On my way to get a haircut I saw this on the side of the multi-storey car park:
A creeper (probably ivy) has been peeled off the cream-painted shuttered concrete wall, leaving behind its imprint in a tracery of paint damage. Here it looks a little drunken and random, but let me give it the mid-century modern treatment:
There's a pattern you could wear, on a smart Zara blouse, ideal for work to evening; or make into fancy wallpaper to dress up a shabby chic restaurant project in a dilapidated shop unit.
My assumption is that I caught the time-space between the gardeners pulling the weeds and the painters repairing the damage, although it's possible that this will be left; this modernist multi-storey is marked for destruction, to be replaced by high-density flats. Here's what they look like; a sort of 80s take on modernism, with bold stripes of red and blue on the rails.
The top two decks are permanently closed now, but before that happened I did go up there once to look at the view. It's spectacular; Oxford laid out like a fancy, shiny quilt with tiered red-brick skirts around a golden hub, glittering rivers pulling lines of green through the houses.
Part of the plans for the future include community garden space, so the multistorey ends up as flats with a garden well, quad style, with spectacular views and shared green space.
There's a pattern you could wear, on a smart Zara blouse, ideal for work to evening; or make into fancy wallpaper to dress up a shabby chic restaurant project in a dilapidated shop unit.
My assumption is that I caught the time-space between the gardeners pulling the weeds and the painters repairing the damage, although it's possible that this will be left; this modernist multi-storey is marked for destruction, to be replaced by high-density flats. Here's what they look like; a sort of 80s take on modernism, with bold stripes of red and blue on the rails.
The top two decks are permanently closed now, but before that happened I did go up there once to look at the view. It's spectacular; Oxford laid out like a fancy, shiny quilt with tiered red-brick skirts around a golden hub, glittering rivers pulling lines of green through the houses.
Part of the plans for the future include community garden space, so the multistorey ends up as flats with a garden well, quad style, with spectacular views and shared green space.
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