2010

J1486 : Market Square, Antrim

taken 13 years ago, near to Antrim, Northern Ireland

Market Square, Antrim
Market Square, Antrim
Close your eyes and imagine that you’re writing your dissertation for your doctorate in town planning. Now think of a (purely hypothetical) town which had a population under 3,000 in the mid-sixties.
Then it became a “growth town” and today has a population of around 22,000. Part of a street is a continuation of High Street J1486 : High Street, Antrim.
Two things happen – there is a ring road about the town centre J1486 : Subway, Antrim (1), J1486 : Subway, Antrim (2), J1486 : Flyover, Antrim and J1486 : Railway Street, Antrim. There is a shopping centre, just off the main streets with more car parking than the rest of the town combined, anchored by (cough, splutter) Tesco. Then a major new shopping centre opens outside the town J1488 : Junction One and J1388 : 'Junction One' shopping centre (close to the motorway). Then Tesco moves out of the old shopping centre and builds a stand-alone 24-hour establishment nearby.
Oh and at the same time that former main street is now a cul-de-sac with enforced parking restrictions and no buses.
Couldn’t happen?? Open your eyes. Taken at 12.53 on a Saturday. Nobody passed in front of the camera and I wasn’t in anybody’s way. Why not? Guess!

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Category: Street
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Antrim Town [14] · High Street [11] · Car Park [4] ·
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J1486, 155 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 25 September, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 25 September, 2010
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 147 866 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:42.8971N 6:13.1738W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! J 148 866
View Direction
Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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