A local building is powered by an eight-foot high plug...

approximate height of a person

So from the comments I'm getting, people don't quite get the perspective here. This is a picture of a building! The plug socket and plug on the wall is approximately fifteen feet off the ground (maybe higher). The plug socket is - what - ten feet tall? Maybe more? It's awesome.

It's just off Carnaby Street in London, if you're interested. In fashionable Soho.

You can see another picture of it (only with real human beings in for perspective) here.

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scottpartee says:

the persepctive makes that freaky looking device seem HUGE. It's just big, that's all I'm saying...
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Coates says:

Yeah, you know the thing is that it is actually *really* big. We were talking about this when I took the photo - that people would just think it was a picture of a weird piece of equipment from a strange angle. Let me clarify - the plug itself is about six to eight feet tall. The plug socket is probably ten feet tall. It's about fifteen feet off the ground and the freaky looking device you're looking at is a building :oD
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

antimega says:

I used to work in an office above the Shaston Arms. My desk looked straight onto that building. The plug arrived as part of the Christmas decorations about 3 years ago, and kept on being granted extended planning permission. I couldn't stand staring at it all day every day - I had to change desk.
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

antimega says:

Oh, and remembering the artist's statement, it's a plug because the building used to be an electricity substation. Jeez.
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

pastrypaul says:

Imagine how big the appliance is at the other end of the plug!!!!

HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

Robert Brook says:

That thing's still there?
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

Drift Words says:

I like it (even though its got lame tendencies and I don't have to look at it for 8 hours like ChrisDodo). Seeing it with people in the frame tells the story.
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Coates says:

Thanks! That's incredibly helpful. I'll amend the description to put that link into it too.
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

dehgenog says:

pretty cool
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

Vic says:

Most importantly, it's next to Masala Zone for curry action.
Posted 62 months ago. ( permalink )

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