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Archive for March, 2010
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The incredible fake houses of Paddington
Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | 1 CommentA deceptive façade at 23/24 Leinster Gardens, Paddington, London W2 -
A trip to the fabulous Horniman Museum
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 | 2 CommentsI love this place – parts of it feel like you’ve stepped into an untouched Edwardian gallery of curiosities, while other parts are as high tech as anything you’ll find... -
BANJOS! PUNK! CLOGS! VIOLAS! Brixton Offline Club
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 | No CommentsAfter the headliners pulled out with the gig looming up fast, it looked like we’d be looking at an empty stage on Friday, but we managed to hastily assemble a... -
The melancholic romance of abandoned railway lines
Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2010 | No CommentsIf you’ve only a passing interest in Britain’s railways, its architecture or industrial past, you should find Subterranea Brittanica’s Closed Stations site an invaluable and compelling resource. -
Brixton night out: Windmill and the Prince Albert
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 | No CommentsBrixton’s got some awesome venues, and on any just about any given night you can find some great stuff going on. Last night I checked out the excellent Lost Cavalry... -
Victorian Birmingham gets flattened: time-lapse video
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsIn the 1960s and 70s amateur snapper Derek Fairbrother made over 20 photographic time-lapse sequences showing the demolition of old buildings and their replacement by new buildings and road systems... -
Tate Modern: Miroslaw Balka’s ‘How It Is’ sculpture
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | No CommentsPolish artist Miroslaw Balka’s sculpture – entitled ‘How It Is’ – dominates the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, standing 13 metres high by 30 metres long, and balanced on... -
Revolution Paper, Mexican Prints at the British Museum
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | No CommentsThis is only on until the 5th of April, so get down to the British Museum sharpish if you want to check out some superb political posters from the great... -
Queensboro Bridge & the Roosevelt Island Tramway, NYC
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | No CommentsWe’re slowly working our way over every bridge out of Manhattan – we’ve strutted over the Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, the George Washington Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge, and a... -
London Razor skyscraper packs wind turbines, Bladerunner-style (update)
Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 | 7 CommentsLooking like it’s sprouted from the set of Bladerunner is London’s newest high-rise apartment block, the ‘Razor.’ The 148 metre-tall high-tech tower will feature built-in wind turbines – a world... -
5Pointz, Queens NYC: the most graffiti’d building in New York?
Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2010 | 1 CommentSituated by Jackson Avenue at Crane Street and Davis Street in Long Island City, 5 Pointz claims to be the “world’s premiere ‘graffiti Mecca,’ showcasing aerosol artists from around the... -
Snappers snap snaps at the Getty photogallery
Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 | No CommentsPhotographers taking photographs of photographs at the Getty Gallery, by Oxford Circus. -
Brixton Village on a Saturday
Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 | No CommentsThe old Granville Arcade (now renamed Brixton Village) was a moribund place for many years but thanks to a recent initiative to offer the empty shop units rent-free to artists,... -
Some photos: Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY
Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 | No CommentsSome more photos from our travels around Williamsburg, Brooklyn NYC: -
A walk through the Thames Tunnel
Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 | 3 CommentsConnecting Rotherhithe and Wapping, the Thames Tunnel was built between 1825 and 1843 by Marc Brunel and his son, the legendary Great Western railway engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Hailed in...