, it's still being used as a railway station :P . It's where I boarded my Eurostar to go to Belgium.

Here's what it looks like inside:

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Michelle
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Oh, okay.... Looks cool.
Edited by Michelle, Dec 29 2010, 09:39 PM.
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CJ
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Yeah. They've cleaned it up and revamped it recently. Here's what it looked like in 1984:

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Michelle
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Wow, definitely looks different.
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CJ
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Yeah. It was a lot more grimy and messy back then.
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Michelle
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Ew... yeah, definitely looks like it.
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CJ
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Unfortunately, quite a lot of our major stations still are messy. Crewe is a prime example.
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Michelle
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That's terrible... they don't deserve to be that way.
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CJ
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I know :( . It probably puts people off using the railways.
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Michelle
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It most likely does.
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CJ
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Back on to beautiful architecture....Oxford:

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Michelle
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Mmmm!

Say hallo to my new desktop!
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CJ
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I guess you're using that, then?
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Michelle
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Hell yes. That's the best pic of Oxford I've seen so far.
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CJ
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It is pretty spectacular. One of the best views of Oxford I've seen too.
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Michelle
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It's still my desktop, except I added some words to it.
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CJ
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Ah, OK.

Here's another one:

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