Have to agree with El Greco, there is someting brutally beautiful about the Barbican.

I agree too.

My only real criticism is that they're a bit too close to St Paul's from some angles.

I'd prefer if they were located a bit further away from it.

The Barbican is hideous in photos!! Only in person can you actually appreciate the buildings in my opinion. And i think there is a certain adoration for them,

The Barbican is hideous in photos!! Only in person can you actually appreciate the buildings in my opinion. And i think there is a certain adoration for them,

Looks like I'm going to have to visit the building in person to appreciate them.

http://www.willfox.com/images/upc/14.jpg


Me and 2 other forumers were last night discussing the UPC, and all 3 of us agree that this was the best photo you have ever taken.

The Barbican is hideous in photos!! Only in person can you actually appreciate the buildings in my opinion. And i think there is a certain adoration for them,

I tend to agree. On the skyline I hate them, seen them from various spots and in many photos and they just look brutal. However in person and close up there's something I really like about them, particularly at night.

Some pictures from my balcony, sadly neither me nor my camera are talented enough to produce pictures worthy of the view :(

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/pfbf89d0b913e676e57d2c6ddac9904cb/f0a6b0c5.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p7ce2ee9e1865cd997d22c8feb8231018/f0a6afbc.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/pd9398cb65907001871f26e3ec09ea533/f0a6aee5.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p0fa01c55e71c2daeae36053d96f9b81d/f0a6ae2c.jpg

I'm with El Greco on the Barbican. It's a brutal building but there's a delicate beauty to it as well.

Hehe cheers,guys :cheers:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/ThingsThatMatter.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/LesMiserables.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/LookLeft.jpg

I tend to agree. On the skyline I hate them, seen them from various spots and in many photos and they just look brutal. However in person and close up there's something I really like about them, particularly at night.

Hmmm i tend to only see them at night also.. maybe they look better at night because the night view loses all the concrete staining and the form of the tower is allowed to come through... they look very stone like and quite interesting at night. As much as i would love to have them reclad or demolished for the skylines sake.... there is definitely value in preserving them.

More Barbican then :

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/barbican2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/barbican.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/bican_to_gherkin.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/Downie15.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/me.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/tower.jpg

Discuss :cool:

See... i think the lines and the details of the buildings are great, much more interesting them some bland hulks, but it's the concrete material and the staining that totally distracts from the sharp horizontal and vertical lines....

i agree, imagine if they were clad in bronze !!! or stainless steel !!!!!!!!

Yep I agree with that the lines and shape is very interesting and I like it. Perhaps a reclad in something a little more suited wouldn't go a miss.

These towers (and Guys) look better than NYC boxes I think.They're not just commies theyre something more,Monuments maybe.

Guys tower is not a monument. It needs to come down.

Maybe if they were clad in solar panels...

Check this out


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/city/pool_city.jpg

The world's most powerful financial district :cheers:

Which tower is meant to have that view again?

^London Bridge Tower.

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6433/poolcity2ug.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/AlexandraPalace2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/AlexandraPalace.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/Clouds.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/Railway.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/House.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/LondonEyeAndSkyline.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/YetAnotherSkylineShot.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/Stairs.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/HillCouple.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/HighStreet.jpg

where is that last pic taken from? very cosy

^ Back Lane in Hampstead.:)

i flippin love hampstead !!! Those pics make me think god damn im glad im british...and i dont think that too often these days !

Some old photos

Fair On Hampstead Heath
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/faironhampsteadheath.jpg

Flask Walk
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/flask_large.jpg

Hampstead High Street
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/PPHamHighSt.jpg

The Spaniards
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/PPSpaniards.jpg

^ Classics. Nice work!

Those distant skyline shots are fantastic.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1463/dsc029583ta.jpg

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8583/dsc031488ek.jpg

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/4488/dsc0325015ja.jpg

http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/5937/dsc030871qd.jpg

Super pics, quite unusual and very urban.

@El Greco
Where is this photo taken from ?

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/LondonEyeAndSkyline.jpg
Is that Brockley park ?

^Nah.Its The Point in South East London - little park on hill,not far from Greenwich (Point Hill SE10)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/mappie.jpg
:)

SE9 and El Greco, your photos are glorious. I dont think I could describe them any other way. SE9 you capture the light in a breathtaking way.

Id love to be taught how you do it. Im a studio photographer, I shoot females ( mostly fetish and nude ) but what you do is brilliant.

^ Thanks mate.At the moment Im just shooting Londons skyline from different vantage points nothing artisty for now :)
Btw Zenith check this out : www.photo.net maybe youll find something interesting there.:)

Im a studio photographer, I shoot females ( mostly fetish and nude ) but what you do is brilliant.

:D

Im a studio photographer, I shoot females ( mostly fetish and nude ) but what you do is brilliant.

I'm sure we'd all be grateful if you posted some of your pics in this thread. ;)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/H0042.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/H0358.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/H0525.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/H1058.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/H1924.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/H4298.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/H4491.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/H5851.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/H6656.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/PW3143.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Tower_bridge_works_1892.jpg

^ Wow amazing!Do you have more?

@El Greco
Thanks for the vantage point! I'll try it next time I'm in London.

