{"id":19529,"date":"2020-07-24T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=19529"},"modified":"2020-07-23T12:57:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:57:30","slug":"cardiff-in-lockdown-stations-street-photos-and-night-scenes-july-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/cardiff-in-lockdown-stations-street-photos-and-night-scenes-july-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff in lockdown – stations, street photos and night scenes, July 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cardiff<\/p>\n

Although the lockdown is slowly easing in Wales, Cardiff remains strangely quiet with many of its once-bustling streets remaining empty.<\/p>\n

Here’s some photos from an (essential) trip earlier this week.<\/p>\n

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Paddington station was pretty much deserted apart from staff members and a handful of passengers.<\/p>\n

Most of the shops and coffee outlets were closed, and there was hardly anyone on the train up to Cardiff.<\/p>\n

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The Welsh capital continues to present a different landscape every time I return with new buildings going up all the time.<\/p>\n

This is a view outside Cardiff Central station. I knew it as Cardiff General when I was a kid.<\/p>\n

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That hoopy thing in the city centre.<\/p>\n

Called ‘Alliance,’ the 25-metre-high (82 ft) sculpture was created by Paris installation artist Jean-Bernard M\u00e9tais, from a concept by art critic Herv\u00e9-Armand B\u00e9chy, and consists of a large, partly enamelled, stainless steel arrow, and a hoop that glows in the dark.<\/p>\n

Alliance’s arrow and hoop seem to balance in the air. The hoop, filled with a phosphorescent liquid, is partially submerged below the pavement, with a mechanism programmed to make it rise and fall with the Bristol Channel tides.<\/p>\n

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M\u00e9tais describes the piece as “an organic clock” which “connects the place with the people”.\u00a0 [—<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Cardiff<\/p>\n

Back of the St David’s Centre.<\/p>\n

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Rails to the north!<\/p>\n

The lines to the left take Valley passengers to Radyr, Pontypridd, Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil, while the lines going straight ahead link to Coryton, Caerphilly and Rhymney.<\/p>\n

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At Cardiff Queen Street.<\/p>\n

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Rhiwbina artwork.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff City Hall.<\/p>\n

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The near silence of St Mary Street at night.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff Castle.<\/p>\n

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Social distancing circles on the castle lawn.<\/p>\n

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Deserted Queen Street.<\/p>\n

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Love this artwork above Boots on Queen Street.<\/p>\n

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The Echo Centenary clock.<\/p>\n

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Clouds and glass.<\/p>\n

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With Rhiwbina’s Summer Festival cancelled, a ‘scarecrow walk<\/a>‘ has been set up.<\/p>\n

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Waiting for the train at Rhiwbina station on the Coryton branch. See how it looked in the 1960s here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Social distancing seating.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff Queen Street station, once a grand Victorian station with glass overall roof.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Reflections and spikes.<\/p>\n

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View from the platform.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff Central station.<\/p>\n

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Waiting for the train on a socially distanced bench.<\/p>\n

More about Cardiff<\/h2>\n

See\u00a0more Cardiff photos here<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0join in with the Cardiff chat here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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