I don't agree. Greenwich has a long and distinguished industrial history which started with Henry VIII setting up the dockyards 500 years ago, and which is only now drawing to a peaceful close. To me the boatyard helps to give the place texture & continuity, and is part of a counterbalance to the weight given to the area's royal and naval history. Even that is at risk of Disneyfication.
The boatyard was established sometime between 1867 and 1894. On my 1867 map it is just beach, and where my street is there is a field and a little lane or wall; on the 1894 map there is a boatyard and my street has been laid out, but there are no houses on it - another 2 years to wait for that. All things change, and nothing sure doth perish. London is a palimpsest, but it's a damned shame when they obliterate the richness of the past and replace it with shallow, money-grubbing nothingness. Bob > > An interesting scene, well composed and rendered. It's obviously an > area that just begs to be turned into something prettier, for better > or worse. Probably better. > Paul > On May 10, 2009, at 6:39 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > I don't know whether this picture is any good or not, but it's a > > scene I've > > always liked. > > > > At the end of my street there's a boatyard, and just beyond it is > > the river > > where these boats are lined up waiting to be repaired. There is a > > lot of > > building work going on and the boatyard is scheduled to be closed > > and turned > > into flats, although we are promised some sort of marine / > > maritime / boaty > > replacement. Who knows? When the boatyard is gone my street will > > continue > > directly through to this beach, which I'm quite pleased > about, but I > > hope > > the boaty replacement is more than just calling it Boatyard > > Boulevard, or > > opening Popeye's Pizza Parlour. > > > > http://www.web-options.com/L1000248.jpg > > > > The scene always reminds me of this one by HCB: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/phbuxd > > > > > http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=Mod_ViewBox.View > BoxZoom_VPage& > > VBID > > = > > 2K1HZOYZXNPMW > > &IT=ImageZoom01&PN=1&STM=T&DTTM=Image&SP=Search&IID=2S5RYD > > YY7JRA&SAKL=T&SGBT=T&DT=Image > > > > Bob > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