Nobody has tried tower blocks in west London. the views are nice with Westminster/City/Southbank/CW in one shot!
Generally speaking the views from W and SW London are not very much captured.

Like this sort of pics I took a while ago (sorry for the poor quality)
From Stockwell (1998)
From Wandsworth (2003)
From Battersea towards Imperial Wharf and West London (2002)
Or from Beckton Alps (2003) in the early morning with the sun setting behind you (not like mine)

http://www.willfox.com/images/skylines/london/2.jpg

Cool pic! I remember it. I was more thinking of vantage points further to the west that give the real shape of London (more grit), not the strike a pause one. Like the few tower blocks in Shepherds bush triangle or even Acton (before they go down).

@Manuel,cant see your pictures :cry:

Sorry, I cant post them as they are on another hard disk and only uploaded on this shity photo host.

Basically, there are two very good vantage points in SW London. One is in the tower blocks between Clapham junction and Wandsworth town centre (I pretended to be a journalist and a young couple let me in :D) and the other one, more risky, is one of these council blocks in Stockwell, next to the LT bus garage (you can go to the roof easily but the area is very run down...).

The view must be terrific from the tower blocks in Woolwich town centre or those...next time I'll try them!

^ I must go there!Few more good vantage points : Shooters Hill (SE London),Alexandra Palace (NE London),Forest Hill (SE London) and ofcourse Suicide Bridge in Archway (N London).
And I would like to see those pictures you posted,so when you have time please re-upload them :)

Forest Hill (SE London)

http://www.willfox.com/images/london/3/15.jpg


http://www.willfox.com/images/london/3/16.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Forest_hill_2.jpg




;)

Nice pictures Wj :cheers:

guess where i took these from :);)

I'm SOOOOOOO pissed off at the weather though

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9913/dsc003152mk.jpg

http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/1931/dsc00320a7sa.jpg

http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/9400/dsc003222lq.jpg

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3966/dsc003219gp.jpg

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4431/dsc003192az.jpg

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/7910/dsc003183ys.jpg

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8251/dsc003176ik.jpg

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6841/dsc003169vc.jpg

@El Greco
I've only managed to get my hand on these two from Beckton Alps, taken in 2003
http://tinypic.com/kbdnb5.jpg
http://tinypic.com/kbdufa.jpg

@NBTD : Centre Point! :)
@Manuel : Thanks,great pictures and views I must go there one day heh :cheers:

http://static.flickr.com/39/75306784_6357712aeb_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/36/75306456_9c77088dd3_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/39/75306430_7373d8b0df_b.jpg

Holy sh*t.

I echo WJ's comment!

I've been past Wembley on the train recently and if you go past at the right time the sun sets in between the arch and the stadium and it looks pretty spectacular to say the least.

lol.

I also echo WJ's comment.


Holy feck balls.

Who took such great images?

Those images are stunning. Can't wait for the stadium to be finshed as i'll be there in a flash for a guided tour should they offer them as they do with most sports stadiums around the world.

Multiplex started out here in Perth, Western Australia and built something like 90% of the buildings you currently see gracing our fair skyline. Shame that they've had nothing but trouble with Wembley but who said entering a huge market like the UK was going to be easy....

Behold.... the whale on its way...

BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/uk_thames_whale/img/9.jpg

^ Poor thing :cry: :cry:

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9831/blackfriarsbridge6hi.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2674/goingunderground4ce.jpg

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3189/norfolksquare3zc.jpg

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3674/london32go.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/4825/london13sh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

A forumer took these 2...can't remember who.


I have more which i'll post another time.

These taken the other day.......

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9072/dsc021254xw.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9044/dsc021287jy.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2294/dsc021406qu.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/102/dsc021444lq.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4552/dsc021457yt.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/1113/dsc021525zp.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2711/dsc021603kv.jpg

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/8441/dsc021610fu.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5008/dsc021673xi.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3241/dsc021753xo.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8412/dsc021923yv.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3395/image21bw1.jpg

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3189/norfolksquare3zc.jpg

Where was this taken?

^ Norfolk Square (Paddington)

Oh my word. Stunning, just Stunning. Every single pic in here :)

http://i1.tinypic.com/mmdg9f.jpg

I found a rather interesting pic of London (i guess in the 70s or the 80s), it´s no wonder London have got the reputation of being a n ugly city:)

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3251/114823xt.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=114823xt.jpg)

The area around tower bridge looks terrible! If sone one has got a pic of the same area of London 2006 it would be very interesting to compare them...

Ahh you again with your negative comments...go away or something.

I found a rather interesting pic of London (i guess in the 70s or the 80s), it´s no wonder London have got the reputation of being a n ugly city:)

...

The area around tower bridge looks terrible! If sone one has got a pic of the same area of London 2006 it would be very interesting to compare them...
What IS your problem?

Literally every single comment you make on here is negative and trying to put London down in some way. I don't mind London getting the occasional bit of criticism or slagging off, but with you it's just this non-stop, incessant, never-ending mission to show how shit you think the city is.

Please, stop it.

I am actually, seriously beginning to think you should be brigged or something. Grrr...

