Thread: Lost London - Page 16 - SkyscraperCity

Victoria and Albert Museum opens a new gallery on 2 of December called 'Medieval and Renaissance Galleries'. One of the highlights is a facade of a timber-framed house built before the Great Fire of 1666. A truly rare survivor. And of course loads of other treasures from the period - 300-1600. Sir Paul Pindar's House In 1597 Sir Paul Pindar bought several properties in Bishopsgate, just outside the walls of the city of London,...

^ It's a beautiful book. The photos are very high quality and comprehensive.

The original Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal;

From livejournal.com

Now and then images of Tottenham court road.

What happened to Blackfriars Station?

Quote: Originally Posted by Jack Rabbit Slim A good deal of the things shown there in 1949 seem to be there today which is quite reassuring, and a couple of the spots seem to look a bit better. What really illustrates the difference to me though is between pics 15 and 16. Look at the elegant tall double-lamp post in the left corner of pic 15, now look at what you can see there in pic 16....sign of the modern age Yea, the older lamp is...

Its unfortunate that the red brick building on the west side of Tottenham Ct Rd has had much of its detailing including corner turret removed at roof level. Also, the building on the east side behind the Y has been "modernised" and reclad - again a loss of detail and conical roof, though the building is still there. Shame about the Y, but Goering rather than developers deserves the credit for this unfortunate loss.

Its the idea/ impression Langur, not the pedantics of the reality. Imagine how much more impressive this building would look, and the sense of space if it had a light coloured road is what Im saying: compared, the feel we could get, and what we do: I think UK should be one of the first countries to have pale asphalt, especially with our light. Markings dark on pale rather than bright on black, which is just too vivid and detracting to any...

Thats a really low poly model you got there. Video Game optimised I would say.