Comments on: Get Carter http://www.thephotographypages.co.uk/2008/02/get-carter/ reviews, news, opinion, work in progress... Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: brendadada http://www.thephotographypages.co.uk/2008/02/get-carter/comment-page-1/#comment-458 brendadada Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:19:07 +0000 http://www.thephotohgraphypages.co.uk/2008/02/25/get-carter/#comment-458 Thank you! Actually, the whole place has that air of detachment, as if it didn't belong. Not sure the Trident Centre has ever been particularly bustling though, unlike say, the original Bull Ring of the same genre. The edited set is what I'll put on the portfolio site: I'll keep the full thing on here, I think. Really appreciate the help with the edits from everyone. Thank you! Actually, the whole place has that air of detachment, as if it didn’t belong. Not sure the Trident Centre has ever been particularly bustling though, unlike say, the original Bull Ring of the same genre.

The edited set is what I’ll put on the portfolio site: I’ll keep the full thing on here, I think. Really appreciate the help with the edits from everyone.

]]> By: Adrian Lourie http://www.thephotographypages.co.uk/2008/02/get-carter/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Adrian Lourie Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:36:28 +0000 http://www.thephotohgraphypages.co.uk/2008/02/25/get-carter/#comment-457 Loving 2, 5, 9, 16, 31, 38 a feeling of utter detachment from life at ground level. Loving 2, 5, 9, 16, 31, 38 a feeling of utter detachment from life at ground level.

]]> By: brendadada http://www.thephotographypages.co.uk/2008/02/get-carter/comment-page-1/#comment-461 brendadada Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:56:02 +0000 http://www.thephotohgraphypages.co.uk/2008/02/25/get-carter/#comment-461 It's a feature of Lightroom - tab on the top far right. Lots of customisable gallery pages. You need ftp access, but you have that, yes? It’s a feature of Lightroom – tab on the top far right. Lots of customisable gallery pages. You need ftp access, but you have that, yes?

]]> By: Stuart Murdoch http://www.thephotographypages.co.uk/2008/02/get-carter/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Stuart Murdoch Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:20:01 +0000 http://www.thephotohgraphypages.co.uk/2008/02/25/get-carter/#comment-460 umm how do you set up that nice slide show widget? umm how do you set up that nice slide show widget?

]]> By: brendadada http://www.thephotographypages.co.uk/2008/02/get-carter/comment-page-1/#comment-459 brendadada Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:10:46 +0000 http://www.thephotohgraphypages.co.uk/2008/02/25/get-carter/#comment-459 It's a very odd idea, too, a restaurant/bar at the top of a car park. The views are stupendous though. It’s a very odd idea, too, a restaurant/bar at the top of a car park. The views are stupendous though.

]]> By: ian http://www.thephotographypages.co.uk/2008/02/get-carter/comment-page-1/#comment-462 ian Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:11:46 +0000 http://www.thephotohgraphypages.co.uk/2008/02/25/get-carter/#comment-462 You are right of course, but I don't know if the building was designed properly - opening of the car park was delayed about a year because of structural problems for example. There were people making enquiries about use of the restaurant. I think one was for a club, and the police and fire authorities were concerned about means of escape. Imagine a crowd of drunks trying to get down from there in a fire... You are right of course, but I don’t know if the building was designed properly – opening of the car park was delayed about a year because of structural problems for example.

There were people making enquiries about use of the restaurant. I think one was for a club, and the police and fire authorities were concerned about means of escape. Imagine a crowd of drunks trying to get down from there in a fire…

]]> By: brendadada http://www.thephotographypages.co.uk/2008/02/get-carter/comment-page-1/#comment-464 brendadada Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:03:06 +0000 http://www.thephotohgraphypages.co.uk/2008/02/25/get-carter/#comment-464 Ahh, I thought you'd probably know. I tend to get it mixed up with the Post Office tower restaurant in Brum. Didn't get into that one, either. Didn't we solve the problem of fire hoses in tower blocks with an internal pump system allied to the staircase sections? Hose reels connected to the mains on every floor was pretty much the norm, afair. And the added advantage one has with a car park, as opposed to a domestic block, is that there is vehicular entry to the top. But yes, it must have been something like that. Or maybe there wasn't anyone who wanted to run it? Ahh, I thought you’d probably know. I tend to get it mixed up with the Post Office tower restaurant in Brum. Didn’t get into that one, either.

Didn’t we solve the problem of fire hoses in tower blocks with an internal pump system allied to the staircase sections? Hose reels connected to the mains on every floor was pretty much the norm, afair. And the added advantage one has with a car park, as opposed to a domestic block, is that there is vehicular entry to the top.

But yes, it must have been something like that. Or maybe there wasn’t anyone who wanted to run it?

]]> By: ian http://www.thephotographypages.co.uk/2008/02/get-carter/comment-page-1/#comment-463 ian Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:23:57 +0000 http://www.thephotohgraphypages.co.uk/2008/02/25/get-carter/#comment-463 The restaurant never opened. I always understood that this was because it was impossible to provide proper access for emergency vehicles so in the event of a fire they would have been unable to get hoses near enough. Yet another example of Owen Luder's abilities as an architect. The restaurant never opened. I always understood that this was because it was impossible to provide proper access for emergency vehicles so in the event of a fire they would have been unable to get hoses near enough. Yet another example of Owen Luder’s abilities as an architect.

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