There Is No Such Place

There is no such place as Crystal Palace.
“But the buses go there, they have it written on the front.”
There is no such place as Crystal Palace.
“But there is a football club.”
There is no such place as Crystal Palace.
It is a mnemonic memory from the past,
it is from a time, that is not now,
it is a place, that is not now,
it is a space, that is not now
where the arrow of time has stolen it.

Pastoral Landscape

Sphinx in Early Morning Light

Morning Sunlight on Terraces

Racing Shadows

Cloak of Snow

Upper Terraces on a Snowy Morning

Skyline Silhouette

View to the North Downs

Sunrise to the East

Spring Equinox

May Blossom

Goat Willow and Upper Terraces in Spring

Dramatic Silhouette

Sunset in Spring

Storm Clouds Gathering

The digital photographs show what is contemporary, what is happening to the local community and its environs and submit a personal opinion of its natural beauty, its solitude. This I like to share with others and promote to a wider audience in an endeavour to help secure for the future its entirety as a park in perpetuity through a wider awareness.
Today the development has been halted and recently its Metropolitan Open Land status is to be reinstated by Bromley Council. However there is no room for complacency and voluntary work continues by the community to bring the site back into recreational use for the public.

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