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St James' Park to host 2012 Olympics football ties
October 16th 2010, by Andy Hughes, The Journal


NEWCASTLE United’s home ground St James’ Park will host six Olympic football matches during the 2012 games, it emerged last night.

The 52,000 capacity stadium has been chosen as one of only six grounds in the UK to stage the Olympic fixtures in July and August 2012. St James’ Park will host a mixture of preliminary group stage games and at least one quarter-final over the course of 10 days.

The other stadiums chosen as venues are Old Trafford in Manchester, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wembley Stadium in London, Hampden Park in Glasgow and the City of Coventry Stadium.

The teams which will play at each venue are yet to be announced.

The first game will be played on July 26, 2012. The other fixtures are scheduled for the following Sunday (July 29), Tuesday (July 31), Wednesday (August 1) and Friday (August 3), with the final fixture taking place on Saturday, August 4.


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St James' Park to host 2012 Olympics football ties
October 16th 2010, by Andy Hughes, The Journal

NEWCASTLE United’s home ground St James’ Park will host six Olympic football matches during the 2012 games, it emerged last night.

The 52,000 capacity stadium has been chosen as one of only six grounds in the UK to stage the Olympic fixtures in July and August 2012. St James’ Park will host a mixture of preliminary group stage games and at least one quarter-final over the course of 10 days.

The other stadiums chosen as venues are Old Trafford in Manchester, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wembley Stadium in London, Hampden Park in Glasgow and the City of Coventry Stadium.

The teams which will play at each venue are yet to be announced.

The first game will be played on July 26, 2012. The other fixtures are scheduled for the following Sunday (July 29), Tuesday (July 31), Wednesday (August 1) and Friday (August 3), with the final fixture taking place on Saturday, August 4.


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That is very good news, and while it does not exactly set a prescedent for the World Cup (if we get it) it at least indicates that SJP is considered very suitable (as one of only three 50,000+ seater, Premier League grounds) to host large international matches!
 
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St James' Park to play key part in Olympics
BBC Newcastle Website, Tyne & Wear News, 27th July 2011


Nine football matches will take place at St James' Park

The London 2012 Olympics might be taking place about 300 miles away, but St James' Park in Newcastle will play a key part in it.

The ground will host nine of the Olympic football tournament matches.

The games include a quarter-final in both the men's and women's competitions.

Tickets for the football matches total 300,000, which will see people from all over the country travelling to the North East.

"There's no doubt Newcastle-upon-Tyne will benefit in terms of increased media focus on our great city," a Newcastle United club spokesman said.

"As for Newcastle United, we're extremely proud to be a host city for the tournament and with millions of viewers all around the world expected to watch the coverage, it can do nothing but good for the good name and reputation of the club."


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St James' Park to play key part in Olympics
BBC Newcastle Website, Tyne & Wear News, 27th July 2011

Nine football matches will take place at St James' Park

The London 2012 Olympics might be taking place about 300 miles away, but St James' Park in Newcastle will play a key part in it.

The ground will host nine of the Olympic football tournament matches.

The games include a quarter-final in both the men's and women's competitions.

Tickets for the football matches total 300,000, which will see people from all over the country travelling to the North East.

"There's no doubt Newcastle-upon-Tyne will benefit in terms of increased media focus on our great city," a Newcastle United club spokesman said.

"As for Newcastle United, we're extremely proud to be a host city for the tournament and with millions of viewers all around the world expected to watch the coverage, it can do nothing but good for the good name and reputation of the club."


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Great that it will put the spot light on Newcastle for all of the right reasons, i.e. not how it is portrayed in reality programs, bringing in the Tourist Pound.

I wonder if the amount of Sports Direct advertising so prominent at St James' Park will be permitted by the Olympic organisers?
 
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Great that it will put the spot light on Newcastle for all of the right reasons, i.e. not how it is portrayed in reality programs, bringing in the Tourist Pound.

I wonder if the amount of Sports Direct advertising so prominent at St James' Park will be permitted by the Olympic organisers?
NOPE!! Defiantly NOT!! The International Olympic Committee are extremely vigilant about this type of thing!! "A Clean Games" (no advertising at all) even the O2 arena will be referred to as the "Greenwich arena" with all of O2's signage covered over.
 
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Olympic fears over city opencast mine plans
by Adrian Pearson, Evening Chronicle, October 5th 2011


OLYMPIC chiefs have said they will have to look again at staging football matches in Newcastle in light of plans to build an opencast mine in the city centre.