You fuckers! What have i done now?? If a brit would have said this you only would have said: "That´s an interesting picture, what great improvements we have done in 30 years!" But no, instead you suggest i should be brigged, it´s you guys whao have got the problems.
If someone would post a pic of my city from 1970 and say : "Thank god Helsinki doesn´t look like that any more, what a nice city it´s now", i wouldn´t start to cry infront of my keyboard and hope the guy gets brigged. What do YOU have against me??When i critisize London all i get is shit and no one even try to make a sensible statement as " hey , i see you point". On the other hand when i say something positive about London (such as swiss re is the most beatiful scraper in Europe, LBT is the best approved tower i´ve seen, i think CW is much higher quality than LD, what a nice street, the London proposals are fantastic etc...) you ignore me.
No city is perfect and that incldes London, try to face it. I have critisized other cities as well and NEVER have people responded this way, i fear it´s you guys who actually hate you own city and when i point something out, you get some kind of mental breakdown or something...calm down, please.

I wouldn't say London has a reputation for being an ugly city. A disorganised city maybe, but that is part of its charm. Beauty is more than skin deep! And a discoloured blurry photo from the 80's isn't going to make any city look great is it?

However, i think you're entitled to your opinion. If you have never been to London i'd strongly recomend you visit. You'll change your mind.

"However, i think you're entitled to your opinion. If you have never been to London i'd strongly recomend you visit. You'll change your mind."

As i had say before i´m going to visit London, and i defenetly don´t hate the city, quite the opposit. You´re probobly right about the disorganised thing, i don´t personally think London is ugly but many other do think so, despite the fact that London has got some of the world´s most famous landmarks and architectural masterpieaces.

I dont see any problem with Suomipoika's comments........he said it with a smilie face.

And lets be realistic ppl.....the area around tower bridge (the thistle hotel) is goddamn ugly, and it still looks pretty much the same in 2006. The area behind the thistle, st catherens dock is beautiful though.

He is entitled to his opinion, :)

Suomipoika shut the fuck up okay?Youve never ever said anything positive about London.All we hear from you is :"it´s no wonder London have got the reputation of being a n ugly city","St Pauls is dirty","Thames is dirty","Streets in London are narrow","London has no trees" etc etc.Do you see anything positive here?And what so ugly about that picture?Maybe only quality nothing more.
You shouldnt be brigged you should be banned.Bang bang troll is down.

I read think the reactions to SuomiPoika's photo and comment were a little harsh! Now i dont follow the things this person normally says, but i read the comment independantly and the message was clearly "look how much better london is now than the 60's and 70's" ... i think we all agree with this sentiment.

No the message was "Look London is an ugly city".He says this shit all the fucking time.

London rocks, fuck what he says

oh by the way have you seen my Random Manchester pics?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=310985

^^ some great pics there

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2465/reflection25tf.jpg

^ Wow, you should enter that in the UPC.

It wasn´t like: "Hey now i´m going to piss those god damn british off, and show them a really bad pic of London and laugh at their ugly city! HAHAH!" I actually thought you would show some interest, but i was an idiot to think that, why would you show any interest at all. I like this city much and can´t wate to visit it (i will wate until the limey is completed though :)). I have never said anything bad about Paris ever, but nothing positive either, it´s beatiful city and looks pretty much the same as it did 100 years ago.
London is interesting because there´s so much going on there, and a coment that showes how much a particular area has improved is an compliment. If London would not have improves since the 70s despite that you´re building new shiny towers and low-rises would ne a disaster, so in fact it was an compliment.
And el_greco, you know i have said VERY positive things about London, but as i said, you obviously ignored me. As far as i remember i haven´t said the themes is dirty, yes i commented on the buildings in a certain area around the thames, an area i have heard several brits complain about, why don´t bann them instead? I didn´t mean to offend anyone, i´m very sorry if i have...

yes certain buildings fronting the river are an absolute travesty !! London is my favourite city in the world ! However I wont hide its shortcomings as they make me fume !!!!!

Pic of Argyll Street, taken yesterday. :)


http://www.willfox.com/images/london/4/1.jpg

I love that street, London feels so villagey there yet one minute you're in world famous Liberty's, then Regents street, past argubly one of the world's best known theatres and then slap bang on Oxford street! all within like 100 yards :)

Thanks WJFox for the pic of Argyl Street, and right at the corner with Liberty's is the former National Radiator Building / Ideal House (1929) designed in art deco style by US architect Raymond Hood of Chicago Tribune Tower and Rockerfeller Ctr fame.

While looking for pictures of Lots road, i can accross this site:
http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/worlds-end.asp

Worlds end estate looks like a got vantage point for nice panoramic views of Central London.

How many landmarks can you name in this photo? :)


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/cityoflondon.jpg

wow a fantastic photo, but it does make me despair about aspects of London im infuriated with ! Nevermind...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Curlingbridge.jpg

I came accross this bridge in paddington basin.

The worlds only 'curling' Bridge.


I have no idea of the reason behind why it is designed to curl the way it does....it just, does.

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/cityoflondon.jpg

Wow this photo is fantasitc - I could look at it for hours! Imagine when they begin some of the reclads like the stock exhange! :happy:

It's my new desktop background at work. :)

lol.

