Lost Britain - Page 6

Mr Bricks · November 28th, 2006, 05:04 PM

El_Greco · November 28th, 2006, 05:48 PM

^ Lovely!You can see Coal Exchange

(The building I posted on the first page of this thread).

di Livio · November 30th, 2006, 02:28 PM

Watched an excerpt from Churchill;s funeral yesterday (as one does). There's a shot where you see the flotilla making its way down the Thames, and in the background there is the dome of St.Paul's towering over everything. Makes you realise how quickly things have changed in such a short space of time.

Mr Bricks · November 30th, 2006, 10:31 PM

Looks beatiful but a little sterile. Why is that bridge all grey and ugly today?

El_Greco · December 1st, 2006, 07:59 PM

Columbia Market in Bethnal Green demolished in the 60s

Cannon Street 19th century

Leicester Square 19th century

Ludgate Circus 19th century

View from Tower Bridge 19th century

El_Greco · December 1st, 2006, 09:59 PM

Southwark and London Bridge 19th C. :

St Pauls from Bankside :

Mr Bricks · December 1st, 2006, 10:03 PM

It seems St Paul´s has always been blocked by buildings on the north bank, of course not as horrible ones as those that there now though.

Mr Bricks · December 1st, 2006, 10:05 PM

Waterloo bridge could really need a renovation.

Zenith · December 1st, 2006, 10:34 PM

It needs demolition pure and simple..

God damn those old pics of LOndon make me sad

Look at the South Bank, so dense and with handsome industrial victoriana. And the streetscapes are so literate and elegant.

Damn

high_flyer · December 2nd, 2006, 01:12 AM

Actually looking at some of those bankside pictures, it was very industrial, alot of chimney stacks and small industry, London would look very bizarre if they still lined the Thames today. I think post WW2 it was inevitable London was radically rebuilt, going from the heart of a vast empire that supplied it with all manner of manufactured goods, to a global city dealing with electronic money. And I'm glad London doesn't suffer from smog and heavy pollution like they did when they had all those small factories in Victorian times

El_Greco · December 2nd, 2006, 05:24 PM

Zenith · December 3rd, 2006, 04:40 PM

This most be post war...look at the bomb sites...and to think they ruined it further.

so much character...and the riverside is now sterile..

Erebus555 · December 3rd, 2006, 05:08 PM

The Aston hippodrome in Aston, Birmingham. Demolished in the 1980s. The likes of Laurel and Hardy performed here but it had a turbulent history.

Mr Bricks · December 3rd, 2006, 06:12 PM

Hays Wharf

Crystal Palace u/c

Leicester square (I think)

El_Greco · December 3rd, 2006, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuomiPoika

Leicester square (I think)

Covent Garden.

Mr Bricks · December 3rd, 2006, 07:25 PM

Ok

El_Greco · December 3rd, 2006, 09:38 PM

Zenith · December 4th, 2006, 09:26 PM

Look at the human scale buildings on the right...none competing with St Pauls...and fast forward to today, yuck.

Mr Bricks · December 4th, 2006, 11:20 PM

Yep, looks very cool.

Btw, Was the facade of the Ten Bells brown back then instead of white as it is today?

El_Greco · December 5th, 2006, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuomiPoika

Btw, Was the facade of the Ten Bells brown back then instead of white as it is today?

Yeah (I think so).

November 28th, 2006, 05:04 PM	#101
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November 28th, 2006, 05:48 PM	#102
El_Greco I Like Palm Trees Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 16,758 Likes (Received): 271	^ Lovely!You can see Coal Exchange (The building I posted on the first page of this thread). __________________ My Photos : Lisbon\|Madrid\|Rome\|Naples\|London\|Rotterdam\|Fes

November 30th, 2006, 10:31 PM	#104
Mr Bricks Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Helsinki Posts: 5,248 Likes (Received): 28	Looks beatiful but a little sterile. Why is that bridge all grey and ugly today? __________________ Helsinki http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...516&highlight=

December 1st, 2006, 07:59 PM	#105
El_Greco I Like Palm Trees Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 16,758 Likes (Received): 271	Columbia Market in Bethnal Green demolished in the 60s Cannon Street 19th century Leicester Square 19th century Ludgate Circus 19th century View from Tower Bridge 19th century __________________ My Photos : Lisbon\|Madrid\|Rome\|Naples\|London\|Rotterdam\|Fes

