Newcastle Rail Station gets a makeover
I’ve not done too much lingering by windows lately, but a railway station is often a place for hanging about. Usually I arrive at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by bus, so the recent improvements, blocking out those draughty spaces, have crept up on me. But I like them. A lot!
It’s a piece of artwork, in itself, don’t you think?
And from inside the impact is even more dramatic.
Like most cities, Newcastle has its share of windows, in all shapes and sizes. I was meeting a friend for coffee and we stopped to admire The Gate- a cinema and restaurant complex.
Could be my kind of film!
We rode up the escalator for a look out on the street
And I particularly liked this structure
Not exactly a window, but you can definitely see through it. Then Waterstones upstairs cafe delighted me. A cafe in a bookshop- perfection! But I did have to wonder about this window.
Is the bike for sale?
I’d rather have a view with my coffee!
The Danish pastries were very nice though. Quite a few people have asked about the green glass structure so I’m belatedly including a link with information on the sculptures in Newcastle.
Got to see which windows Dawn has been lingering by this week. Click this link and come too?
restlessjo 
The shot from the escalator is my pick this time, although as always choice is hard. Windows are a great way to showcase a city. I love this challenge (if that’s what it is) because it’s an excuse to follow a window addiction on a weekly basis. I might even showcase Poznań through its windows, if I ever get round to blogging it. Off to the lake tomorrow, and a week without the cursed blessing (or blessed curse) of Internet connection. Then home.
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Oh, Meg! It seemed ages and ages, and now it’s almost gone 😦 But your Polish will be so much better, and as soon as you get home you can start planning for January 🙂
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My Polish is in fact more non-existent!
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And your excuse is? 🙂 🙂
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I so agree that you need a view out your window for coffee. I have never understood, people blocking precious light with objects in the window.
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It’s usually rather grey light in Newcastle too, Laurie! My apricot Danish was part compensation, and I could still see the ‘goings on’ in the square 🙂
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I agree, Jo rail stations are a great place to linger and people watch. 🙂
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This one was dreadfully draughty and you were in fear of your life from the taxis, but I think the new addition is also to reinforce the existing structure, Lisa 🙂
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The modern and the old blend well together, but the bike in the window is a definite reason to linger, Jo.
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And the Hemingway quote on the stairway (for another post), Lynne, not to mention my apricot Danish pastry 🙂
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What an odd place for a bike. Lovely photos and that one structure that looks like it has bubbling water is very interesting.
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I must pay closer attention to the details, Tonya. I honestly don’t know if it was water or glass bubbles 😦
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I love pictures with reflections and frames. The add an extra dimension, a perspective.
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I meant to say THEY add an extra dimension … (Must proofread before I hit post.)
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Me too! 🙂
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I wouldn’t like that bike disturbing my view of passersby either Jo 😦
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There was lots of fun in the square that day, Colline, with a film show on big screen TV and deck chairs 🙂
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Great photos, Jo! The bike in the window is hilarious. Did you happen to ask a store clerk the story behind it?
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You can’t see clearly in that photo, Jill, but there is a display of books relating to the Tour de France beneath it. I didn’t spot them till after I’d taken the shots either 🙂
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Lovely lingering, Jo! And a bookshop with a coffee house inside? Definitely perfection, bicycle in the window or not.
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It had a great Hemingway quote on the stairway too, Angeline, but that didn’t quite fit with my windows 🙂
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Great “window” post!
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Thanks, Gerryann 🙂
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These are beautiful window photos, Jo. I like these modern looking windows 🙂
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Newcastle has a great mix of old and new, Amy. The station is going to be so much nicer in the Winter 🙂
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Good news 🙂
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But can you still drive through? That bike looks like big litter to me! Loved the sculpture structure.
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You’ve got me thinking now Viv! I don’t think so but I was so fascinated with the windows I can’t be sure. There were still roadworks going on outside and that was a bit of a distraction. I think the taxis pull up just beyond the forecourt now. I’ll pay more attention next time I’m there 😦
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Is that water inside the structure or simply green, bubbly glass?
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I think it’s just glass, AG. Quite striking though, isn’t it? 🙂
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Well, I’d keep gazing at that bicycle. Looks like a fantastic road bike. Is it to promote books on bicycling? Because of the Tour de France?
Have a good one,
Pit
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Yes, the book display is about the Tour, Pit, but you can’t see that very clearly in my shot. I never even noticed them till my friend pointed it out 🙂
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Old and new nicely combined 🙂
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It’s a good-looking city, Gilly 🙂
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Fabulous shots and interesting angles and reflections~
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I like to reflect, Cindy 🙂
Thank you!
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And just what IS that structure? I do like the way you have framed the yellow bus through the hole – obviously you waited ages for that composition 😉
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Ages! Happenstance is a wonderful thing, Jude 🙂
I actually took half a dozen shots of it but that was mostly because I couldn’t believe I’d never noticed the structure before. It’s not exactly discreet, is it? And the answer is ‘I have no idea’. 🙂
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Looks like someone just tossed that bicycle haphazardly into the window, Jo. Oh well, if it’s to honor the Tour de France, so be it. I love the view from the escalator and that green see-through structure (statue?). Looks like a lovely outing. 🙂
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There were only two pastries, Cathy, or I’d have saved you one 🙂
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Darn, I’m so disappointed. 🙂
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I’d rather have a view with my coffee too. 🙂
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I think it was a reference to the Tour de France, Elizabeth 🙂 That’s what the book display below is, but you can’t clearly see it.
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Love that structure Jo and I must say it looks as though the bicycle is making a break for it!
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Tour de France, here we come, Sue 🙂 It’s quite a long way down though.
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Thankfully I am a road cyclist and not into mountain biking. I hate those jumps. 🙂
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Jo, the windows are lovely. They give polish to the view and I love a good opportunity to catch reflections… I’d go see the movie, I loved the first one!
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I’m seriously out of tune with the movies, Terri. No grandchildren, you see 🙂 I have to wait for them to be on TV! Thanks, hon.
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Think I watched it on tv as well, but it was delightful. I don’t get out to the movies much either. It’s hard to do much multi-tasking when you’re in a theatre!
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🙂
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