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| All Images: Central Leicester, July 2020 |
My perambulations around Leicester, to document its major construction sites, have extended ever further over the weeks, as the number of active locations has multiplied. Strangely though, this one had completely passed me by until now - despite being on one of the city's main arteries - and fairly centrally, to boot. Midlands sports nostalgists may be interested to know it's on the site of the old Granby Halls - adjacent to the Leicester Tigers rugby stadium. It's also notable that, for once, the finished building will contain a hotel - and not the usual student hutches.
Anyway, I suppose it's evidence of how easily one can become entrenched in habits, given that I stumbled across this site during only a slight deviation from my regular route to visit another one, fairly nearby. The lesson is clear for any self respecting flaneur en velo; the city will always deliver new surprises - as long as one keeps taking left turns.
In its current state, the edifice itself clearly belongs in the same category as those featured in my recent 'Steels' post - but maybe relates to the 'Building With Colour' images too. Over the months, I've been struck by how each of these sites seems to take on a particular chromatic identity (itself being something which can change dramatically, as the work progresses), and there's no doubt this one is currently 'The Yellow One'. Long time visitors here will know that 'yellow things' have represented another of my enthusiasms, over the years. Other than that, it's the customary tale of yet another section of urban sky becoming hatched-in by a complex angular tracery of girders and bare-boned staircases. Lovely!
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