{"id":376,"date":"2007-09-21T00:46:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-21T00:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2007-09-21T00:46:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-21T00:46:00","slug":"gasometers-are-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/gasometers-are-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasometers are cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kings<\/p>\n

I passed this tonight, and grabbed a couple of shots with my Ricoh GR camera.<\/p>\n

Once one four famous gasometers serving the area around Kings Cross, this one – officially known as “Single Gasholder No 8” is the lone survivor and faces an uncertain future.<\/p>\n

\"Kings<\/p>\n

Originally erected by the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company in 1880 and decommissioned in the 1980s, there is an unexpected twist to the story: far from being scrapped, all the Grade II-listed gasometers have been carefully stored with planes to restore them once work on the St Pancras Eurostar rail link (and the regeneration of the area) is completed.<\/p>\n

Let’s hope it happens because gasometers rock!
See more pics here: Gasometer No 8, Kings Cross<\/a><\/p>\n

The whole area around Kings Cross is definitely worth another look too. It’s changing rapidly and there’s some really interesting stuff to snap that won’t be around for long.<\/p>\n

\"Constitution<\/p>\n

Here’s a picture taken from the Constitution boozer on the canal by St Pancras Way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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