New Building – Old Building, originally uploaded by gary8345.
They seem to be still building London. I took this picture on a recent photo-walk, and just loved the juxtaposition of the old building being surrounded by growing skyscrapers. I had wondered what this scene reminded me off, and the penny didn’t drop until one of my flickr contacts mentioned the Disney/Pixar film “Up”
The building being surrounded here, is owned by Hopton’s charity and has been there since 1752. Hopton’s charity, built and still own this Almshouse. Almshouses are charitable housing to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay rent) to live in the communities they have previously lived in – some things never change!!
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