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No. 1 Poultry – Sir James Stirling’s PoMo

09/02/2015 donbrown 2

If you want to build anything in the City of London there are three hurdles to be overcome – first you have to be allowed […]

The Wobbly Bridge – Foster and Caro’s ‘Blade of Light’

05/02/2015 donbrown 0

Spanning the river from St Paul’s Cathedral to the Tate Modern, London’s gallery of modern and contemporary art housed in the former Bankside power station […]

The Moorgate Lighthouse

26/01/2015 donbrown 1

Stroll up Moorgate Street from the Bank of England, and about a third of the way along on your right, look up and, set into […]

The Orangery, Clapham

16/04/2014 donbrown 1

This was a surprise. You really don’t expect to come across a huge Georgian relic in a post-war south London housing estate. But in the […]

Henry VIII’s Wine Cellar

16/03/2014 donbrown 1

Buried under the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall is an extraordinary historical survivor. Henry VIII’s Wine Cellar is one of the few remaining parts […]

The Post Office Central Power Station

30/01/2014 donbrown 0

Another door, this time on Barge House Street, in the outer wall of what is now the Oxo Tower complex. The Royal coat of arms above […]

Edwin Evans and Battersea Rise

04/01/2014 donbrown 0

The closing of a small estate agent’s office in South West London is hardly big news (some might even raise a cheer), but the closure […]

‘Go Gay’ Going

04/05/2012 donbrown 1

I’ve always loved the sign for this laundrette on the Wandsworth Bridge Road. It’s lovable partly for the involuntary snigger it always causes, but mainly […]

The Tower Hill memorial

07/03/2012 donbrown 0

Directly across the road by the Tower of London, hard by the tube station is the Tower Hill Memorial to sailors of the merchant navy […]

“Big problems call for Big solutions” – the Abercrombie plan

24/01/2012 donbrown 0

“The Proud City” is a wonderful bit of film freely available on the Internet Archive. Made to sell the idea of the Abercrombie plan for […]

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No. 1 Poultry – Sir James Stirling’s PoMo

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