{"id":17474,"date":"2017-01-12T15:29:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T15:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17474"},"modified":"2017-01-12T21:35:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T21:35:01","slug":"a-grey-and-misty-walk-from-vauxhall-to-chelsea-and-the-saatchi-gallery-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-grey-and-misty-walk-from-vauxhall-to-chelsea-and-the-saatchi-gallery-london\/","title":{"rendered":"A grey and misty walk from Vauxhall to Chelsea and the Saatchi Gallery, London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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London is a great walking city, and there’s plenty of\u00a0interesting strolls you can take, even when the weather is a bit crap. On a damp and misty Sunday, we got the tube up from Brixton to Vauxhall station and headed west.<\/p>\n

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This south riverside is being enthusiastically developed to provide luxury flats for the well heeled. In the distance you can see Battersea Power Station’s chimneys being rebuilt.<\/p>\n

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Billed as “London’s new diplomatic precinct,” Embassy Gardens is\u00a0on the riverside of Nine Elms and comes with the usual glossy website<\/a> to attract the overstuffed wallets of the rich.<\/p>\n

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The riverside path takes you past several permanent moorings.<\/p>\n

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That’s quite literally a house boat.<\/p>\n

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Low tide on the Thames.<\/p>\n

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After years of deliberation and a few wild proposals<\/a>, work has gone ahead of a dreary redevelopment of the area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In nearby Battersea Park can be found\u00a0Barbara Hepworth’s 1961-2 sculpture “Single Form,” dedicated to the memory of Dag Hammarskjold, the late general secretary of the United Nations.<\/p>\n

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Looking across the river to the fine houses of Chelsea.<\/p>\n

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The London Peace Pagoda was built in\u00a01985 in Battersea Park. Permission to build it was the last legislative act of the Greater London Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Walking across\u00a0the Albert\u00a0Bridge, which was designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish<\/a> in 1873, but after it proved to be structurally unsound,Sir Joseph Bazalgette<\/a>\u00a0stepped in to modify the design between 1884 and 1887.<\/p>\n

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Looking east to a misty London.<\/p>\n

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The Saatchi Gallery of contemporary art was opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985 so he could show off his collection to the public. Admission is free.<\/p>\n

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The basement contains\u00a0Richard Wilson\u2019s 20:50 installation, a cunning piece of work that deceives the senses:<\/p>\n

Viewed from the entrance platform 20:50 appears as a holographic field: simultaneously a polished floor, infinite clear pool, an expansive and indefinable virtual space that clinically absorbs and mirrors the gallery architecture. The room is in fact entirely flooded in oil. \u00a0[Saachi<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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See photos from\u00a0an earlier visit to the Saatchi Gallery here<\/a><\/p>\n

More info:<\/strong>
\nSaachi Gallery<\/a>
\nDuke of York\u2019s HQ
\nKing\u2019s Road
\nLondon
\nSW3 4RY<\/p>\n

OPENING HOURS<\/strong>
\n10am-6pm, 7 days a week, last entry 5:30pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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