2007-09-10
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This panorama was taken on Queen Street outside the offices of Rainbow Project . It opens with a very striking mural called "Stuff Stars are made of". It was painted by local artist Julius Guzy, as part of the Gasyard Féile 07, to mark Gay Pride Week 2007.
The Gasyard Féile 07 also included
, in which Free Derry corner was painted pink as a simple but striking contribution to Gay Pride week that provoked much discussion on Civil Rights and sexuality.
As the panorama rotates to the right we are looking along Queen Street towards Clarendon Street which is home to many of Derry's professional services. The offices of many architects, solicitors, doctors and dentists are to be found in this architectural conservation area.
On the opposite corner across the junction is an old church building that is now the offices of the union Unison. The cream coloured block, beyond the Unison offices, includes the premises of Derry Well Woman Centre.
On the opposite side of the street to the Well Woman Centre is the The Merchant's House, an award winning city centre guesthouse run by Joan and Peter Pyne.
As the rotation continues we look back along Queen Street past the City Factory building. Once part of Derry's garment industry, it is now used by the North West Regional College and provides a home in it's basement to The Void gallery.
At the end of Queen Street, at the Junction with Great James Street is another disused church. This fine old building used to house Great James Street Presbyterian Church who in 1982 moved their congregation to a new site in Kilfennan in the Waterside.
The white building - next to the empty church is the Foyle language Centre .
Then back along Queen Street and we are back with "What Stars are made of".
