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Argyll Hotel

Argyll Hotel

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On the Esplanade in Oban, in the last of the spring evening light last year. By the time I passed back this way in January, it was gone.

www.obantimes.co.uk/2011/12/30/obans-argyll-hotel-is-demo...


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Taken by Joe D on 2011-06-03 20:06:38 with: NIKON D90 at 10 mm f/8.0 0.003 sec (1/400) ISO 500


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beechlights

2012-05-03 22:43:07

Stunning light.

J e n s

2012-05-04 01:58:41

A pity, looked really nice. Great remembrance shot, then!

fourpenny

2012-05-06 18:47:33

Lovely contrast between building and sky.

brewster74

2012-05-16 14:44:13

I've been in this hotel, I didn't think they would be allowed to demolish it. Nice light here. Bruce

howbeg

2012-05-18 01:54:07

Now its a big hole in the ground!

Joe Dunckley

2012-05-20 01:56:20

thanks y'all. It does indeed seem a pity it's gone. I've not spent much time in Oban, but, shabbiness aside, I think the building probably suited the location. It was listed, but...

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