The Chronicle revealed yesterday that Newcastle Council and Newcastle University had backed plans to mine £5m worth of coal on the site of the former Tyne brewery. This will clear the site, opposite St James’ Park, to make way for a new £20m science research building.

But the timing of the 30-week event is set to clash with next years Olympic football taking place on Newcastle United’s home turf – just 75 yards away from the mine site.

Plans to run the Olympic Torch past the site will also have to be reviewed as dust and noise threaten to ruin events which will be shown across the globe.

A spokeswoman for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) said: “LOCOG was made aware of these proposals, but has not had the opportunity to study them in detail. We will do so and will discuss further with Newcastle City Council.”

Evening Chronicle, Wednesday 5th October 2011 . .


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Olympic flame to zip-wire from Tyne Bridge in Newcastle
BBC Newcastle, Tyne Website, 7th November 2011


The torch will zip-wire from the bridge

The Olympic flame is to be carried on a zip-wire from the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle as part of its journey around the British Isles. The ride will be one of the most unusual methods of travel for the torch during the 70-day relay.

Other North East landmarks the flame will visit include Hadrian's Wall, the Angel of the North, St Mary's Lighthouse and the Penshaw Monument.

It will also go through Ashington, in Northumberland, twice in one day.

During its time in the North East it will be carried down the coast of Northumberland and around the Tyne and Wear areas before arriving on Teesside.

There will be three overnight stops in the area with evenings of celebrations on each night. These are in Alnwick on 14 June, Newcastle on 15 June and Durham on 16 June.

The North East leg of the journey will begin at Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland.


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Olympic flame to zip-wire from Tyne Bridge in Newcastle
BBC Newcastle, Tyne Website, 7th November 2011


The torch will zip-wire from the bridge

The Olympic flame is to be carried on a zip-wire from the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle as part of its journey around the British Isles. The ride will be one of the most unusual methods of travel for the torch during the 70-day relay.

Other North East landmarks the flame will visit include Hadrian's Wall, the Angel of the North, St Mary's Lighthouse and the Penshaw Monument.

It will also go through Ashington, in Northumberland, twice in one day.

During its time in the North East it will be carried down the coast of Northumberland and around the Tyne and Wear areas before arriving on Teesside.

There will be three overnight stops in the area with evenings of celebrations on each night. These are in Alnwick on 14 June, Newcastle on 15 June and Durham on 16 June.

The North East leg of the journey will begin at Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland.


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This News Release from the Newcastle City Council web site @ http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/news-story/tyne-bridge-takes-centre-stage-olympic-torch-relay

Tyne Bridge takes centre stage in Olympic Torch Relay
Published date:
Mon, 07/11/2011 - 09:35

The Tyne Bridge is set to play a spectacular starring role in the Olympic Torch Relay when the flame comes to NewcastleGateshead on its epic journey around the UK ahead of the London 2012 Games.

The Olympic Flame arrives in Newcastle on Friday June 15 as it travels through the region on its celebrated path around the country, taking in 1,000 villages, towns and cities.

It will pass through Newcastle city centre taking in many of the city’s historic building and world renowned landmarks, allowing every resident to witness its journey and take part in this historic event.

But the Tyne Bridge will take centre stage as the flame is transferred by zip-wire down on to the quayside – giving the torch relay the VIP treatment as it arrives on our doorstep.

Details of the specific street plan of the route will be announced next year once it is finalised.
The Torch will be carried across the UK by 8,000 inspirational Torchbearers and it is an aim that 95% population will be within a one hour journey time, of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.

Councillor Nick Forbes, Leader of Newcastle City Council, said: “This is a thrilling opportunity for the city to be a part of Olympic history and in so doing inspire a generation of young people.Newcastle will welcome the torch relay in their thousands and there could be no more poignant backdrop for the flame than the Tyne Bridge, which is an enduring symbol of our people and our region.”

Sebastian Coe, Chair of LOCOG said: ‘We are thrilled that Newcastle City Council has agreed to host the Olympic Flame on its journey right across the UK. The Olympic Flame will shine a light right across Newcastle, celebrating the culture and heritage of the area and showcasing the very best of Newcastle.

“We have no doubt that the welcome Newcastle will provide will demonstrate how the spirit of the Olympic Games is reaching out across the UK and excitement builds as the start of the 2012 Games draws closer.”

