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Chelsea SW3 Chelsea Embankment is reminiscent of the history of old Chelsea when this was a mere village. The reference to the "Old Ferry" was none other than a 200 year-old ferry which was replaced in 1771 by a wooden bridge which appears in the paintings of Turner and Whistler. This wooden bridge eventually was demolished to make room in 1890 to the Battersea Bridge. the Chelsea Embankment was built after Bazalgette undertook the massive engineering works along the river Thames which placed a huge collecting sewer under what is now the Embankment flanked by Victorian grand houses built during 1870s.
Chelsea Physic Garden,
London SW3
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Luma apiculata, (Chilean Myrtle) is a species of tree in the genus Luma in the family Myrtaceae, native to the central Andes mountains between Chile and Argentina between 33 and 45° South Latitude.
The Chilean Myrtle grows slowly, forming a small tree of around 10 to 15 meters, rarely 20 meters. Its trunk appears twisted and contorted and has smooth bark, coloured grey to bright orange-brown, which peels as the tree grows. It is evergreen, with small fragrant oval leaves 2 to 2.5 centimeters long and 1.5 broad, and profuse white flowers in early to mid summer. Its fruit is an edible black or blue berry 1 centimeter in diameter, ripe in early autumn. ts fruit is appreciated in Chile and Argentina and its flowers are important for honey production. The Chilean Myrtle has medicinal uses for the Mapuche people. It is also kept as bonsai and cultivated in gardens for the contrast of the glossy foliage and slender red stems. It has become naturalised in parts of Ireland and western Great Britain and it has been planted in Spain.
Leverett Street, SW3
Part of my Bleeding London portfolio. For details of project, see London section of RPS website here: www.rps.org/regions-and-chapters/regions/london/blogs/201...
St Simon Zelotes, Chelsea, SW3
Victorian Gothic
Promenades and Streetscapes
London SW3, Chelsea
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Church consecrated 1859, Milner Street .
Bldg of Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings designed by Jos. Peacock 1858–9, built by White of Pimlico, in idiosyncratic Dec. style. Shallow sanctuary, aisled and clerestoreyed nave, with higher E. bays of aisles forming transepts galleried until 1896, W. bell turret. Polychrome interior with much naturalistic carving by J.L. Jacquet, and rich E. end with glass by Lavers & Barraud and furnishings by Hailand & Fisher. Organ by Walker.
The Royal Photographic Society is involved in a project named 'Bleeding London'. Between March and October 2014 photographers will take a shot of each of the 70,000 streets contained in the 'London A to Z'. Most of these shots were taken on a photo shoot around the Chelsea area and my walk back to Putney.