{"id":17902,"date":"2017-07-07T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T12:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17902"},"modified":"2017-07-07T13:38:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T12:38:18","slug":"the-beauty-of-london-at-night-a-summer-stroll-along-the-south-bank-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-beauty-of-london-at-night-a-summer-stroll-along-the-south-bank-july-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The beauty of London at night: a summer stroll along the South Bank, July 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On a hot summer evening, the South Bank can be a lovely place to hang out, taking a stroll along the banks of the Thames and watching the river boats gliding up and down.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a series of photos taken this week, straight after I’d seen the wonderful Klanghaus music installation<\/a> at the Southbank Centre.<\/p>\n

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I don’t like seeing corporate branded buses parked up on the walkway, but this gets a pass because of (a) the wonderful lighting and (b) it’s a Routemaster bus.<\/p>\n

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Happily, at this time of night, the place wasn’t plagued by those tedious human statues all pulling off the same one-trick-pony with the ‘levitating’ frame.<\/p>\n

At this time of night, there was just one musician playing by Hungerford railway bridge, which is now flanked by two pedestrian bridges. See how it looked in 1995<\/a>\u00a0and see its famous skateboard graveyard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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London Eye in the background.<\/p>\n

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Food and drink stalls under the bridge.<\/p>\n

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Looking north.<\/p>\n

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Festival pier,\u00a0a stop for river boat services on the Thames.<\/p>\n

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Southbank Skatepark in the undercroft of the Southbank Centre.<\/p>\n

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Having a pint by Waterloo Bridge.<\/p>\n

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Walking under Waterloo Bridge.<\/p>\n

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Drinkers outside Denys Lasdun’s National Theatre, one of London’s most divisive Brutalist buildings whose rough concrete appearance was once described by Prince Charles as being like “a nuclear power station.”<\/p>\n

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Under the riverside trees, which are illuminated by fairy lights at night.<\/p>\n

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Looking east, with the dome of St Paul’s centre left.<\/p>\n

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Low tide sees a beach appear. There’s been some wonderful parties there<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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To the right can be seen the abandoned pillars of the Blackfriars railway bridge. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See more photos and walks around the Thames here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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