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Another Shot Of This Lane...Shops On The Left Sadly Wiped Away There Was Once An Italian Restaurant Along Here....The Times Building Used To Be On The Right...Huish`s Court Was Also Once Just By The Van To The Right...
Blackfriars Bridge is on the right, with Blackfriars Railway Bridge to the left.
This is the second Blackfriars Bridge; the first was an Italianate-style toll bridge spanning 303 m in nine semi-elliptical stone arches, built for the Corporation of the City of London and opened in 1769 as the third bridge across the Thames within built-up London, following London Bridge (also owned by the Corporation) and Westminster Bridge (the rival!). Originally named the 'William Pitt Bridge' after the Prime Minister, it soon became better known for its location, near the site of a Dominican (Black Friars) priory. More specifically, the mouth of the River Fleet had left a gap in the northern wharfside, so the Bridge was built over it rather than disrupt neighbouring commerce. The Fleet still emerges from a culvert beneath the Bridge.
Much repaired, the faulty bridge was finally replaced entirely in 1869, as part of the Victoria Embankment development. This one, by Joseph Cubitt and now Grade II Listed, spans 281 m on five wrought iron arches. Initially 21 m wide, it was extended to 32 m in 1907-10 to accommodate increasing traffic. Like London Bridge, the full length of Blackfriars Bridge remains within the jurisdiction of the City.
The intricate carvings are by John Birnie Philip, depicting seabirds and other marine fauna on this, the downstream side, whilst the upstream side features freshwater birds.
The coloured lighting is a remnant of the 2012 Olympic Games, when six Thames bridges were specially illuminated, their shades gradually shifting, with special effects coordinated to appear on the hour throughout the night. Having spent more than £1.2 million on design, equipment, installation and grants to the bridges' owners, the Greater London Authority decided to retain some of the displays as a permanent legacy of the Games.
To the left are the redundant pillars of the first Blackfriars Railway Bridge, which was also designed by Cubitt and aligned with his road bridge (or vice versa: the Railway Bridge opened first, in 1864).
However, with changed traffic priorities and rolling stock, Cubitt's bridge soon became obsolete and merely supplemented the adjacent St Paul's Railway Bridge (1886, by John Wolfe-Barry and Henry Marc Brunel - the sons of architect Sir Charles Barry and engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel). Use of the original declined after 1922 and in 1937 St Paul's inherited the 'Blackfriars' name.
The original's deck was finally removed in 1985, though the easternmost pillars now partially support the modern London Blackfriars station, the platforms of which extend right across the Thames beneath a roof covered by 4,400 photovoltaic solar panels, meeting half the station's energy requirements and making this the world's largest (of only three, admittedly) solar bridges.
The 163 m tower on the south bank is One Blackfriars, under construction at the time of photo but opened in 2018, in a prime location previously occupied by the headquarters of Sainsbury's supermarket for over a century.
The 52-storey building was quickly nicknamed 'The Boomerang', 'The Vase' or 'The Tummy', as it's widest halfway up, tapering in at the bottom as well as at the top, to provide uninterrupted views from Waterloo Bridge to The Shard, which should fit right between it and the South Bank Tower (Kings Reach Tower, as was).
Planning regulations also specify that new residential developments must contain a certain proportion of 'affordable' housing, but the developers reportedly made a £29m payment in lieu of that, and the building's 274 flats cost between £1.15M and £23m. Each.
Creed Lane, London EC4. Facade retention for a new hotel.
Sony A7II + Sony Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
Taken at the LondonFurs furmeet on Saturday August 26th.
Fursuiter 'Toxin', a bat -- but a bat with a bit of 'Dutch Angel Dragon' in her DNA, I think.
Fleet Place, London EC4.
This small section of the Central London skyline is seen from the riverside viewpoint in Minerva Square, on the north side of Southwark Cathedral. I particular like the contrast between the nearer rectilinear buildings and the ultra-modern ones behind; yellowish stone against blue-green glass and steel.
Entering the image from the near right, London Bridge links the City of London to Southwark. The current bridge opened in 1973 but there have been 'London Bridges' here since the Roman era (c.55CE) and the most famous structure, featuring 19 irregular arches and 200 buildings up to seven storeys tall) stood here for over six centuries, 1209–1831.
To the left of the northern end, 300 m from here, Fishmongers' Hall is the Grade II* Listed headquarters of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. There's been a Fishmongers' Hall since at least 1310, on this site since 1434. It was one of the 44 Livery halls destroyed in the 1666 Great Fire of London; a replacement opened in 1671. Demolished for a new London Bridge in 1827, the current hall opened in 1834. Unfortunately, it was the location of fatal stabbings in 2019.
At the right, Adelaide House is Grade II Listed for its pioneering roles in British architecture/construction: at completion in 1925, the 43 m office block was the City's tallest, the first to feature the steel frame later used for skyscrapers, and the UK's first office block to have telephones, electricity and central ventilation throughout.
Designed by Sir John Burnet and Thomas Tait, incorporating fashionable Egyptian motifs, the building was named for Queen Adelaide (consort of William IV), who had opened London Bridge in 1831.
Disappointingly, its roof no longer accommodates a fruit/flower garden and 18-hole mini golf course.