I looked at that pic earlier and thought 'I bet Will has that as his backdrop'

Few pictures I found :

Tower Bridge
http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/5152/dsc3083f6la.jpg

Kingsway
http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/6461/kingsway2dx.jpg

Skyline from Hampstead Heath
http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/5093/london62me.jpg

I thought i posted this pic of CW, it´s the best pic of the cluster i´ve ever seen. It was originally posted by se9 in the citytalk and urban issues forum, thanks to him (i hope you don´t mind).

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/917/39010138ec4266df85b4dc.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=39010138ec4266df85b4dc.jpg)

Nice, but a bit small. Can you post a larger version??

http://img81.exs.cx/img81/248/dscn57004ay.jpg

^ Where was it taken from?

Not sure - it isn't my pic.

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/lloyds/8.jpg

lloyds, such a creative and dynamic building... cant see something like that being built again any time soon....

Yep, its a fantastic building with great night lighting... iconic.

I thought i posted this pic of CW, it´s the best pic of the cluster i´ve ever seen. It was originally posted by se9 in the citytalk and urban issues forum, thanks to him (i hope you don´t mind).


That's ok, its not my photo, so I don't mind. Here's a larger version:

http://static.flickr.com/24/39010138_ec4266df85_b.jpg

nice skyline shot, but i do think there are many more better ones... these are a few that i pulled out quickly that i think showcase the wharf better.... what do you think? I am just not so keen on that angle.

http://www.henleydragons.com/vsite/vimagesite/images/jpg/0,11410,997-0-39452-0-custom96370,00.jpg

http://www.edt.it/comunita/fotografie/dynamic/album/42cd4c534274b3.34088970.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Carlanglim/london/58a60f69.jpg

http://www.classic-england.co.uk/Canary%20Wharf1%20.jpg

I personally like the skyline viewed from a Deptford angle (slightly southwest).
It fills in the missing 'gaps' nicely.

http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/6026/dsc030275pa.jpg

not mine unfortunately:

http://static.flickr.com/39/74235814_84408dab2c_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/32/54925711_6be68e5f60_b.jpg

Amasing shots! I like the one i posted much because i love it when all the scrapers are blue and the fountain in the foreground is also nice.

WOW. great pics, especially the last 2. Simply some of the best london shots i've ever seen. The sunset over the thames now graces my desktop background :)

I'll see if I can dig out some old photos sometime...

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/1878/things9vu.jpg

This is a brilliant photo from el greco, not only does the cluster look stunning but you can also tell how the residentials like ontario and the one next to it will brilliantly frame this view.

SE9 two fantastic pics!

In the first of Munch's cw pics in post #349 the skyline looks too flat. Although the third one adds some nice depth and I always like the CW skyline at night.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Bpalacejack.700px.jpg

Senate House

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Senatehouse.jpg




Paddington Station

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Paddington_Station.jpg




Chinatown

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Chinatown.london.700px.jpg




Statue of King Charles II, at the Royal Hospital Chelsea

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Rhc-charles2.jpg




Park Crescent

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/Park_Crescent_at_London_%28B%26W%29.jpg/800px-Park_Crescent_at_London_%28B%26W%29.jpg




The Tower of London - over 900 years of history:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Toweroflondon.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Tower_of_london_from_swissre.jpg

I love Park Crescent

Traitor's Gate

http://www.azschmidts.net/images/Traitors%20Gate.jpg

^ A great part of history, althogh im sure Anne Boleyn wouldn't agree.

Here's four contrasts:

1999

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/photos/9/8/0/0223089.jpg

2001

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/photos/1/6/7/0197761.jpg

2003

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/photos/1/2/5/0347521.jpg

2005

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/photos/4/5/0/0843054.jpg

Someone waited 90 minutes to get this shot:

http://static.flickr.com/7/8753669_fb27969bed_o.jpg

^ A great part of history, althogh im sure Anne Boleyn wouldn't agree.
:laugh:

Wonderful pics SE9.

Taken in 1987 I believe. From North Quay, if you couldn't work it out.

http://static.flickr.com/25/50343755_44fa162031_o.jpg

Now check this out.

1987
http://static.flickr.com/26/51372255_df876d0113_o.jpg

2005
http://static.flickr.com/18/70649133_5ad4d44372.jpg

^ wow, unbelievable. :runaway:

I just went on flickr to find some more old Docklands photo's and came across this same one.

http://static.flickr.com/28/93555047_b7769c8d65_b.jpg

^nice one

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/StPaulsClockTower.jpg

^ heh, that's one of my pics

^ Wow! Well done! It's a great pic. I'm just posting it from Wikipedia. :okay:

Thanks. :)

http://willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/lloyds/interior/1.jpg


http://willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/lloyds/interior/2.jpg


http://willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/lloyds/5.jpg


http://willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/lloyds/8.jpg

^^^ my favourite building in London. Superb

^^^ my favourite building in London. Superb

Oh really?

Well, it would be nice if you voted for it here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=314325

Only 5 votes so far... how disappointing :no:

^^ 6 now ;)

^^ 6 now ;)

Cheers mate :okay: :cheers:

Oh really?

