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simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:19 pm

OK, so this may be very easy for some on here, but where is this building and what is it famous for?

slw · Post by **slw** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:25 pm

Is it near the Adelphi ? Fairly new to this site and not sure what it is famous for but I am trying to find out, I've got my investigation hat on !!

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:26 pm

The Yanks love it. Apparently it resembles some building in New York.. Nicknamed the 'flat iron' or something like that!!

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 8:45 pm

When I said famous you really have to know your onions! Little clue, there is already a thread covering this!

Letty · Post by **Letty** » Tue 26 Jun, 2007 9:57 pm

is it the trianguar building over tother side of leeds bridge? near Tetleys? Bridge House?

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Wed 27 Jun, 2007 1:42 pm

Aye the building is next to the Adelphi, on Leeds bridge. However, what is it more famous for??

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Wed 27 Jun, 2007 1:45 pm

Isn't/wasn't it something to do with British waterways? A bit ironic if it flooded.Presumably it is from where Louis Le Princce filmed the first moving pictures

fluffysheep · Post by **fluffysheep** » Wed 27 Jun, 2007 1:47 pm

The building was built as a Temperance House in 1875 by John James Cousins, a Leeds banker. It closed as a hotel in 1900.

fluffysheep · Post by **fluffysheep** » Wed 27 Jun, 2007 1:53 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: Isn't/wasn't it something to do with British waterways? A bit ironic if it flooded.Presumably it is from where Louis Le Princce filmed the first moving pictures Just read this on Leodis - probably not a well known fact: Louis Le Prince's first film was on 14 October 1888. It is known as the "Roundhay Garden Scene" as it was shot in the garden of Oakwood Grange, Roundhay. It is the first movie on the reel of film, the second being the more famous Leeds Bridge scene.

FarnleyBloke · Post by **FarnleyBloke** » Wed 27 Jun, 2007 2:18 pm

tyke bhoy wrote: Isn't/wasn't it something to do with British waterways? A bit ironic if it flooded.Presumably it is from where Louis Le Princce filmed the first moving pictures No, Le Prince's Leeds Bridge film was filmed from the first bridge on the left as you head south over the bridge.