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This building is actually not Tudor at all. It only dates back to 1925 — and was originally a cunning disguise for something the Tudors could only dream of. Beneath the hut was an electricity substation for the Charing Cross Electricity Company. It was necessary for the station to have a private, above-ground entrance and, as there had been a hut there before dating back to the 1870s, this design was thought a fitting piece of architectural camouflage.
During the second world war, the space under the hut took on a new role, as a bomb shelter. Leslie Hardcastle, president of the Soho Society explains what conditions were like inside: "It was lined with about 12 inches of brick and had concrete as a roof.
"It could take about 150 to 200 people initially although that became less when they put tiers of bunks in. The only facility was a toilet and it could get quite smelly with all the people down there."
Nowadays the hut is little more than a shed. It's filled with gardening tools, used to keep Soho Square prim and pretty.
But the hut's future might be somewhat different: in 2015, reports surfaced that Westminster Council was attempting to sell the space underneath. It's said the council wants a restaurant to move in — although that might be a hard sell, considering that any subterranean diners would have to contend with noise from the nearby tunnels, of both the Northern line and Crossrail. Maybe it could be marketed as an earthquake experience restaurant?
For now the hut remains a simple repository for spades and wheelbarrows.
Source: Londonist.com
I'm back from a two days trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion zone and the ghost town of Pripyat.
Building 56 on the outskirts of town. 16 floors tall but no elevator. Great view from the roof. Maybe there are a few stalker apartments in here?
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Sadly my Dad suffered another stroke on Boxing day night, the first being in 2009 which robbed him of most of his speech. As with all of us born in this city, he loved this building and always wanted to see the photos I'd taken of it. Quite often over the past few years, he'd be standing behind me while I took a shot pointing out a fact about the architecture that I hadn't noticed. This was often when his speech returned as he talked about his beloved city.
There is always hope, but currently the prognosis for my Dad doesn't look very good so I'll be away from Flickr for a while. Please keep him in your thoughts. In the meantime, I'd like to wish everyone a very peaceful New Year.
Peek & Cloppenburg Construction
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The Heron Building is located in Downtown Los Angeles adjacent to the famous Biltmore Hotel. The building was built in 1921 in the Beaux Arts style. The actual building is 12 floors (versus 11 here) and is wider and longer. My version features over 16000 pieces and measures 20"x30" and stands 37" tall.
Every time I pass this farm I am amazed at all the out buildings there are. I have counted ten in this image but I did not have a wide enough angle to get the house in and I am sure I missed a couple more.
With the ground around it cleared, it looks like the long vacant former G Boys Garden Center building is about to meet its fate. The two story section was separated from a nearby farmhouse and moved here. After it was a residence it was Fox Fertilizer, a nursery and garden center. In November 1976, a couple of years after selling their Gaudio Garden Center chain to Penn Fruit, the Gaudio family opened here as Gaudio Boys Garden and Christmas Center. The name was soon shortened to G Boys to avoid any confusion. It quietly closed after the 2011 Christmas season when the owners retired.
The world famous riverfront with the 3 Graces catching the warm evening sunlight.
The low white building on the left is the cruise liner terminal on Prince's Parade and is on the site of the old Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Riverside railway station. Prior to the 1960s transatlantic liners docked here to connect with trains to London Euston via the Waterloo Goods branch. The grey metal lattice bridge is the ramp for the Isle of Man ferry.
We had taken the commuter ferry from Pier Head to Seacombe on the Wirral side of the River Mersey - the Royal Iris can be seen returning in the foreground. We then walked along the front and round Birkenhead docks to Hamilton Square where we took the Merseyrail train back to Liverpool.
Under construction: Science Tower for the Panum Institute, aka. Maersk Building
C.F. Møller Architects 2010-2016
www.cfmoller.com/p/Udbygning-af-Panum-komplekset-Koebenha...
Each time I pass by I can't help admiring this classic building (not a 'protected' historic one that I know of, just some posh lawyers' offices close to nearby courts) and have taken phone snaps on more than one occasion...
Update: 15 Old Bailey is a 'listed building' (i.e. protected) as part of the Newgate Conservation area... it's really all history, wherever you look here...
Curiós edifici art-decó a Lexington Avenue. Practicament el primer que vèiem en sortir del nostre hotel.
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This art decó skyscraper in New York was our first sight every morning, as it stood just two streets away from our hotel.
Tōji temple (also called "Kyō-ō gokokuji temple") was established in 796. Unfortunately most original buildings in this large-scale temple were burned down due to attacks by peasants uprising in 1486. Toyotomi Hideyori, the successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, donated his property to rebuild this temple. The huge buildings that we can see today, e.g. "Kondō" (the main hall) or "Gojunotō" (the five-story pagoda), were built by Hideyori in the early 17th century. Tōji's "Gojunotō", which is the tallest wooden pagoda in Japan, is not only the symbol of this temple, but also the well known landmark of the whole of Kyoto.
Wells Fargo building. Walked up the street for a quick shot after work. Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
The Egyptian Building
originally: the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College
architect: Thomas Somerville Stewart 1845
architects: Baskerville and Son, 1939, restored and remodeled interior in the Egyptian style
architectural style: Egyptian Revival
Virginia Commonwealth University
Capitol District
Richmond, Virginia