Belvedere burnt out

This building, one of the few large 19th-century buildings left in the

city, caught fire a couple of days ago, and is almost certainly going

to be knocked down as a result.



It's not the oldest building; for instance, the blue building to the

left is about 70 years older. But it was well-loved. My wife went to

school in it forty-five years ago and, like her, a lot of its former

students have fond memories. We stopt there on the way home from

work this evening and I took this picture.