{"id":15916,"date":"2015-01-19T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T12:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=15916"},"modified":"2015-01-19T12:30:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T12:30:12","slug":"margate-in-winter-dreamland-architecture-pub-and-beach-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/margate-in-winter-dreamland-architecture-pub-and-beach-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Margate in winter: Dreamland, architecture, pub and beach views"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I paid another visit to Margate over the weekend, and enjoyed some lovely walks around the town before heading off to see the mighty Dulwich Hamlet beat the home team in an exciting match<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Flag & Whistle pub on Station Approach remains closed.<\/p>\n

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The opinion-dividing\u00a0Arlington House. The patterned sides are meant to reference the tides on the beach.<\/p>\n

Built in 1964, the distinctive 18 storey building houses\u00a0142 apartment buildings. Read more about the building here: arlingtonmargate.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Artwork outside the station.<\/p>\n

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Looking out to sea.<\/p>\n

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Turner Contemporary gallery across the bay.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been a bit fascinated by the plight of Margate’s ‘Pleasure Park’ Dreamland,<\/a> which has remained closed since 2005.<\/p>\n

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After the (perhaps unexpected) success of an eleven year ‘Save Dreamland’ campaign, the site is in the process of being rebuilt and is expected to reopen later this year<\/a>. Fantastic news!<\/p>\n

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Entrance to Dreamland.<\/p>\n

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Dreamland sign detail.<\/p>\n

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Faded letters.<\/p>\n

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Built in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, Margate’s fine clocktower has 5 bells which were replaced in 1908 by Gillett & Johnston (from Croydon).<\/p>\n

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Looking east across the bay.<\/p>\n

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Harbour Arms. The ‘pier’ featured in the climax to the Michael Caine 2001 film ‘Last Orders<\/a>‘ and it looked quite different then.<\/p>\n

Margate’s original\u00a0pier was washed away in a 1978 storm.<\/p>\n

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We paid a visit to the Turner Contemporary Gallery.<\/p>\n

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Once again, our visit seemed to coincide with the main gallery being closed for a new installation,\u00a0but the downstairs\u00a0Sunley Gallery was showing\u00a0Atmosphere<\/em>, by artist Edmund de Waal.<\/p>\n

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This new work, commissioned specially for our ground floor gallery space overlooking the North Sea, has been created in response to the changing landscape and clouds viewed from the gallery and the architecture of the space.<\/p>\n

“…minimalist displays of coolly beautiful ceramic objects seductively straddle the old gap between art and craft. Modernism and ancient influences elegantly combine in art at once beautiful and thought-provoking.”<\/em>\u00a0Jonathan Jones, The Guardian [—<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Margate’s first lighthouse was built in 1828 to mark the town’s newly built breakwater.<\/p>\n

Originally constructed as\u00a0a round Doric column, the\u00a0tower fell\u00a0victim to\u00a0the Great Storm of 1953, with strong seas\u00a0toppling the structure over.<\/p>\n

In 1955, the current octagonal concrete tower was built, topped by a copper lantern housing a fixed red LED light. [—<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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The impressive 1812 building of the Margate Pier and Harbour Company.<\/p>\n

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Margate beach at low tide.<\/p>\n

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Shell Lady sculpture on the Margate Harbour Arm.<\/p>\n

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Margate is slowly regenerating, although it thankfully has a long way to go before it ends up like the hipster hell of Brixton Village.<\/p>\n

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Cupcakes: “the footsoldiers of gentrification<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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Inside the wonderful Lifeboat Inn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Along Marine Drive.<\/p>\n

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A last look at Dreamland before heading home.<\/p>\n

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Beach huts.<\/p>\n

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The listed Old Cottage pub has been quietly rotting away for\u00a0seven years. Dating back to 1650, the pub is set to be transformed into a micro brewery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Greedy Cow – we had a lovely cake there last year<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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More Margate photo features can be seen here:
\n<\/strong>Over fifty Margate photos, including beach views, Dreamland, Turner Gallery, Old Town and more<\/a>
\nMargate in the snow 2012<\/a>
\nOccupy Thanet protest 2012<\/a>
\nMargate Dreamland amusement park<\/a>
\nMargate town photos<\/a>
\nMargate town photos 2<\/a>
\nMargate railway station<\/a>
\nA return to the magnificent Lifeboat Inn, Market Street, Margate<\/a>
\nA pleasant afternoon\u2019s drinking in the Lifeboat Inn, Margate, Kent<\/a>
\nCoffee and cake at the Greedy Cow Cafe, Margate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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