This post, along with the others under the sign of "Dock Roads", is a shared research resource, principally for Philip and Hangfeng who are working on an idea that explores the situation of the Bund in Shanghai and the situation of the Pier Head in Liverpool.
This video's source is Super 8 film, so it is silent. It shows the northern docks area of Liverpool from a suburban train travelling towards Bootle back in October 1992. It shows three large chimneys of the then demolished power station on the docks. As a landmark these three chimneys survived the German bombing of Liverpool in WWII but could not survive the city re-generation plans of the 1990's. In Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, urban regeneration has led to the demolition of both factories and a power station. The footprints of these old industrial sites have become public parks, public spaces or commercial offices, but the old chimneys have been preserved, restored and maintained, as monuments to past realities and fading memories.
Posted by Philip Courtenay
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