Lost London

[Snowy]

Originally Posted by El_Greco

^ Oh yeah the area around St Pauls was lovely :

Well, I meant the area immediately surrounding the cathedral, including Paternoster Row. There are a few white terraced buildings (Victorian?) which immediately surround one area of the cathedral (they always show this selective view of the cathedral with these attractive buildings in the background whenever the cathedral is shown on the Lord Mayor's show!). I imagine that before the blitz, they surrounded the entire cathedral, although I could be wrong. If that was the case, then I think that the rebuilding of these old buildings, plus the old Paternoster Row would be a very good idea and would restore a bit of grandeur to the cathedral itself. As far as the rest of the buildings go, I agree that they weren't the prettiest, although I do have a soft-spot for London's old industrial riverside buildings!

[Blindfold]

Originally Posted by potto

Anyone interested in how London grew, the problems it faced and images should go to the Old London in Maps exhibition at the British Library it is free but ends on 4th March def worth a visit

This exhibition is, of course, right up my street but i'm not going to be in London again until August. Gutted!

[Snowy]

Originally Posted by El_Greco

...and Victorian buildings were replaced with ugly concrete boxes...
Its time to start knocing down these fucking concrete boxes and reconstruct lost buildings.Many european countries are doing this why cant we?

By the way, I thought that you were a fan of 60s tower blocks! They're the focal points for many of your pictures...........and I know that you've got a soft-spot for Guys!

[El_Greco]

Originally Posted by SnowyBoy1

By the way, I thought that you were a fan of 60s tower blocks! They're the focal points for many of your pictures...........and I know that you've got a soft-spot for Guys!

I am.
Tower blocks are quite impressive.Thats why I like them.
As for Guys...well Guys is Guys gotta love it...its so bad its good
-
Wren's Plan for Rebuilding the City after the Great Fire :

[Snowy]

Originally Posted by El_Greco

I am.
Tower blocks are quite impressive.Thats why I like them.
As for Guys...well Guys is Guys gotta love it...its so bad its good
-
Wren's Plan for Rebuilding the City after the Great Fire :

This does look very grand, but also strangely soulless. I think that London's rather scruffy, unplanned look is actually part of it's charm.

[Mr Bricks]

[El_Greco]

Gardiners Corner Whitechapel
"The Scottish clothing store Gardiner, with its distinctive clock tower, gave its name to the road junction. Laid out in 1870s, the junction brought together the five main thoroughfares of East London: Commercial Road, Leman Street, Aldgate High Street, Commercial Street and Whitechapel High Street.
Gardiner's Corner became known as "The gateway to the East End".

Gardiner and Company specialised in military uniforms and children's clothing. They traded on the site for nearly a hundred years, finally closing in 1971. The six-storey building was gutted by fire in 1972. As over 200 firemen fought to save the famous landmark, the 130 feet high clock tower came crashing down on the streets below.

All that remains of Gardiners are two small pieces of wall in Drum Road and Whitechapel High Road. The area around Gardiner's Corner was traditionally known as "Aldgate", busy during the day, but especially at night once the pubs had closed. Then the people would "go to Aldgate" to visit the jellied eel and coffee stalls, all night cafes, or, perhaps, "Blooms" for hot salt beef sandwiches.In the early 1980s, the Greater London Council constructed a one-way system at Gardiner's Corner and destroyed its character for ever."

Gardiners Corner 1900



Gardiners Corner 1906



Gardiners Corner 1946



Gardiners Corner 1951



Gardiners Corner 2006



Whitechapel High Street 1906

[Mr Bricks]

Originally Posted by El_Greco

Gardiners Corner 1946



Gardiners Corner 2006

Aldgate and the East End should really get rebuilt. The Germans are doing a fine job reconstructing the Neumarkt in Dresden.

[GazKinz]

I agree, at least a few buildings around Aldgate, it's so depressing, I live 5 minutes from Gardiners Corner so see it almost everyday . . . I REALLY hate Aldgate the whole area needs to be flattened.

[GazKinz]

Nice set of pix by the way, where do you get them from? There are so many parts of London that I love to see a 'then and now' of, especially areas that are now almost entirely post-war dross like Elephant & Castle or the Old Street roundabout.

[El_Greco]

Originally Posted by GazKinz

Nice set of pix by the way, where do you get them from?

http://www.sublimephotography.co.uk/

http://photos.casebook.org/thumbnail...p&cat=0&page=1

http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/search/advanced.cfm

[Joe 2007]

[/QUOTE] Looks like the set from OLIVER! (60's musical).[/QUOTE]

Exactly!!! They were genuine London, and now they are gone. I'd much rather live in buildings that have old charm and character than the fucking barbican or other modern shit buildings anyday!

[Snowy]

Originally Posted by Joe 2007

Looks like the set from OLIVER! (60's musical).[/QUOTE]

Exactly!!! They were genuine London, and now they are gone. I'd much rather live in buildings that have old charm and character than the fucking barbican or other modern shit buildings anyday![/QUOTE]

I like them too, but the Victorians saw them as ramshackle old slums and you can sort of see why, however quaint and cute they look to us. We probably got a row of beautiful Victorian terraces in their place, so maybe it isn't all bad.

Oh, and I like the Barbican! It is brutal, but it has presence and I reckon that 20 years from now, people will consider it to be one of the defining pieces of architecture from the modernist / brutalist movement. I used to hate it too, but have grown to love it over the years, as I did with Trellick Tower.

[Joe 2007]

Looking down Cheapside from the mansion House with the beautiful Mappin & Webb Building Second Left, Now Ugly One Poultry.

[Joe 2007]

Euston Arch, demolished in the 1960's

[jakkk]

The usual (Crystal Palace) -

The not so usual! -

The bizzare! -

and finally the scandalous! The Franco-British Exhibition -

[high_flyer]

Originally Posted by jakkk

and finally the scandalous! The Franco-British Exhibition -

That really reminds me of Palace of the Winds in Jaipur, and the Lake Palace in Udaipur, Rajahstan, beautiful buildings.
Was that for the World Expo or something?

[jakkk]

it was a for a major international exhibition yes but i can't quite find out which one. it seems there was alot of exhibitions all in one place - its White City where there was the Franco-British exhibition, Latin-British exhibition and the olympics of 1908, just basically lots of buildings using different architectural styles from around the world, typical victorian thing to do realy.

[Cariad]

OMG!!! What happened to it? Was it pulled down and lost in the war?

[Mr Bricks]

Exactly where in Hyde Park was Crystal Palace situated?