Halifax, West Yorkshire - Alternative Choice
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I would have preferred that the sky was blue for a colour photograph but bright white was the only option so I thought the monochrome was a good choice for this very interesting design of a building.
On a very rare day out without our children, my husband and I went to the Piece Hall in Halifax (the super narrow shops and very expensive, breakable things they sell mean that we can't really take them with us!)
It's a beautiful Grade 1 listed old building with lots of history (built in 1779 as a place to trade and sell "pieces" of cloth) and I wanted to capture some of its character so I took this 3-shot panorama, stitched in Photoshop, in an attempt to get as much into the image as I could.
There is a lot of information about the history of the Piece Hall here: www.thepiecehall.co.uk/heritage
Halifax is in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture. Halifax is the largest town in the wider Calderdale borough. Halifax was a mill town during the industrial revolution.
From New Year's Day 1779, manufacturers and mercers dealt internationally in such articles through its grandiose square, the Piece Hall. Halifax is known for Mackintosh's chocolate and toffee products, including Rolo and Quality Street. The Halifax Bank was founded and has large offices in the town. Dean Clough, north of the town centre, was once one of the largest textile factories in the world at more than 1⁄2 mile (800 m) long; today the building has been converted for office and retail use including a gym, theatre, Travelodge and radio station.
After a long day of rain, a view of the harbor at Halifax with a cruise ship cruising out of the harbor.
The Halifax Harbor Marina is located on Beach Street in Daytona Beach and is a beautiful place to be at sunset. The "mouth of the night", as the more sea-going sorts call the pastel layered glow that appears over the horizon, can be magical. I re-created that look in this photo, although it was too early to see it in the original.
Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Only two days ago Halifax made the news in welcoming the largest container ship to ever take port on North America’s east coast.
This is a view of downtown Halifax from the community of Dartmouth which is situated on the east side of the harbour.
Take care and stay safe 😊
The Piece Hall is a Grade I listed building in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was built as a cloth hall for handloom weavers to sell the woollen cloth "pieces" they had produced.
I was clearing out some disk space and found a few fireworks shots from last summer that I hadn't processed and a couple that I decided to process differently. Here they are...
The Halifax Odeon opened on 27th June 1938 with Errol Flynn in “The Perfect Speciman”. Designed by the architect George Coles it cost £59,727 to build. It had 1,344 stalls seats and 714 in the balcony giving a total of 2,058. A most unusual façade remains intact with three concave bays covered with buff faience tiles above the entrance each containing a convex window. The tall Art Deco style tower formerly had the Odeon lettering illuminated by neon. The cinema was not originally intended for the Odeon circuit, but was a subject to a takeover during construction, explaining the differences from the typical ‘Odeon’ style.
The cinema had a wide proscenium and a stylish interior with decoration dominated by two large bas-relief female figures on the splay walls either side of the screen (now removed). Lighting was entirely indirect.
The Odeon closed on 18th October 1975 with Robin Askwith in “Confessions of a Pop Performer”. It stood unused for a while and was later converted into a Top Rank Bingo Club which is still operating as a Mecca Bingo Club today.