Newcastle has the added distinction of being one of 69 evening celebration stops as preparations for the Games step up a gear.
An evening celebration event will be staged in Newcastle to enthral and inspire the city’s residents as the greatest sporting show on earth comes to the region for the first time.

The event will feature shows and entertainment which will showcase the culture and heritage of the region whose sporting heroes have produced a treasure trove of Olympic memories.The venue for this celebration will be announced early next year.

The evening events will offer thousands of people the opportunity to come together and get involved in celebrations and share in the Olympic spirit. As part of the events LOCOG and the Presenting Partners, Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung, will stage exciting entertainment shows where a cauldron will be lit from the Olympic Flame, marking the end of the day’s proceedings.
The Olympic Flame will arrive in the UK from Greece on Friday 18 May 2012 and the 70 day Torch Relay will start at Land’s End, Cornwall on the morning of the 19 May 2012.

On leaving Land’s End, the Olympic Flame is expected to travel an estimated 8,000 miles across the UK, giving thousands of communities and individuals their moment to shine as the Olympic Flame comes to their doorstep.

The Olympic Flame will arrive at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July 2012 for the lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony, signifying the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The city will share a key role in hosting the Olympic football tournament, with St James Park staging nine matches on six days between 26 July and 4 August 2012, when the men’s quarter-final will be played.
 
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Not sure if it applies to the football stadia too...but Olympic venues are absolutely forbidden to have a corporate name, or sponsor branding attached, under IOC rules. Hence why the O2 will be called 'North Greenwich Arena' over the Games, as it is a venue. Perhaps football grounds will need to be called something else too?
 
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Not sure if it applies to the football stadia too...but Olympic venues are absolutely forbidden to have a corporate name, or sponsor branding attached, under IOC rules. Hence why the O2 will be called 'North Greenwich Arena' over the Games, as it is a venue. Perhaps football grounds will need to be called something else too?
Oh well that's OK, perhaps they will rename it St James' Park for the purposes of the Olympics then :bash:
 
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Olympic and City Council bosses rebuff
St James' Park name change

by Dan Warburton, The Journal, November 11th 2011


OLYMPIC and council bosses have issued a twin rebuff to Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley’s move to re-name St James’ Park as the Sports Direct Arena.

Mr Ashley’s decision to axe the 131-year-old name sparked outrage on Tyneside yesterday as fans criticised the club’s hierarchy for choosing commercialism over tradition, but now it has emerged that any prospective investors will not benefit from next year’s global coverage as Olympic organisers vie to stop sponsors hijacking the competition.

In addition, road signs will stay, pointing people to St James’ Park after Newcastle City Council refused to adopt the new name.

Newcastle’s 52,000-seater stadium is one of the venues to host fixtures in the Olympic football tournament next year as nine matches are played in July and early August including a men’s quarter-final.

But under rules aimed at stopping businesses that have not paid for sponsorship packages benefiting commercially from the event any sponsorship will be removed or covered.

A spokesman for the 2012 Olympics said: “Tickets have not been printed for games but in terms of sponsorship there will be no advertising or commercial branding.

“It will be called St James’ Park."


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Can I object?
I'm sure you can.

I'd be inclined to object too, for no reason other than I wish the Olympics would stay in Athens, every time. (The time for that has, of course passed, and I failed even at the appropriate time in my efforts in France to support the bid for the huge Olympian drain of money to fall on poor old Paris).

But despite all that, we'll have the OTR and all its corporate promotion to look forward to. Any funds left to assist local community activities that actually benefit their local communities?
 
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London 2012 Olympics artwork to be floated on River Tyne
by Sarah Scott, The Journal, February 7th 2012



A MUSICAL floating water-wheel and millhouse will arrive on the Tyne next month. The ambitious artwork ‘Flow’, which was commissioned to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games, will be installed next to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge from March 25 throughout the spring and summer.

The artwork, which was put together in Amble, Northumberland, is a tidemill and uses a huge waterwheel to draw energy from the River Tyne’s current to power the mechanical musical instruments on board.

‘Flow’, which has been three years in development, was one of 12 public art commissions funded by the UK Arts Councils for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad as part of Artists taking the lead. Commissions were selected from each of 12 areas of the UK to be part of a celebration of culture in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics.