To the immediate left, Regis House (45 King William St) occupies the site of King William Street Station, first terminus of the City and South London Railway. That opened in 1890, but the station was bypassed by extension of the line to Moorgate, and closed in 1900. The street-level station was demolished in the 1930s, in favour of this office building, but the ghost platforms remain and served as a public air raid shelter in the 1940s.
The Monument to the Great Fire of London is immediately beyond, 450 m away: a Doric column which displays a gilded burning urn 62 m above the ground and the exact same distance west of the point in Pudding Lane where the fire began in 1666.
Now Grade I Listed and a scheduled monument, the viewpoint at the top of a 311-step spiral staircase is worth visiting – but pick an uncrowded time of day.
The Leadenhall Building, ~930 m away at 122 Leadenhall Street, was designed by Richard Rogers and opened in 2014. Forty-eight storeys and 225 m tall, it takes the form of a wedge, apparently to preserve the legally-protected sightline of St Paul's Cathedral from Fleet Street and the west. That has also invited the nickname 'The Cheesegrater',
The 180m-tall, 41-storey tower of 30 St Mary Axe, 1.1 km away, became popularly known as 'The Gherkin' even before it was completed in 2003 and opened in 2004. Designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group and built on the site of the Baltic Exchange, this has to be one of London's most widely recognised landmarks, even subsequently surrounded by taller buildings.
The distinctive shape of 20 Fenchurch Street, ~650 m away, has similarly inspired the nickname 'The Walkie-Talkie'. Designed by Rafael Viñoly and completed in early 2014 with the 3-storey 'public' Sky Garden (a condition of planning approval) opening in 2015, this is the sixth-tallest building in the City and 12th-tallest in Greater London, at 160 m and 38-storeys.
Publicity hasn't been universally favourable. Concavity in the novel shape focuses sunlight into southern streets, reaching 91–117°C even before the building was finished. That's easily sufficient to damage parked cars, never mind pedestrians. Additionally, the Sky Garden apparently isn't to agreed standards and if one has to pre-book or accept closures for private events, that's less public than specified.
Taken for the RPS "Bleeding London" Project. As part of this project I decided to set myself my own
challenge and project to photograph every street in the Square Mile- progress can be followed at bleedinglondoncity.blogspot.co.uk/
This statue of a female figure restraining a horse, 'Controlled Energy', by Sir William Reid Dick RA, stands at the south-western end of the Grade II Listed office building's curved façade, overlooking Blackfriars Bridge on the north bank of the River Thames. The corresponding north-eastern figure is male.
Occupying the site of Henry VIII's Bridewell Palace (replaced by De Keyser's Royal Hotel after 1864), the London headquarters of soap manufacturers Lever Brothers (Unilever from 1930) combines Neoclassical and Art Deco elements and opened in 1933.
St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4
I'm expediting the uploading of the vintage 1997 London & West Country trip as I want to return to the normal posting or more recent images. Also, as my work place is finally banning access to flickr due to it being a personal digital storage site, please forgive me that I won't be able to respond to all your comments and not right away from now on.
View of the no.3 turbogenerator with total power output 105 MWe.
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Turbozespół bloku BC - 100 nr 3 o mocy 105 MWe.
Marble effigy, William Reid-Dick, 1925
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Chapel commemorates all the fallen of The Great War
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"Ye Olde Watling public house claims to have been built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1668 to house those workers rebuilding St Paul's Cathedral, following the Great Fire of London in 1666. The pub was constructed from the straight lengths of brine-pickled timber from old ships which were sold cheaply to builders." [Source: P.H. plaque]. However the building seen today is dated by the City of London Corporation as early C19th, of stock brick and timber. Watling Street, City of London.
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)
Over 800 Old N News Now...Here From The Classic 1981 Heist Thriller Starring Albert Finney, Martin Sheen N Others!.....Heres The Fourth And Final Image From The Film....Heres Colin Blakely Who Sadly Died Aged Just 56....The Old Blackfriars Subway Exits Have Gone,And A New One Is In Position..`Only One Now`..See Previous Photo,The Offices In The Rear Are Now The Crowne Plaza Hotel..Next Corner Tudor Street`Another Floor Has Been Added....Footnote Woman Seen In Extreme Right Is An Extra!She Is Also In The Frame From 2 Photos Ago..
Statue of Samuel Johnson's pet cat near their home in Gough Square, City of London. Statue by Jon Bickley, 1997.
Ahh Another Redo I First Done In 2008!!..Now Deleted...Sadly The Old Blackfriars Rail Station Was Demolished In The Seventies...And Replaced With This Hideous Building..Since 2008 We Have Lost A Phone Booth,Journeys Friend And A City Of London Crest!..We Now Have Bollards!..And A Tidied Up Rail Bridge..
Women On The Left,Men On The Right...These Toilets Have Been Closed For Ages...Just Sitting Abandoned In The Middle Of The Road... There Used To Be More Orante Toilets Just Up At The Junction With Charterhouse Street....Seen In One Of My Old And News...Now Filled Over
Built in 1905, architect R M Roe, this beautiful building is in Fleet Street, London EC4.
www.londonremembers.com/memorials/mary-queen-of-scots-house
In ABCs and 123s: Q is for Queen (of Scots)