[Closed] Nearly Forgot! Elfin's Tuesday Architecture thread- stuff local to you.

a beautiful Georgian square in Angel, Islington 😀

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I'd love to live somewhere like that 8)

The Lowry Theatre from my living room and Imperial War Museum in the background in colder times.
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The bridge from the Lowry bar in warmer times!
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Ain't it pretty?

😉

Markfield Beam Engine, South Tottenham:

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and one of my favourites, inside and out
St. Pancras Station
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St. Pancras is a beast, in't it?

St. Georges Town Hall, Shadwell, with Battle of Cable St mural:

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Bleedin'ell Elfie, how old is that photo ?

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George Davis is innocent took me back a few years. There was a time when you couldn't walk for more than a few minutes in London without seeing George Davis is innocent.

Of course he wasn't innocent. Well maybe for the crime he was fitted up for, but the geezer was a right dodgy ****. I don't know whether he's still serving time or not.

But thanks for the nostalgia anyway.

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Nice, but not very original

The Turning Torso in Malmo, Sweden.
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Not local but I do visit often 😀

I knew his niece actually. Yeah, he was a naughty bastard, but it don't excuse the fuzz for fitting him up.

He eventually married a copper's daughter, you know? 😀

Wunundred! 🙂

I think that graffiti is still there actually. This is a more recent photo, I know this cos those green gates in the background are a recent addition, last couple of years.

EDIT: Taken 15th September last year apparently.

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Actually, I might keep me eyes open see if there are any more bits up around. S'funny how you get used to something over the years. I grew up with the G Davis stuff.

I live in hope that someone will restore this

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Back to this

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Yeah you're right, the 20mph speed restriction plus the Mondeo suggests that is a fairly recent pic.

But what are we talking about - 35 years ago ? That paint has lasted well. The G. Davis in innocent campaign must have had a few bob and only bought top quality paint.

Bloody hell Bregante; if it once looked like this, it would be a crime not to!

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Over the past ten years several groups have been involved in "saving it" but I don't think anything is going on in the current financial climate 🙁

It's like Poplar Baths; bin derelict for over two decades now.

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A travesty. This is what it once looked like, more how I remember it:
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Old Perfume factory in Old Trafford - (now apartments)

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I've always liked this place. Pendleton Industrial Cooperative Society in Salford. Really run down now.

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It's a little beauty :

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It reminds me of a neo-Stalinist tractor factory.

Who's the geezer sitting in front of it ?

I had some odd notion it was William Booth, but it's not, it's someone called Richard Green, who was a ship owner and philanthropist.

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The statue of William Booth I'm thinking of is actually in Whitechapel.

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Just behind that are Trinity Almshouses.

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There's the Black Friar in manchester with its odd first floor bay window.

It needs a bit of TLC ASAP before it crumbles.

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The G. Davis in innocent campaign must have had a few bob and only bought top quality paint.

LOL

Deganwy vardre is just behind my house.
[*] http://www.deganwy.conwy.sch.uk/pages/deg_castle.htm [/*]

People don't realise there used to be another castle opposite Conwy. Just a few ruins and a big wall built into the side left now.

[*] http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1433155400058057921RIbOlI [/*]

I can't believe this one hasn't been done yet. Are there no other South Walesians on here?
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I would add that where St David's 2 meets John Lewis and Cardiff Library at the bottom of the Hayes is one of the best urban renewal projects I have seen anywhere. The urban architect that envisioned that whole section of city deserves a medal.

Not my images
Ringinglow round house - some sort of toll house i'm guessing
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Sheffield Millenium galleries - greenhouse bit
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The Crucible after the recent re vamp
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and perhaps the most controversial of all - Park Hill flats
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Currently being revamped
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