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![With each fresh new luxury development adding a new slab of ugliness, the Vauxhall skyline has become a hideous, shiny mess, dominated by the thusting phallus of the ridiculous St […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ugly-vauxhall-skyline-01-115x115.jpg "In photos: the unspeakable ugliness of Vauxhall’s St George Wharf riverside development and tower")
In photos: the unspeakable ugliness of Vauxhall’s St George Wharf riverside development and tower
Posted on Monday, May 6, 2019 | 2 CommentsWith each fresh new luxury development adding a new slab of ugliness, the Vauxhall skyline has become a hideous, shiny mess, dominated by the thusting phallus of the ridiculous St […] -
![Currently taking place at the Chelsea College of Arts is the interim show for the MA Textile Design and MA Interior Spatial Design courses. Running until the 15th May 2017, the work can […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/chelsea-ma-textile-design-01-115x115.jpg "Chelsea MA Textile Design and Interior Spatial Design show: abstract shapes, colours and forms")
Chelsea MA Textile Design and Interior Spatial Design show: abstract shapes, colours and forms
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2017 | No CommentsCurrently taking place at the Chelsea College of Arts is the interim show for the MA Textile Design and MA Interior Spatial Design courses. Running until the 15th May 2017, the work can […] -
![Spring is in the air and I’ve been out and about in London with my trusty Ricoh GR camera. Here’s a brief selection of photos taken around the banks of the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/london-photos-april-2015-011-115x115.jpg "London in Spring – scenes by the River Thames and around the city")
London in Spring – scenes by the River Thames and around the city
Posted on Thursday, Apr 16, 2015 | No CommentsSpring is in the air and I’ve been out and about in London with my trusty Ricoh GR camera. Here’s a brief selection of photos taken around the banks of the […] -
![I was waiting on the platform at Vauxhall station on Saturday afternoon, when I noticed this woman smiling at me from a train that had just pulled in. I instinctively […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/weird-face-from-train-carriage-115x115.jpg "The weird smiling face from the Vauxhall train carriage")
The weird smiling face from the Vauxhall train carriage
Posted on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014 | 8 CommentsI was waiting on the platform at Vauxhall station on Saturday afternoon, when I noticed this woman smiling at me from a train that had just pulled in. I instinctively […] -
A short walk from Vauxhall tube station across the Thames to Blackfriars Bridge, London
Posted on Friday, Aug 1, 2014 | 1 CommentHere’s a series of photos taken from a short (2.7 miles/4.5km) walk I took recently from Vauxhall tube station (Victoria Line), along the Thames to the north side of Blackfriars Bridge. -
![The Vauxhall Society is up in arms over TfL and Lambeth Council plans to spend £25 million demolishing the shiny edifice that is Vauxhall Bus Station, just ten years after it […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/vauxhall-bus-station-threat-1-115x115.jpg "Vauxhall Bus Station threatened with demolition to make way for a ‘riverside town’")
Vauxhall Bus Station threatened with demolition to make way for a ‘riverside town’
Posted on Monday, Feb 3, 2014 | 6 CommentsThe Vauxhall Society is up in arms over TfL and Lambeth Council plans to spend £25 million demolishing the shiny edifice that is Vauxhall Bus Station, just ten years after it […] -
![On Saturday afternoon, I took a stroll along the south bank of the Thames from Vauxhall to Waterloo. Apart from having to battle through the hideous tourist scrum around the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/vauxhall-river-thames-12-115x115.jpg "A walk along the Thames riverfront and beach by Vauxhall, south London")
A walk along the Thames riverfront and beach by Vauxhall, south London
Posted on Monday, Sep 30, 2013 | 2 CommentsOn Saturday afternoon, I took a stroll along the south bank of the Thames from Vauxhall to Waterloo. Apart from having to battle through the hideous tourist scrum around the […] -
![At 50 floors, the St George Wharf Tower will be the tallest residential building in the UK, and the build on the south bank of the Thames by Vauxhall, central London is […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/st-george-wharf-tower-21-115x115.jpg "St George Wharf Tower (the Vauxhall Tower) in south London nears completion")
St George Wharf Tower (the Vauxhall Tower) in south London nears completion
Posted on Monday, Mar 4, 2013 | 5 CommentsAt 50 floors, the St George Wharf Tower will be the tallest residential building in the UK, and the build on the south bank of the Thames by Vauxhall, central London is […] -
![This was such a fun gig to play. I’ve always wanted to play the legendary gay club Duckie after seeing the Actionettes perform there so many times, so was well […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mrs-mills-duckie-vauxhall-sept-2012-231-115x115.jpg "The Mrs Mills Experience wow the crowds at Duckie")
The Mrs Mills Experience wow the crowds at Duckie
Posted on Thursday, Sep 20, 2012 | No CommentsThis was such a fun gig to play. I’ve always wanted to play the legendary gay club Duckie after seeing the Actionettes perform there so many times, so was well […] -
St George Wharf Tower – the tallest residential building in the UK hits 50 floors
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | 6 CommentsShooting up in to the central London sky is the St George Wharf Tower, soon to be the tallest residential building in the UK. -
St George Wharf Tower – soon to be the UK’s tallest residential building – rises in Vauxhall
Posted on Friday, Feb 17, 2012 | 2 CommentsCurrently rising into the skies at Vauxhall is the St George Wharf Tower (aka The Tower), which will be the tallest residential building in the UK when completed.