Lost London

[El_Greco]

I bet the fire was started by some crazy concrete-celebrating architect.
DarJole do you have any pics of how this station will look like in the future?

[Mr Bricks]

Cheers darjole.

[El_Greco]

East End Pubs

http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/dst-pubsv.html

[El_Greco]

Billingsgate Market



Blackfriars Bridge





Eastcheap



Fleet Street





Leadenhall Street



London Bridge



Ludgate Hill



Smithfield Market



St Pauls



Whitefriars Glassworks

[El_Greco]

Columbia Road Market Shoreditch





Columbia Road Shoreditch



Dunbar Wharf Limehouse



Hirschs Oil Mills Limehouse



Warehouses Limehouse



London Hospital Medical College Whitechapel



Narrow Street Limehouse









New Fairfield Works Hackney



North Quay Wapping



Wapping



Tower Of London

[Bachy Soletanche]

Is Columbia Market still there?

[El_Greco]

No it was demolished in the 60s.

More pictures!

Adelaide House



Broadway Wharf Limehouse





Butlers Wharf Southwark





Clink Wharf Southwark



General Steam Navigation Wharf Deptford



Hays Wharf Southwark



London Docks Wapping



Prospect Of Whitby Pub Wapping



Queenhithe Dock City Of London



Robinsons Flour Mills Deptford





Smiths Wharf City Of London



St Katharines Dock Wall Wapping



The General Steam Navigation Company Deptford

[Snowy]

Seeing some of the buildings that were demolished makes me sad and angry, but I also feel that the London shown in many of the pictures is in many respects an alien city, almost a little too perfect. The London of today with it's grimy tower blocks and shiny glass office buildings mixed in with the beautiful Georgian, Victorian and early 20th Century buildings is what I know and love. That doesn't mean that I condone the demolition of so many great, old buildings, it just means that I love modern-day London as it is, even with the eyesores. Also, I feel that the taller post-war buildings have given London more of a "big-city feel" than was there previously.

I know that many of you will disagree with me on this issue, but I guess it's a matter of personal taste.

[onceagain]

Originally Posted by SnowyBoy1

Seeing some of the buildings that were demolished makes me sad and angry, but I also feel that the London shown in many of the pictures is in many respects an alien city, almost a little too perfect. The London of today with it's grimy tower blocks and shiny glass office buildings mixed in with the beautiful Georgian, Victorian and early 20th Century buildings is what I know and love. That doesn't mean that I condone the demolition of so many great, old buildings, it just means that I love modern-day London as it is, even with the eyesores. Also, I feel that the taller post-war buildings have given London more of a "big-city feel" than was there previously.

I know that many of you will disagree with me on this issue, but I guess it's a matter of personal taste.

I agree with you completely, I just though it would interesting to point out that back then a lot of people probably weren't happy with what was getting built. I think once a style stops being "mass produced" and it becomes history, only then do we really appreciate it. I'm sure one hundred years from now people will be fascinated with those (in my opinion ugly) 60's tower blocks

[Joe 2007]

Interesting to see the Pantheon on Oxford street mentioned as that was my reason for coming onto this thread. I was reading an architecture guide where this building was rated as one of the best buildings in renaissance Europe. It is also mentioned as a must see attraction in various websites containing contemporary Victorian accounts, one even calling it the best building in England!. How was this building ever allowed to be touched nevermind demolished?

[Joe 2007]

What's in place of Columbia Market now?

[El_Greco]

The Elephant and Castle Tavern.Southwark



Horseshoe & Wheatsheaf Pub.Southwark



Metropolitan Fire Brigade Headquarters.Southwark



Holland And Company Distillery.Deptford



Tanners Hill Board School.Deptford

[El_Greco]

Originally Posted by Joe 2007

What's in place of Columbia Market now?

Housing Estate I believe.

[StiffUpper]

Great, yet depressing thread.


My contribution is the Thames Ironworks General Offices in Canning Town.

The company folded in 1913, not sure what happened to the building but the site is currently clear.

I think the site is planned to be one of the Lea Valley parks, so that's pretty good.

[Joe 2007]

whereabouts did St Thomas Hospital stand?

[Joe 2007]

Some images I found on English Heritage Viewfinder Website. So they are good for something that English Heritage lot!

Poultry;



Blackfriars Bridge.



Surely this building could be rebuilt as a hotel or could house offices or something?. It would also add something to the views of the City from the South bank.

[speedtouch]

A couple of shots of ludgate

[El_Greco]

Originally Posted by StiffUpper

The company folded in 1913.

1912

not sure what happened to the building but the site is currently clear.

Where is it?I always thought that Canning Town Station now occupies the site

[StiffUpper]

Originally Posted by El_Greco

1912



Where is it?I always thought that Canning Town Station now occupies the site

I think that it was on the traingular peninsular into the Lea by Canning Town Station. On or just north of the Lower Lea crossing on the Newham side.

They also had property at Orchard Place at the other side of the river Lea

What bad timing for a shipbuilder to to go bust!
Still I suppose the war would only have bought them a few years.

[El_Greco]

Barbican





Ludgate Hill



Cannon Street Hotel



Skyline