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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Old Park Station

I seem to be getting out to sketch quite a lot lately! On Thursday evening I went to the Old Park Station for The Night of a 1000 Drawings - a charity event where the public, artists and novices, are asked to donate A5 drawings to be sold for R100 each on this one night. I only heard about it the day before, so didn't draw for it, but will certainly be doing so next year.
I was knocked out by the absolutely beautiful old building it was held in - soaring arches (I think in my sketch I could have added another inch or so of pillar between the top and the bottom halves), intricate facebrick, amazing woodwork and marble, mosaic tiles - I took this photo -> with my cellphone in one of the side rooms - all gob-smacking when I had no idea such a place existed in this city I've been living in for 30 years. I only knew of 'new' Park Station next door that is a vast concourse and the main train terminus for Joburg. The parquet floors are in a sad state and the building seems disused apart from the odd event like this one. I hope somebody has plans to preserve and restore it, I can't find any reference to that on the net...
I found these photos though by Rasty Knayles of 50 year old posters and graffiti he found in some deserted passages down in the depths of Park Station.

1 comments:

gabi campanario said...

that looks like a fantastic event. great post Cathy! love the drawing, lots of depth and atmosphere

 
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