Side By Side Comparisons

I'm now at the stage where I can look through the photos I have taken of the site over the last few years and produce side by side comparison images showing the change that has been made. In this post over the next few weeks, I will be uploading some of them as they are put together.

South side of store: July and November 2011.

Above is 3 photos taken close after each other back in March 2011, where one of the access roads to the holiday camp was. This is now where you can walk up to the store from Harbour road, with the car park sitting directly ahead of you.

Another comparison from 2010 and 2011 here. This time looking towards the tramway station with the obvious difference being the new grassy area where the Youth centre building used to be and the store on the right hand side of the photo.

The image above is two photos taken from the same spot. The top photo was taken October 2010 and the bottom photo was taken November 2011. The changes here are clear to see with the whole area looking a lot cleaner and more open.

December 2011

For the first half of this month, due to work and generally not wanting to take many photos of the site, I have taken a short break from updating the blog. Over the next few weeks, I will be creating some big 2-3 photo comparison photos taken at different stages of the work on site, before uploading some of them here.

Looking north across the public space, which looks fresh and clean even with a slightly lop-sided christmas tree! The toilet block looks fresh as well with new tiles on the roof and a fresh lick of paint on the exterior.

Here is the pedestrian entrance to the store from harbour road. Before the site was transformed, this was one of the access roads that went through the site. (Nursery entrance too)

Above is a shot of one of the regular views I have shot from since before work on the site started. Now looking at the south side of the store.

The photo above was taken looking from Harbour road looking towards the store. On the right, is the area where the site compound used to be, which has now been leveled out with infill material to match the height across the site.

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Above is a photo I took of the site exactly a year ago on the 9th of December 2010. Workmen were just surveying the site and starting to prepare it for the year ahead. Today, you would be looking at the south side of the store.

A quick photo that I took while walking home from work, as dumper trucks were transporting sand to the south side of the site, where the site offices were, so that it is all at a level height.