Liverpool 2010

Three hour milk run from Euston on Sunday morning.

... is all in the composition. Old Banksy piece (just the lettering), possibly from 2004 or 2005, with some more recent additions (the purple stuff).

Reflection of the Central Hotel in Ranelagh Street. Probably not really built in 1675. Joseph Sharples in his book 'Liverpool' says: "The Central Hotel bears the date 1675, for which there seems no justification, though its origins go back further than 1887, the other date on the facade. Probably converted from pub to hotel in response to the opening of Central Station."

Graffiti in the Ropewalks district.

Empty and shining in the Sunday afternoon sun. I love the worn steps of this old warehouse. Look how the middle one has been patched to make it level again.

This is something from the 2008 Biennial's 'Visible Virals' project. Various questions were painted on buildings, and responses collected on a website. Unfortunately, the website is now down, so I can't tell you the results of the survey.

Just off Wolstenholme Square in the Ropewalks District. There are still tons of warehouses in the area, though they are no longer used for goods coming from or going to the docks. In the 18th century, the various suppliers to the shipbuilding industry were based here, including rope makers. The rope was measured by "walking" it down the narrow streets here, with different streets for the different lengths to which the rope was cut.

Penelope by Jorge Pardo. Spooner quite enjoyed this -- he took about 30 photos of it. It's supposed to have something to do with Ulysses' wife Penelope's weaving, and the stems are also representative of the rope making industry that used to be here. www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/sculpture/penelope.html

The sculpture is Penelope by Jorge Pardo, created for the 2006 Biennial. www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/sculpture/penelope.html

I'm not sure what inspired the creative types to attach plastic sheet protectors to the building. It looks like the building has scales.

A work from the 2008 Biennial ('Visible Virals' project) on the left and one from the 2010 Biennial (Bridging Home by Do Ho Suh) on the right.

Scale model of the artist Do Ho Suh's own Korean house from his childhood, wedged between two buildings on Duke Street. It has to do with lack of personal space in urban environments, and also with the bridging/melding of two cultures.

Derelict building in Duke Street.

Disused and derelict, with trees growing out of it. This is the Duke Street side of the pub. The red is the Banksy rat's lipstick or marker line.

A warehouse in Duke Street, reflecting buildings across the Berry Street junction.

Creature with broken horn by Doubtpacks. Additions by anonymous. Nice to see the proper use of "you're."

On the derelict Whitehouse Pub, Berry & Duke Streets.

On the derelict Whitehouse Pub, Berry Street. I didn't realize until I saw this photo on my computer that the rat has a tube of lipstick or a marker in its hand.