2010

NZ2564 : Saville Place

taken 15 years ago, near to Gateshead, England

This is 1 of 2 images, with title starting with Saville in this square
Saville Place
Saville Place
A 'Space Invader' guards the exit from the pedestrianised Saville Row onto the fast traffic of John Dobson Street NZ2564 : 'Space Invader', Saville Row. The office block on the right is Hadrian House NZ2564 : Network of upper level walkways below Bewick Court. MEA House can be seen beyond the footbridge NZ2564 : Ellison Place
'Space Invader' :: NZ2463

Graffiti or art?
These mosaic pieces by the French street artist 'Invader' have brightened up the darker places of many cities around the world for several years LinkExternal link The 'Alien Invasion' of Newcastle took place in 2006 LinkExternal link The captions to the site photographs clearly indicate that the Newcastle Police did not hold strongly with the art viewpoint, but many pieces are still in place some four years later. Most people now probably fail to see them at all, or think, like I did when first seen, that they were some kind of survey marker or 2D code. The penny dropped for me after seeing a post on the Newcastle Metro Area forum of SkyscraperCity LinkExternal link
However, there is local evidence for close encounters NZ2464 : The aliens have landed
'Watch this space for invaders' LinkExternal link
Invader in Wikipedia LinkExternal link


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Category: Street
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · John Dobson [38] · John Dobson's House [11] · Seen on the Right [9] Other Photos: · 'Space Invader', Saville Row ·
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NZ2564, 1067 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 28 October, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 28 October, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2508 6464 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:58.5447N 1:36.5827W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2502 6462
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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