Well, it would be nice if you voted for it here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=314325

Only 5 votes so far... how disappointing :no:

Damn im too late...it's closed :(

LBT made it to the final of this week's (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=319284) contest though - go and vote!! :)

^ Done :cheers:

^ Done aswell :)

http://i1.tinypic.com/o7jd60.jpg

http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/trafalgarsquare.jpg

http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/thamesbarrier.jpg

cocked up my zoom on my digital cam so it came out all blocky

http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/milleniumbridge.jpg

http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/stpauls.jpg


http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/thames_swissre.jpg

http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/thecity.jpg
messed up zoom again


http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/farenchurch.jpg
sort of sums up the sober, dominating place The City can be


http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/churchruins.jpg
an interesting oasis in the heart of The City

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/3369/london07rhizomes4lj.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4223/crw1675small1gg.jpg

http://img274.imageshack.us/img274/3103/silence8wy.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8223/hampsteadlane6aa.jpg

http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/1923/idontwannastop1sn.jpg

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8347/hampsteadheath7oo.jpg

http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/1097/hiddenlondon6ev.jpg

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2210/anotherway3tv.jpg

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/2596/pabbnofiltered5nt.jpg

Great pictures everyone :cheers:

http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/stpauls.jpg

please tell me they are going to demolish this :puke:

who the hell allowed them to be built in the first place. When are we gonna see crap like this banished from the river ?

lol i love the sprinkling of people huddled in the right corner

Here are a few pics taken back in 2003.

WEST LDN
http://i1.tinypic.com/oa2p6t.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/oa2pab.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/oa3a7r.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/oa3ad2.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/oa3al1.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/oa3afs.jpg

Nice pics Manuel :cheers:

http://i1.tinypic.com/oa7ym9.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/oa7sq9.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/oa7yox.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/oa7z8x.jpg

wow, some great pics

Never seen that building before, the one near the ESB (with the pointy roof)

http://xs69.xs.to/pics/06082/stpauls.jpg

*shivers*

Leadenhall Street, 1837

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Leadenhall_Street_J_Hopkins.jpg



East India House in Leadenhall Street, the headquarters of the British East India Company c.1828 (now demolished).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/East_India_House_by_Thomas_Shepherd_c.1828..jpg



Dick Whittington's entry in the Dictionary of National Biography refers to Leadenhall Street:

"stole away from Leadenhall Street early in the morning of All Hallows Day, and left the City behind him, but as he rested at Highgate he heard Bow bells ring out a merry peal, which seemed to say...Turn again, Whittington, Lord Mayor of London."

http://i1.tinypic.com/ogwfir.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/ogwg14.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/ogwfty.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/ogwheq.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/ogwhkw.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/ogwhno.jpg
http://i1.tinypic.com/ogwhv9.jpg

What are they building in that last pic?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Big_Ben_Feb_2006.jpg

fuck me, thats stunning.

Poor quality,sorry.
Imagine if London looked like this :eek:

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9460/londonfirstpainting20copy1vs.jpg

By Atkinson Grimshaw :

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1879/grimshaw0wt.jpg

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4147/londonbridgehalftide6bv.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6614/hampstead3rq.jpg

The Z-Tower looking quite reasonable now:
http://i1.tinypic.com/oivj1x.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/42/104360304_52968db1d9_o.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/okq2rn.jpg

took this a few weeks ago
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/dump/pano1a.jpg

What are they constructing there? (left of st pauls)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Big_Ben_Feb_2006.jpgLubly jubly!! :okay:

http://www.forgottenfutures.com/library/newyork/ny_01.gif

^ Hmm.... much as I love New York, I still prefer London. :)

Suomi, i think they are simply refurbishing quite a old and very attractive building near Blackfriars bridge. Can't think of the name though.

^ Unilever House I think it's called, and quite a delight it is

Bishopsgate

http://i2.tinypic.com/otg000.jpg

The Docklands, 1802


http://www.georgianindex.net/London/docks/westindiad.jpg

When was that bishopsgate pic taken? It looks...hmm...very 80s don´t you think?

It looks...hmm...very 80s don´t you think?
Not really - there's a modern London bus in the foreground, i.e. not a routemaster :D

I took that last year with my old camera (non-digital).

The same view with my Canon Powershot:


http://www.willfox.com/images/london/1/16.jpg


http://www.willfox.com/images/london/1/18.jpg

That second pic is better, but i´m sorry to say that streets is in horrible condition and there are some awful buildings there also. With those buildings replaced with scrapers/new buildings and some more greenenry the area should look nice :)

The right side of the streets looks very nice with that small church and those skyscrapers. Btw. isn´t heron tower going to be in this area?

I wouldn't say the street looks in "horrible condition". I can think of far worse areas. And anyway, there's so much energy and atmosphere around Bishopsgate, it's the financial heart of London and you get a real buzz from walking around there. Plus there are some great pubs, bars and shops. Personally I love it.

I agree with WJfox, the area (in my opinion) is vibrant and has a stunning fusion of architecture. It's a bright part of the city, moving in to spitalfields (hopefully not invading it too much).

It's one of my favourite parts, but being there inperson and takingin the scales yourself is important in my opinion.

I love liverpool street station also!

I just downloaded Hustle season 1&2 (brilliant show btw) and in episode 1 the following building was shown, and i wonder what building is it? The view is fantastic! ( i think i spotted CW in the background), can anyone help me, please? i hope these screenshots are clear enough.

