Recent photos of arena

The view from the side of the skate park, looking out onto the river Thames.
The view of the ceiling within the skate park.
The dirty floor of the park
In contrast with the tree lined avenue of the river.
A closer view of the ceiling
Each photo depicts different elements of the surrounding area and there is a real juxtaposition between the grey concrete dirty floor and the beautiful green walkway next to the river. I find the ceiling really interesting with patterns of specific symbols. Who has dome this? Must have taken patience, time and commitment to see this through.

The graffiti and the skate park

Chosing a skate park that is also a well known graffiti area has two purposes and two areas of interest for mainly young people. There are very few places in central London for young people to hang out and the thing that seems a real shame in this area that it is trawled through by many tourists on a daily basis. They ignore the white line that is put in place to protect them getting skated into and instead stand where they like taking photos of the graffeti, skaters and bike riders. They appear to be a nuisance as the riders and skaters try to avoid them. The young people are very tolerant of this problem and seem to accept it as part of being on the Southbank. For 7 years the National Theatre has been trying to buy the space where this park is and the people who skate here are very worried that one day soon it will no longer be a skate park. Lets hope for their sake that the park remains, this is as much a apart of young cultural life as the Queen Elizabeth hall or the National theatre.