Look Up

On a recent trip into Reading I lifted my gaze from street level (and trying to dodge idiots!) and noticed just how wonderful some of the building in my home town really are. Here's a picture I took at the Broad Street Mall (St Mary's Butts) end of Broad Street.

There's another one of those nice stone balconies at the far corner, just out of sight. Now if only I could find out some of the history of this building...



UPDATE 10 April 2011. I've been advised by a reader, that this building was once the McIlroy Department Store, built at the turn of the twentieth century and closed in the 1950's. Apparently the McIlroys were once a prominent family in this great town. Read a little more here.