A Monday Wander Around London

Makes you kind of wonder what it was before it was a railway station.

 

Thanks to @longk for the lovely photos of, and @shiney for the info on St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel. What a gorgeous building! Architecture is another area I'd like to research and study more, but never seem to find the time to. I'm 43 and there's simply not enough time to practically study all the history that interests me! Here in Notts we have the work of architect Watson Fothergill to enjoy scattered around the region, I still can't believe the beautiful Black Boy Hotel was replaced with bloody Primark!

Nick



watson fothergill buildings nottingham - Recherche Google

 

There are some old building that need protecting and should be restored.
That is definitely one of them.

 

I suspect that the loss of life in constructing it may have been considerably higher than we are used to today though!

They've been there at least a couple of years now. The beds were recently cleared, dug over and a top dressing added. Thousands of tulip bulbs are planted there now.

The competition for the design of it was announced after work on the station had started so it was all a little lastminute.com!

 

Back to Mondays wander and from St.Pancras I headed down Grays Inn Road to High Holborn. Staple Inn..........


Then on to St.Pauls..........




I then crossed the Thames via the Millenium Bridge...............








The last two shots from Monday are of the old Blackfriars rail bridge..............

 

Great pictures @longk , love seeing these fantastic old buildings

 

I kinda appreciate where you're coming from but as someone who has no nostalgia (read history) for London in that time I do like the way that the old merges with the new sometimes.

Myn other two favourite buildings (so far) are the Trellick Tower and the thamesside elevation of Charing cross Station.

 

Mixed feelings regarding the old and new. I have so many fond memories of years back as both parents were Londoners so as all the extended family lived there we spent a lot of time there. My last remaining relative ( Dad's brother) who still lived there sadly passed away earlier this year. Old but very happy memories remain.

Now we are building new ones, just like the new skylines being built. All 3 sons have made it there home now for the last 10 years. I have enjoyed seeing the new London emerge, the contemporary buildings are like a breathe of fresh air.

 

Further to a comment I posted on another thread here is a photo that I took yesterday of a Cobaea in bloom in Notting Hill............
Cobaea noid by longk48, on Flickr

It was as much as I could do to get them to bloom in the summer in the Cotswolds!!!