The artwork is a collaboration between Owl Project, and art and music producer Ed Carter. ‘Flow’ opens to the public on Sunday, March 25, with family activities and workshops hosted by the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and onboard story-telling from Seven Stories.

In the evening ‘Flow’ will host jazz musicians Seb Rochford and Andy Sheppard, playing their own instruments and those built by the Owl Project on board.


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London 2012 Olympics artwork to be floated on River Tyne
by Sarah Scott, The Journal, February 7th 2012


A MUSICAL floating water-wheel and millhouse will arrive on the Tyne next month. The ambitious artwork ‘Flow’, which was commissioned to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games, will be installed next to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge from March 25 throughout the spring and summer.

The artwork, which was put together in Amble, Northumberland, is a tidemill and uses a huge waterwheel to draw energy from the River Tyne’s current to power the mechanical musical instruments on board.

‘Flow’, which has been three years in development, was one of 12 public art commissions funded by the UK Arts Councils for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad as part of Artists taking the lead. Commissions were selected from each of 12 areas of the UK to be part of a celebration of culture in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics.

The artwork is a collaboration between Owl Project, and art and music producer Ed Carter. ‘Flow’ opens to the public on Sunday, March 25, with family activities and workshops hosted by the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and onboard story-telling from Seven Stories.

In the evening ‘Flow’ will host jazz musicians Seb Rochford and Andy Sheppard, playing their own instruments and those built by the Owl Project on board.


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Link to original Planning Application : http://publicaccess.newcastle.gov.u...ils.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=LFZO33BSAP000

2011/0141/01/DET | Mooring of temporary watermill and wheel house artwork | East Quayside Pontoons Quayside Newcastle upon Tyne

Reference 2011/0141/01/DET
Alternative Reference PP-01357293
Application Received Wed 02 Feb 2011
Address East Quayside Pontoons Quayside Newcastle upon Tyne
Proposal Mooring of temporary watermill and wheel house artwork
Status Granted Conditionally
 
#18 ·
I'm sure you can.

I'd be inclined to object too, for no reason other than I wish the Olympics would stay in Athens, every time. (The time for that has, of course passed, and I failed even at the appropriate time in my efforts in France to support the bid for the huge Olympian drain of money to fall on poor old Paris).

But despite all that, we'll have the OTR and all its corporate promotion to look forward to. Any funds left to assist local community activities that actually benefit their local communities?
If you object to the planning application because you have an ideological objection to the whole concept of the games, you are not going to get very far.

You need to demonstrate what the negative impact on you or your community will be as a result of what is being proposed.
 
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London 2012 Olympics artwork to be floated on River Tyne
by Sarah Scott, The Journal, February 7th 2012



A MUSICAL floating water-wheel and millhouse will arrive on the Tyne next month. The ambitious artwork ‘Flow’, which was commissioned to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games, will be installed next to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge from March 25 throughout the spring and summer.

The artwork, which was put together in Amble, Northumberland, is a tidemill and uses a huge waterwheel to draw energy from the River Tyne’s current to power the mechanical musical instruments on board.

‘Flow’, which has been three years in development, was one of 12 public art commissions funded by the UK Arts Councils for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad as part of Artists taking the lead. Commissions were selected from each of 12 areas of the UK to be part of a celebration of culture in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics.

The artwork is a collaboration between Owl Project, and art and music producer Ed Carter. ‘Flow’ opens to the public on Sunday, March 25, with family activities and workshops hosted by the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and onboard story-telling from Seven Stories.

In the evening ‘Flow’ will host jazz musicians Seb Rochford and Andy Sheppard, playing their own instruments and those built by the Owl Project on board.


Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-...sic-to-our-ears-61634-30281412/#ixzz1lgdmgjeA
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Due to be towed into the Tyne on 27th February - next Monday but will be subject to the right sea conditions for the sail down from Amble.

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#20 · (Edited by Moderator)
London 2012 Olympics artwork to be floated on River Tyne
by Sarah Scott, The Journal, February 7th 2012



A MUSICAL floating water-wheel and millhouse will arrive on the Tyne next month. The ambitious artwork ‘Flow’, which was commissioned to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games, will be installed next to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge from March 25 throughout the spring and summer.

The artwork, which was put together in Amble, Northumberland, is a tidemill and uses a huge waterwheel to draw energy from the River Tyne’s current to power the mechanical musical instruments on board.