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4557/vlcsnap1725287ds.png (http://img104.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vlcsnap1725287ds.png)

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/2676/vlcsnap1731152db.png (http://img461.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vlcsnap1731152db.png)

Judging by the curved shape and the roof, I'd say it's the Empress State Building over near Earl's Court.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/lost_wonders.htm

Euston Arch

The Victorians believed railtravel should be a spectacle. One only has to see the wonderful St Pancras Station with its adjoining Victorian Gothic hotel (then the tallest and biggest in the world) to see just how seriously they took the railways as a journey of excitement.

Euston Station was no different with its ability to overawe the traveller. Little of the station survives today thanks to the horrific job they made of 'modernising' it in the 1960s and 1970s.

Railway stations have large amounts of land next to them sometimes which makes prime real estate for developments and nowhere is this more clear than in Euston where a series of midrise modernist towers that are remarkable for nothing except their sheer blandness were built. To provide space for these offices and their surroundings the arch had to go.

It was made of granite, a Victorian favourite as it shimmered in the sun if polished and could easily pass for marble, and stood at the entrance where the horsedrawn cabs would pass under it.

Quite simply it was in the wrong place.... that it was demolished at the time was a scandal that in the end led to the powerful heritage movement of today being given the power it has to protect our historic monuments.



http://i2.tinypic.com/qo6few.jpg


http://www.skyscrapernews.com/euston_arch.jpg

A sad event but at least we didnt have demolished an entire marvel of the railway era, like NY had with Penn Station, now that would have been really bad like losing Paddington or St Pancras.

More here:

http://www.geocities.com/londondestruction/arch.html


And a bigger pic:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Euston_Station_-_1851_-_from_Project_Gutenberg_-_eText_13271.jpg

And this is what we have today -


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Euston_station_facade.jpg

It really does begger belief, doesn't it?

I mean seriously........ how the FUCK was that allowed to happen???

That new station is a crap.I heard there were plans to rebuild the wonderful arch somewhere in Hyde Park,is that true?
It would be quite good to have that victorian structure back again :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/London-gazette.gif

Judging by the curved shape and the roof, I'd say it's the Empress State Building over near Earl's Court.

Thanks :cheers:

That new station is a crap.I heard there were plans to rebuild the wonderful arch somewhere in Hyde Park,is that true?
It would be quite good to have that victorian structure back again :)

Thanks a lot for your attention guys :mad:

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/4638/dsc042036fr.jpg

'twas a nice evening...

That new station is a crap.I heard there were plans to rebuild the wonderful arch somewhere in Hyde Park,is that true?
It would be quite good to have that victorian structure back again :)

http://home.clara.net/rogerpattenden/html/catalogue.html#EustonArch

seems to be some sort of interest in rebuilding it, not heard of the hyde park idea, nothing official with the required cash though.

The idea of the arch was to advertise the entrance to the station, this was because the station was quite set back on the edge of the huge Euston Square that dominated the area of Bloomsbury not long ago. Sadly much of the square has been encroached on, the new station from one side and a row of average buildings inc Friends House on the other, leaving the once pivotal St Pancras church looking a bit pointless facing an italian restaurant.

I suppose approaching the station from Euston road must have been like the approach to a country Mansion house with the two gate houses on the edge of the road and the Euston arch further up in the distance

It is quite sad how this once pretty amazing and area-defining square has been allowed to disappear as a place. Now the word Euston Square is a just a Tube station and the real location is an inconvenient and ugly passage to the entrance of a railway station.

http://xs66.xs.to/pics/06051/history.jpg

http://home.clara.net/rogerpattenden/html/catalogue.html#EustonArch

seems to be some sort of interest in rebuilding it, not heard of the hyde park idea, nothing official with the required cash though.

The idea of the arch was to advertise the entrance to the station, this was because the station was quite set back on the edge of the huge Euston Square that dominated the area of Bloomsbury not long ago. Sadly much of the square has been encroached on, the new station from one side and a row of average buildings inc Friends House on the other, leaving the once pivotal St Pancras church looking a bit pointless facing an italian restaurant.

I suppose approaching the station from Euston road must have been like the approach to a country Mansion house with the two gate houses on the edge of the road and the Euston arch further up in the distance

It is quite sad how this once pretty amazing and area-defining square has been allowed to disappear as a place. Now the word Euston Square is a just a Tube station and the real location is an inconvenient and ugly passage to the entrance of a railway station.

http://xs66.xs.to/pics/06051/history.jpg

Finally a kind soul here give me attention :gaah:
Thanks for the information potto.I really hope to see that icon of railway architecture rebuilt someday,wether it will be in the same location or not.
Here are more pictures of the arch that I brought here especially for you,'cause the other brits are not worthy of seeing them :jk:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/3336532.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/3420672.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/3337096.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/3337095.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/3337094.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/3324390.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/3324362.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/2665535.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/2669486.jpg
The last one is a sad picture :cry:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/Phobos.europe/3336532.jpg


Great picture, really shows off the link with The Station and the large public square... why did we ruin it?! Even the clever Victorians eventually spoilt it by building a Hotel across the vista!

here is a picture of St Pancras Church as it was originally positioned on the corner of the square

http://xs71.xs.to/pics/06105/stpancras.jpg

They have to rebuild that arch!

http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/assets/image/700/ca/canaletto_title_700.jpg

Westminster Abbey by Canaletto, circa 1749.


http://i2.tinypic.com/rbikuh.jpg

The City of London skyline in the mid-1700's:


http://i2.tinypic.com/rbh9mv.jpg

Another painting by Canaletto.

This is Westminster Bridge and the original Houses of Parliament, most of which burnt down in 1834.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Westminster_Bridge_from_the_North_on_Lord_Mayor%27s_Day%2C_Canaletto%2C_1746%2C_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg





Parts of the old building survived though, including Westminster Hall which dates from as far back as 1097 (see below).


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Westminster_Hall_edited.jpg

http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/assets/image/700/ca/canaletto_title_700.jpg
Nice One!Beautiful waterfront and those gates are still there.

Anyway :
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/5623/1858712bh.jpg

http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/assets/image/700/ca/canaletto_title_700.jpg

The dual-layer design of St PAuls was to give this effect of it resting on top of the sea of buildigns surrounding it. Wish we would give it that respect today.

Another painting by Canaletto.

This is Westminster Bridge and the original Houses of Parliament, most of which burnt down in 1834.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Westminster_Bridge_from_the_North_on_Lord_Mayor%27s_Day%2C_Canaletto%2C_1746%2C_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg


Just look at the life on Thames! Really needs to return to the good old days, why not allow rentable boats out on the Thames, those large cruising sight-seeing boats seem too cumbersome and disproportioned by comparison.

Anyway :
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/5623/1858712bh.jpg

Stunning photo

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3957/bsp9rv.jpg

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/5623/1858712bh.jpg

Fuck me! that's amazing.

And Potto I completely agree, we need more boats on the thames - let's inject some life into it.

medo, that photo of the millenium bridge really demonstrates the vulgarity of those groundscrapers on the thames bank. urgh. a great deal of the environment leading up to st pauls from the river, at both groundlevel and skylevel, is very, very poor, in many respects due to the contrived height restrictions. if developers had been able to build a little higher, maybe we'd have more open space, and more variety at rooflevel.

Some fab pics of London in the french forums! :D

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=7724444#post7724444

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/wtf.gif

stunning pictures greek. you transmit the grain of london, it's building blocks, so well - brown brick, bare branches, rain glazed concrete, fag-ends etc

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/wtf.gif

^ That's ace :D

^ Cheers mate.

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6105/bravenewlondon8009eo.jpg
That is just tooooo cool :cool:

Limey on the Skyline

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5406/dscf1256copy23mi.th.jpg (http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf1256copy23mi.jpg)

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4041/dscf1265copysmall7ot.th.jpg (http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf1265copysmall7ot.jpg)

EDIT will make that one smaller

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/7061/dscf1189copysharp2ds.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5506/dscf1240copysmallsharp0iu.jpg

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8300/dscf1179copysmaller8al.jpg

^ That last one is superb. Crystal sharp quality.

http://www.aidan.co.uk/lg/LonCtrPtBtTwrBw6122.jpg


http://www.aidan.co.uk/lg/LonBrgStn2Blgs6122.jpg

^ I cant see them

This hasn't been shopped:

http://static.flickr.com/38/88989784_1f1423cd9e_o.jpg

Puddle Reflection-

http://static.flickr.com/7/11879826_282df73bb3_b.jpg

At a London resevoir-

http://static.flickr.com/10/17140925_33fcbb1db4_o.jpg

Amasing pics everyone! I would like to see some pics of small and really narrow streets and alleys in London, if someone has got pics, please post!

http://www.willfox.com/images/london/5/9.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/wtf.gif

Thx for the pics! Beatiful alleys (well, most of them :)). I just visited a barcelona picture thread and this photo inspired me very much:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8843/s200603183786bb4ta.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=s200603183786bb4ta.jpg)

I just wondered if London has any of it´s medieval feel left? You know, narrow alleys with old streetlamps, maybe some smog and pubs. These pics you posted are very nice but are there any older alleys?

These pics you posted are very nice but are there any older alleys?
London is full of alleys :)

I just wondered if London has any of it´s medieval feel left? You know, narrow alleys with old streetlamps, maybe some smog and pubs. These pics you posted are very nice but are there any older alleys?
Oh God, yeah - plenty!

In fact I was planning on doing a "Ye Olde London" thread soon. :)

i assume you mean streets like this?

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/dump/alleyway.jpg

Peter ackroyd, in his tv series on london, had some pretty good footage of the cities narrow alleyways. He made quite heavy use of it actually, trying to invoke London's dark and sinister past and whatnot.

Great pic, gothic! Are there any old shops/pubs in the alleys?

And wjfox, a ye olde London thread would be very nice

Was gunna enter these in the UPC, but since it's down I'll put them here

http://i2.tinypic.com/sbt4pv.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/sbt4x1.jpg

Ludgate Hill
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz244.jpg

St. Pauls
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz2fo.jpg

India House on the Aldwych
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz2n9.jpg

Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz3ih.jpg

Hoxton tower block and T42
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz58m.jpg

The City from Shoreditch Park
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz5s9.jpg

The Regents Canal in Hoxton
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz66p.jpg

Grand old building on St. Martin's Le Grand (near St. Paul's)
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz81i.jpg

I think this is called the Gold Exchange, on Foster Lane EC2
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz8tl.jpg

Old City alleys
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz990.jpg

St. Brides
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdz9ud.jpg

And last but not least, this fantastic grand old thing on The Strand
http://i1.tinypic.com/sdzbf8.jpg

^ Wonderful pics GazKinz.

