The other day, as I interviewed a city businessman, he mentioned that although he's walked the city streets many, many times, he'll still discover a new building or something else that he had never noticed before.
As we walked North George Street, he pointed to an old advertisement painted on the top of the Harp and Fiddle building. I'd never noticed it either.
I've often thought about this sort of thing. Living in the city, it's easy to let the houses and businesses blend together and not notice anything other than rows and rows of buildings. But if you slow down and look, there's some pretty cool stuff.
As we walked North George Street, he pointed to an old advertisement painted on the top of the Harp and Fiddle building. I'd never noticed it either.
I've often thought about this sort of thing. Living in the city, it's easy to let the houses and businesses blend together and not notice anything other than rows and rows of buildings. But if you slow down and look, there's some pretty cool stuff.
A friend visiting me once commented on the York Water Company building on Market Street. It doesn't look anything like a building where you go to pay your water bill.
Writing a story a few months ago, I discovered the old phone company building on Beaver Street. It has huge ornate doors, and though I've been down the street dozens of times, I had never noticed it before.
Know anything else that gets overlooked? Do you find new things when you walk the city streets?
I find that if you look up, at the tops of the buildings, those aren't usually changed as much as the street level store fronts and you will see, in addition to some great architectural work, names of old businesses.