December 1st, 2006, 09:59 PM	#106
El_Greco I Like Palm Trees Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 16,758 Likes (Received): 271	Southwark and London Bridge 19th C. : St Pauls from Bankside : __________________ My Photos : Lisbon\|Madrid\|Rome\|Naples\|London\|Rotterdam\|Fes

November 30th, 2006, 02:28 PM	#103
di Livio Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Trinity Leeds Posts: 7,565 Likes (Received): 54	Watched an excerpt from Churchill;s funeral yesterday (as one does). There's a shot where you see the flotilla making its way down the Thames, and in the background there is the dome of St.Paul's towering over everything. Makes you realise how quickly things have changed in such a short space of time.

December 1st, 2006, 10:03 PM	#107
Mr Bricks Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Helsinki Posts: 5,248 Likes (Received): 28	It seems St Paul´s has always been blocked by buildings on the north bank, of course not as horrible ones as those that there now though. __________________ Helsinki http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...516&highlight=

December 1st, 2006, 10:05 PM	#108
Mr Bricks Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Helsinki Posts: 5,248 Likes (Received): 28	Waterloo bridge could really need a renovation. __________________ Helsinki http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...516&highlight= Last edited by Mr Bricks; December 1st, 2006 at 10:17 PM.

December 1st, 2006, 10:34 PM	#109
Zenith The hawk envies me Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Taunton Posts: 6,300 Likes (Received): 178	It needs demolition pure and simple.. God damn those old pics of LOndon make me sad Look at the South Bank, so dense and with handsome industrial victoriana. And the streetscapes are so literate and elegant. Damn __________________ 'The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.' - Heraclitus

December 2nd, 2006, 01:12 AM	#110
high_flyer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: England Posts: 553 Likes (Received): 1	Actually looking at some of those bankside pictures, it was very industrial, alot of chimney stacks and small industry, London would look very bizarre if they still lined the Thames today. I think post WW2 it was inevitable London was radically rebuilt, going from the heart of a vast empire that supplied it with all manner of manufactured goods, to a global city dealing with electronic money. And I'm glad London doesn't suffer from smog and heavy pollution like they did when they had all those small factories in Victorian times

December 2nd, 2006, 05:24 PM	#111
El_Greco I Like Palm Trees Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 16,758 Likes (Received): 271	__________________ My Photos : Lisbon\|Madrid\|Rome\|Naples\|London\|Rotterdam\|Fes

December 3rd, 2006, 04:40 PM	#112
Zenith The hawk envies me Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Taunton Posts: 6,300 Likes (Received): 178	This most be post war...look at the bomb sites...and to think they ruined it further. so much character...and the riverside is now sterile.. __________________ 'The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.' - Heraclitus Last edited by enith; December 3rd, 2006 at 04:52 PM.

December 3rd, 2006, 05:08 PM	#113
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	The Aston hippodrome in Aston, Birmingham. Demolished in the 1980s. The likes of Laurel and Hardy performed here but it had a turbulent history. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

December 3rd, 2006, 06:12 PM	#114
Mr Bricks Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Helsinki Posts: 5,248 Likes (Received): 28	Hays Wharf Crystal Palace u/c Leicester square (I think) __________________ Helsinki http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...516&highlight=

December 3rd, 2006, 07:25 PM	#116
Mr Bricks Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Helsinki Posts: 5,248 Likes (Received): 28	Ok __________________ Helsinki http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...516&highlight=

December 3rd, 2006, 09:38 PM	#117
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December 4th, 2006, 09:26 PM	#118
Zenith The hawk envies me Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Taunton Posts: 6,300 Likes (Received): 178	Look at the human scale buildings on the right...none competing with St Pauls...and fast forward to today, yuck. __________________ 'The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.' - Heraclitus Last edited by enith; December 4th, 2006 at 11:25 PM.

December 4th, 2006, 11:20 PM	#119
Mr Bricks Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Helsinki Posts: 5,248 Likes (Received): 28	Yep, looks very cool. Btw, Was the facade of the Ten Bells brown back then instead of white as it is today? __________________ Helsinki http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...516&highlight=

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