The Mercury Building - Launceston

I captured this photograph of this small modernist gem in Launceston, Paterson street.  This image forms part of my documenting 20th Century Modernism, but also forms part of my ongoing project "Abandoned Launceston - Death of a City" - this project can be seen on my website here http://www.tryanphotos.com/Projects/All/Art/n-XXM7sd

I love how it's nestled in between 3 Victorian buildings and of course the wonderful banding of light reflections on the road.

This is what I love in general about streetscapes, when they provide different periods and styles of design - it provides a rich visual story of the different periods of history. In this scene the architecture is some 100 years apart but they couldn't express their aspirations more different.  I often think about how common it is now for people who live in and visit Launceston to think of the Victorian period as "the" Launceston but before the late 1800s Launceston looked totally different in terms of architecture being a largely Georgian streetscape.