Stone Corner...

Here we have a stone corner which forms part of the support structure of Vauxhall Bridge.

Notice how the wall/corner is discoloured by the Thames water which this far upstream would be a mixture of salt and fresh water. This is a very simple grey/green corner with vertical/horizontal lines of the stone blocks that form the structure to support the bridge/embankment.

The Clash of Colours...

Well this corner certainly tests your eye sight but in a very odd way it works...

If you happen to be walking up or down Bermondsey Street SE1 you can't miss this building for it and many others have chosen paint jobs that remind us of a georgian past or like this corner of the very bright present.

The pink and orange certainly clash but the black just looks out of place however the blend works...maybe this is because of the grey paving slabs ?

Cornered...

Here we are at the junction or should I say corner of Arundel Street and Temple Place WC2 near Victoria Embank-ment.

This is a beautiful corner for we see the wonderful horizontal lines created by the brickwork enhanced further by the sun light which is gleaming down on Temple Place. The near perfect verticle line created by the contrast between the two walls is just majestic and only further enhanced by the boxed shaped drain pipe on the right hand wall of Temple Place. What I do like though is the iron fence/railing has a propoer corner too and with a little better camera work from me we could have got a really good shot of both corners....one day.

Bricks...

With the advent of glass has a material used to make buildings what a throw back to the past this corner is in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

In fact this corner is part of a wall to a National Grid Gas Holder site on Imperial Road near London's trendy Chelsea Harbour.

The corner though is a rather robust brick column with two walls extending outwards. I do love the street sign on the left hand wall letting us know of the whereabouts of Imperial Square. The bricks though look old even dirty but they have character and strength.

This corner is certainly in need for a little bit of a repair and a bit of pointing too.

Russell Square North West Corner...

In the north west corner of London's Russell Square you may come across one of the few remaining taxi-cab shelters. So with me being rather busy with others matters relating to the world's finest taxi trade I thought we could re start this blog with a look at the corner of one of these amazing shelters.

We can see on close inspection that the shelter is of wooden construction which makes it very easy to repair and maintain. I love the vertical lines mixed with a few but much stronger horizontal and vertical beams that obviously give this structure its integrity. The contrast of the green and the grey kick board or should I say skirting board works well too.

If you do happen to be in Russell Square pop along to its North West Corner and have a butchers at a building and corner of a bygone Victorian era.

What's in a Corner...

What's in a Corner ? Well here we find a small tree/plant in a nice looking blue glazed pot.

This corner just happens to be in St Christopher's Place W1 where a couple of shops happen to converge. The colour orange the dark brick work along with the grey all brought together by the green and blue of the plant/pot really make this a rather interesting corner and very pleasant on the eye.

The grey stone floor along with the square glass inserts into paving just top off this corner and certainly make St Christopher's Place not just a great place to shop but a nice place to take a stroll down away from the chaos of Oxford Street.

What's in a Corner ?

Welcome to the new decade and more of the Corner Shot but what is it we find in a corner?

Here we are at the Strand just by the taxi-cab stand with the side of the RAF St Clement's Dane Church. What a beautiful stone corner we have here with a pretty old cylindrical drain pipe in the actual corner with looks like it is well bolted to the stone. Look a little closer and we can see that the building is earthed by following the cable and seeing that is disappears under the ground.

We can also see that some of the stone work has been pointed and some remedial work has been done on this most wonderful of church's.