Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
Under construction
4 and 7 More London Riverside under construction
The Queen's Walk
South Bank, Southwark
London, September 2005
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Potters Fields Park
Potters Fields Park
Tower Bridge Road
Southwark
London, September 2005
“Potters Fields Park is a small public park situated in the London Borough of Southwark in London, England. The park is located immediately south-west of Tower Bridge and immediately south-east of City Hall, London. It is frequently used for food festivals and other events. The name originates from the many potters who lived and worked in the area in the 17th and 18th centuries. The land has never been a Potter's field (a burial ground for the poor), although there were graveyards in the area.” (Potters Fields Park, Wikipedia)
Friday, October 27, 2006
Through the bridge
Looking through the Tower Bridge
From the balcony of City Hall
Tower Hamlets / Southwark
London, September 2005
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Chorus at the Scoop
Chorus at the Scoop
The Queen's Walk
Bankside, Southwark
London, September 2005
“The Scoop is an outdoor amphitheatre situated on the south side of the River Thames near Tower Bridge in London, located next to City Hall, providing seating for approximately 800 people. Designed by Townshend Landscape Architects, it is a venue used during the summer to show films, musical performances and theatre productions by such companies as The Steam Industry and The Pantaloons. In June 2008, films shown at The Scoop included The Dam Busters, Atonement and Withnail and I. The Scoop has been used as a performance venue since 2002.” (The Scoop, Wikipedia)
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
London Fashion Week 2005
London Fashion Week 2005
BFC Tent, Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington
London, September 2005
Monday, October 23, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Imperial College Business School
Imperial College Business School
South Kensington Campus
Exhibition Road
London, September 2005
“The business school can trace its earliest origins to 1955, when the Operational Research/Management Science (ORMS) course started at Imperial in the Production Engineering Section of the Mechanical Engineering Department. There were only 5 students enrolled when the programme commenced in October 1955 at 14 Prince's Gardens, with an arrangement in place for students to be able to attend one-day intensive economics and accounting courses for one or two terms at the London School of Economics. The agreement became a reciprocal one lasting until 1966. In the mid-1960s, there was even the idea of creating a joint School of Administration, Economics and Technology (between Imperial and LSE) but this was ultimately rejected in favour of a new graduate school of business being started in the capital. Imperial and LSE acted as co-sponsors in the establishment of this new school, named the London Graduate School of Business Studies and now known as the London Business School. Accordingly, the London Business School's first academic planning board included the heads of Imperial College and LSE.” (Imperial College Business School, Wikipedia)
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
Ransome’s Dock
Ransome’s Dock
Battersea
London, September 2005
“This old dock is one of the surprises to be found in the river bank upriver of London Bridge. Between London Bridge and the western boundary of Inner London – at Hammersmith – there have been various creeks that have been used for purposes connected with the Thames. In addition, there have been a few docks cut into the bank of the Thames. Today all of these man-made features have been swept away and it is only Ransome’s Dock, at Battersea, that remains the same size and shape as in Victorian times.” (Ransome’s Dock, Know Your London)
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Albert Bridge
Albert Bridge
London, September 2005
“Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the Tideway of the River Thames connecting Chelsea in Central London on the north, left bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge. In 1973 the Greater London Council added two concrete piers, which transformed the central span into a simple beam bridge. As a result, today the bridge is an unusual hybrid of three different design styles. It is an English Heritage Grade II* listed building.” (Albert Bridge, Wikipedia)
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Sea Cadets
Sea Cadets
Hay's Galleria
Battle Bridge Lane, Southwark
London, September 2005
“Sea Cadets is a national youth charity, working with 15,000 young people between 10 and 18 years old across the UK. It has over 400 units across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta and Bermuda all run by 9,000 volunteers. Cadets follow a similar ethos, training plan, and ranks, to the Royal Navy, and are recognised by the UK Ministry of Defence.” (Sea Cadets, Wikipedia)
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Monday, October 9, 2006
The Minster Building
The Minster Building, seen from Byward Street
Mincing Lane, Billingsgate
City of London
London, September 2005
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Saturday, October 7, 2006
Friday, October 6, 2006
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Postman's Park
Postman's Park
King Edward Street, City of London
London, September 2005
“Postman's Park is a public garden in central London, a short distance north of St Paul's Cathedral. Bordered by Little Britain, Aldersgate Street, St. Martin's Le Grand, King Edward Street, and the site of the former headquarters of the General Post Office (GPO), it is one of the largest open spaces in the City of London. Postman's Park opened in 1880 on the site of the former churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph's Aldersgate church and expanded over the next 20 years to incorporate the adjacent burial grounds of Christ Church Greyfriars and St Leonard, Foster Lane, together with the site of housing demolished during the widening of Little Britain in 1880; the ownership of the last location became the subject of a lengthy dispute between the church authorities, the General Post Office, the Treasury, and the City Parochial Foundation. A shortage of space for burials in London meant that corpses were often laid on the ground and covered over with soil, thus elevating the park above the streets which surround it.” (Postman's Park, Wikipedia)
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Alice Ayres
Alice Ayres
Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice
Postman's Park
King Edward Street, City of London
London, September 2005
“Alice Ayres (12 September 1859 – 26 April 1885) was an English nursemaid honoured for her bravery in rescuing the children in her care from a house fire. Ayres was a household assistant and nursemaid to the family of her brother-in-law and sister, Henry and Mary Ann Chandler. The Chandlers owned an oil and paint shop in Union Street, Southwark, then just south of London, and Ayres lived with the family above the shop. In 1885 fire broke out in the shop, and Ayres rescued three of her nieces from the burning building, before falling from a window and suffering fatal injury.” (Alice Ayres, Wikipedia)