A little randomly but was the dome of st pauls originally a more pronounced blue? And if so, anyone know if its part of the restoration programme?

Love Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington but haven't been for years coz i've lived in Sarf London since about 97 after living in Clapton *shudder*

The Church Street was great even then (don't know what its like now) and had a fantastic little independent record shop on it, the name of which escapes me. Anyone know if its still there?

very nice gazkinz, those are some amasing shots! The tenth (old alleys) is great

From www.consciousimages.co.uk

I love the third one!

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/wheel.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/towerbridge.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/imax.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/oxo.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/waterscape1.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/bigben.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/trafalgar.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/oxoandwharf.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/2004collectionimages/alberthall2.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/2004collectionimages/alberthall.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/2004collectionimages/wheelfromshell2%20copy.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/2004collectionimages/eye&ben04.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/2004collectionimages/old%20vic.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/2004collectionimages/bluewheel.jpg

http://www.consciousimages.co.uk/images/duotone4web/birds'%20Eye%20view.jpg

^ OMG. London on Acid!

A little randomly but was the dome of st pauls originally a more pronounced blue? And if so, anyone know if its part of the restoration programme?It is grey not blue. It is coated in lead. The dome and drum have already been restored.

I've found a couple of nice and interesting pics on this site of Paul Lee: http://www.ma1.se/gallery/albums.php?set_albumListPage=1

Viewed from 25 Canada Square:

One Churchill Place (Ontario Tower u/c in the background, the site of 15 CS at the left of the building and the site of 5 CP at the right):

http://www.ma1.se/albums/25canadasquare/cs08.sized.jpg

Wood Wharf and West India Quays the place of the super-yacht

http://www.ma1.se/albums/25canadasquare/cs03.sized.jpg

Wood Wharf and the Dome:

http://www.ma1.se/albums/25canadasquare/cs02.sized.jpg

Wood Whard and West India Quays and Churchill Place u/c

http://www.ma1.se/albums/25canadasquare/cs09.sized.jpg

and london taken from 1 CS:

http://www.ma1.se/albums/25canadasquarewest/cw3.sized.jpg

I recommend you to visit the size to see full size version and other photos.

http://www.ma1.se/albums/25canadasquare/cs08.jpg

nice

Impressive pics Jef :)

Barclays looks quite repsectable in the first pic :D

Pic by Cyril, one of the French mods:-


http://static.flickr.com/49/116847145_433d0be238_b.jpg

http://xs74.xs.to/pics/06131/embankment.jpg

The Embankment at Night


http://xs74.xs.to/pics/06131/college_of_education.jpg

College of Education

http://news.jasonhawkes.com/l002.jpg

shit hands up who loves london ! christ :)

^^I do I do!!!

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5079/abbey9nq.jpg

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7577/abbey29ee.jpg

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7946/tallerthanben5cb.jpg

Flippin Heck. Love that first one

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu2yc.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu3df.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu6c0.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu6he.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu6mr.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu6ox.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu6uf.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu8md.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu8t3.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu8zp.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu92w.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/spu989.jpg

Nice Pics :)

You don't get to see to many pics of the London Wall area.

Some pictures I took today:

Tree-full city:

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/687/dsc045526gd.jpg

One of the best Museums in the world:

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/443/dsc0453716ad.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7387/dsc045155kh.jpg

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2883/dsc045253gr.jpg

Gateway to Europe:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7405/dsc044661zt.jpg

Centre Point:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2673/dsc045400zc.jpg


I won't bombard you with images but you get the picture :)

Great pics GazKinz and SE9. Ta muchly!

Always liked the Barbican but haven't been for many years. Every time I go I say 'I want a flat here'. Has a great library.

Love that area around Moorgate too. Finsbury Circus is one of London's hidden gems.

Still haven't managed to make it to the Great Court of the British Museum which is very naughty of me. One day!

Excellent pic of Centrepoint from New Oxford St.

Too right Finsbury Circus is a gem

^^ yes indeed I only discovered Finsbury Circus a few weeks ago

http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/7193/thecity7od.jpg

http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/3164/thedevereux3yq.jpg

I love your photos El_Greco. You find so great angles and your photos are never boring or just "normal". For example that Nelson statue photo in your gallery, awesome! Give us some more. :-)

^ Thanks :)

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4936/canarywharfskyline9vh.jpg

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/6717/goldenhour1lw.jpg

Here are some pics of one of London's Hidden Gems............Alexandra Palace ('Ally Pally'), North London. I love how it Majestically dominates the skyline for miles around......its one of my all time fav's

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4229/pano0fq.jpg

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2646/allypally1b8xz.jpg

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/393/allypally1a2ba.jpg

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6621/allypally1c2tr.jpg

and here is the usual T42/Swiss RE Combo........

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1289/london0gh.jpg.

Another hidden gem :
Severndroog Castle :
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/castle1.jpg