‘Flow’, which has been three years in development, was one of 12 public art commissions funded by the UK Arts Councils for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad as part of Artists taking the lead. Commissions were selected from each of 12 areas of the UK to be part of a celebration of culture in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics.

The artwork is a collaboration between Owl Project, and art and music producer Ed Carter. ‘Flow’ opens to the public on Sunday, March 25, with family activities and workshops hosted by the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and onboard story-telling from Seven Stories.

In the evening ‘Flow’ will host jazz musicians Seb Rochford and Andy Sheppard, playing their own instruments and those built by the Owl Project on board.


Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-...sic-to-our-ears-61634-30281412/#ixzz1lgdmgjeA
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Just arrived at the Tyne Piers and headed up to the Newcastle Quayside.

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Flow

Flow: As it passed Walker Riverside Park late on this afternoon.







Photos by monkchester.co.uk

Extract from http://www.flowmill.org/

~Flow is an artwork by Owl Project and Ed Carter

~Flow is a tidemill - a floating building on the River Tyne that generates its own power using a tidal water wheel. Step onboard and into the building, which houses electro acoustic musical machinery, and instruments that respond to the constantly changing environment of the river, generating sounds and data.

~Flow spans artforms, blending contemporary and traditional methods. Its wide appeal, combines sculpture, cutting edge technology, hand crafted wooden instruments, architecture, precision engineering and electronic music to create an astonishing audio-visual public artwork.

~Flow is free and open to all on the River Tyne from 25 March 2012.

Chris
 
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"Flow" - the continuing journey to berthing

Pictures taken by myself ( hosted on Photobucket) from south side of the river, the Millennium Bridge & Newcastle Quay, down from Pitcher & Piano Pub

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1701 after ceasing to pull and change to "side saddle" - done in vicinity former Spillers Mill



Passing the Kittiwake Tower



Almost opposite the Ouseburn





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#24 ·
Olympics Global Rainbow Artwork, lights up Whitley Bay
by Kim Carmichael, The Journal, March 1st 2012



A SPECTACULAR laser rainbow lit up the skies of Tyneside to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics. Bands of colour transformed the coastline last night as Global Rainbow, a £50,000 artwork created by American artist Yvette Mattern, was switched on for the first time.

Its launch on Leap Day – February 29 – marked the start of the Cultural Olympiad 2012 in the North East – a programme of special events to herald the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The seven coloured laser beams were projected down the coast from St Mary’s headland, Whitley Bay, from 6pm to midnight. The projection will be repeated every night until Sunday.

Alison Clark-Jenkins, regional director of the Arts Council England, said: “Global Rainbow is the perfect way to mark the start of this year’s cultural celebrations of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the North East of England.

“Not only is the project delivering art on a very large scale to many thousands of people, but it’s welcoming an international artist to the region, and is the culmination of a great deal of careful planning and creative programming. This is just a taste of what’s to come over the course of what is to be a groundbreaking year for culture in the North East.”


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Olympics Global Rainbow Artwork, lights up Whitley Bay
by Kim Carmichael, The Journal, March 1st 2012

A SPECTACULAR laser rainbow lit up the skies of Tyneside to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics. Bands of colour transformed the coastline last night as Global Rainbow, a £50,000 artwork created by American artist Yvette Mattern, was switched on for the first time.

Its launch on Leap Day – February 29 – marked the start of the Cultural Olympiad 2012 in the North East – a programme of special events to herald the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The seven coloured laser beams were projected down the coast from St Mary’s headland, Whitley Bay, from 6pm to midnight. The projection will be repeated every night until Sunday.

Alison Clark-Jenkins, regional director of the Arts Council England, said: “Global Rainbow is the perfect way to mark the start of this year’s cultural celebrations of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the North East of England.

“Not only is the project delivering art on a very large scale to many thousands of people, but it’s welcoming an international artist to the region, and is the culmination of a great deal of careful planning and creative programming. This is just a taste of what’s to come over the course of what is to be a groundbreaking year for culture in the North East.”
Well this certainly was a popular event with Whitley Bay being brought to a standstill as thousands flocked in their cars to see the 'art installation'. One thing that came as a surprise was the event was not stewarded, especially the area around St Mary's Island. Also no Police present to control the control the traffic.

Used my current camera for the first time on night time shots, bit of a learning curve! - more @ http://www.fototime.com/inv/9F271504FEA5F6B

















Some of my snaps taken of the 'art installation
 
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