Construction of the steel frame for the Tesco building started today, on a 12 week programme. I hope to follow its progress by taking an image from the corner of the car park behind the job centre every day for the next week, and then possibly every 3-4 days after that. I'll post them on Flickr.
Supermarkets are the cathedrals of the modern age, both physically and spiritually. 200 years ago you were expected to go to church every Sunday, and other days as well. You were impressed by the size of the building, the space, the people and what went on in them. You went there to worship. Now, supermarkets fulfil much the same objectives, and have almost themselves become places where we worship consumerism. "Helping you spend less every day" means "helping you spend more every day". This image is of the first day's steel erection. The similarities to Stonehenge are striking in a number of ways. Is it a coincidence, then, that construction started on the Summer solstice?