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Post by londonstuff on Aug 9, 2010 8:18:32 GMT
It will be open on 18-19 September as part of the annual London Open House weekend (as is the BT Tower, Portcullis House, Centre Point building, etc. It's essential to book for this (and they'll probably go quickly) from 10am today, 9th August. The booking page is active from 10am here. Fingers crossed - this is the only one I really really want to go to    |
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Post by mrfs42 on Aug 9, 2010 9:09:44 GMT
I've just managed to book a couple of tickets for Ma & Pa angelislington. We're off carousing in Yorkshire that weekend, unfortunately.
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Post by memorex on Aug 9, 2010 12:02:06 GMT
Broadway all sold out now!
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Post by londonstuff on Sept 18, 2010 16:23:53 GMT
Went to 55 Broadway today as part of the Open City weekend. Unfortunately there was no photography allowed inside, but we had a 45-minute tour of the building, into some of the meeting rooms, saw the postal system, etc. Thanks to Mike Ashworth for helping to make it happen. We could, however, take photos from the roof garden and from the very top of the building, by the flagpole; I've put the photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/londonstuff/sets/72157624981868528/I also went to Village Underground just off Bishopsgate, where the 1983 stock are painted and used as offices - they were cool  Lots of photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/londonstuff/sets/72157624857337513/ |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2010 17:51:05 GMT
Glad you enjoyed yourself, I'm sure it was very interesting!
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Post by ruislip on Sept 18, 2010 18:21:01 GMT
I'm surprised they would schedule for this weekend, with the Papal visit also happening.
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Post by londonstuff on Sept 18, 2010 18:27:18 GMT
I'm surprised they would schedule for this weekend, with the Papal visit also happening. I'm pretty sure that the Open City thing has been pencilled in on this date for not far off a year given the amount of planning it must take for an event of that magnitude. The Pope's visit, I would suggest, was planned more recently than that. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2010 11:33:12 GMT
Do you get to see lots of people in offices shuffling paper (or looking on the internet)?
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Post by londonstuff on Sept 19, 2010 11:50:59 GMT
Do you get to see lots of people in offices shuffling paper (or looking on the internet)? Apart from the woman on the reception desk I didn't see another person in the whole building. Other than the odd security guard the place was absolutely deserted. |
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Post by angelislington on Sept 27, 2010 21:30:20 GMT
Went to 55 Broadway today as part of the Open City weekend. Unfortunately there was no photography allowed inside, but we had a 45-minute tour of the building, into some of the meeting rooms, saw the postal system, etc. Thanks to Mike Ashworth for helping to make it happen. We could, however, take photos from the roof garden and from the very top of the building, by the flagpole; I've put the photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/londonstuff/sets/72157624981868528/Thanks for that, Londonstuff. I do like www.flickr.com/photos/londonstuff/5001009953/in/set-72157624981868528/#/ for the roundel design on the drainpipe to bottom right. Or are my eyes deceiving me? Ma and Pa AI decided not to go in the end, because of the pope visit, great shame and I told them off for it. BTW I'm not surprised it was empty, it tends to be on a weekend, most offices are! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2010 1:44:30 GMT
That really is quite fantastic. |
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Lots of photos here:
