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Post by trash80 on Oct 22, 2017 11:38:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 11:51:27 GMT
Thanks for sharing. Some terrific views there! |
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Post by trash80 on Oct 22, 2017 11:53:42 GMT
Yes was lucky, the wind was picking up but still ok, another hour or so and we probably wouldn't have been allowed out onto the roof gardens
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Post by holborncentral on Oct 22, 2017 15:26:06 GMT
Thanks for sharing, they're lovely photos. Are any parts of the building still in use by LUL/TfL?
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Post by trash80 on Oct 22, 2017 15:59:43 GMT
Most of it i believe, according to the guides any moves to sell the building have been abandoned.
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Post by bassmike on Oct 22, 2017 17:11:58 GMT
So they should be. if some people had their way Tfl's H Q would probably be on an obscure industrial estate in Neasden or similar,purely for instant money regardless of heritage etc.
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Post by holborncentral on Oct 22, 2017 18:41:53 GMT
It's only right that they keep the building. It's a part of TfL's heritage after all. I would love to tour it someday though. What was it like being on the roof gardens? Is it very high up?
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Post by trash80 on Oct 22, 2017 19:12:24 GMT
Just the right height i think, high enough to get a great view but not so high you can't see any of the details below
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 19:12:53 GMT
It's only right that they keep the building. It's a part of TfL's heritage after all. I would love to tour it someday though. What was it like being on the roof gardens? Is it very high up? You get a good view of central london, but being practically next to new scotland yard, you were not allowed to take pictures in that direction. |
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Post by trash80 on Oct 22, 2017 19:49:06 GMT
That has been demolished now so no problem anymore!
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Post by rincew1nd on Oct 22, 2017 20:37:23 GMT
Isn't there now a New New Scotland Yard though, retaining the Old New Scotland Yard triangular revolving sign?
It's almost as silly as New Pudsey station[*] which is so new that this year it celebrated its 50th birthday as the station for Pudsey.
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Post by holborncentral on Oct 22, 2017 21:55:47 GMT
It's only right that they keep the building. It's a part of TfL's heritage after all. I would love to tour it someday though. What was it like being on the roof gardens? Is it very high up? You get a good view of central london, but being practically next to new scotland yard, you were not allowed to take pictures in that direction. That's understandable I guess. The view from the roof looked good on the photos. I bet you see a lot. I'd just be worried that I would find it too high to look down as I'm not good with heights, but I doubt it's as high as some of the US skyscrapers. |
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Post by rincew1nd on Oct 22, 2017 22:11:32 GMT
I'd just be worried that I would find it too high to look down as I'm not good with heights... I have a similar kind of fear, it's not a fear of heights though, it's a fear of falling. I can quite happily walk across a glass floor, Go Ape (once I'm satisfied that I actually am attached), or look down the centre of a twelve story stairwell. However if there is a real possibility of falling any more than 20' (such as the edge of a quay, even with water below) then there's no way you'll find me near the edge. Unlike most 'fears' this isn't a 'phobia'. A 'phobia' is an irrational fear or something and my fear is the very rational fear of plummeting to my certain doom! Ahem, I drift from the topic. |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 22, 2017 22:40:21 GMT
There are plenty of places with "New" in their name which are actually very old - the New Forest, Newcastle, etc. "New" College Oxford is over 600 years old and the sixth-oldest of the 40-odd that make up the University. It acquired its name because it was the second to be dedicated to St Mary (the first is now called Oriel College).
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 22, 2017 22:52:50 GMT
It's practically next to new scotland yard, That was the second New Scotland Yard. The new New Scotland Yard is the Curtis Green Building on the Embankment, originally built as an annex to the first New Scotland Yard (the main building of which was the Norman Shaw Building, now used as parliamentary offices). The original "Scotland Yard" was at the other end of Whitehall. The street from which it took its name is supposed to have been named after the embassy that was there (prior to the Act of Union in 1707). |
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Post by holborncentral on Oct 23, 2017 0:07:15 GMT
I'd just be worried that I would find it too high to look down as I'm not good with heights... I have a similar kind of fear, it's not a fear of heights though, it's a fear of falling. I can quite happily walk across a glass floor, Go Ape (once I'm satisfied that I actually am attached), or look down the centre of a twelve story stairwell. However if there is a real possibility of falling any more than 20' (such as the edge of a quay, even with water below) then there's no way you'll find me near the edge. Unlike most 'fears' this isn't a 'phobia'. A 'phobia' is an irrational fear or something and my fear is the very rational fear of plummeting to my certain doom! Ahem, I drift from the topic. That's what I worry about too. I don't think I could walk across a glass floor if it was very high up. Falling from a great height is never a good thing  norbitonflyer: One of my lecturers went to New College in Oxford in the 90s. I don't know if she liked it though. |
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Post by snoggle on Oct 23, 2017 0:19:03 GMT
Most of it i believe, according to the guides any moves to sell the building have been abandoned. Well the freehold isn't being sold but the building is going to be subject to a "sale and lease back" arrangement which will drop a large sum in TfL's coffers in the short term but effectively TfL then have to lease the building back. That's illustrative of the mess that TfL's finances are in. Months of work have been going on to survey the building and ensure the bits used to run the railway underneath are physically separated off from the main building complex and not covered by the lease back. There was a TfL Board Paper about this a few months back - that's where I heard about all this. Before I left LU I arranged a Saturday visit to photograph inside 55 Broadway plus some rooftop shots. I may have shared the photos before but here's a link for those who haven't seen them before. 55 Broadway album |
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Post by rincew1nd on Oct 24, 2017 17:34:08 GMT
It's only right that they keep the building. It's a part of TfL's heritage after all. I would love to tour it someday though. What was it like being on the roof gardens? Is it very high up? You get a good view of central london, but being practically next to new scotland yard, you were not allowed to take pictures in that direction. That has been demolished now so no problem anymore! |
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Post by kateyay on Oct 24, 2017 18:44:03 GMT
You get a good view of central london, but being practically next to new scotland yard, you were not allowed to take pictures in that direction. That has been demolished now so no problem anymore! This photo looks to have been taken from Windsor House rather than Broadway. Even still it is a bit odd having such a change to the view. Never mind; it is soon to be filled with some towers of flats. |
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Post by londonstuff on Oct 24, 2017 20:57:02 GMT
Even still it is a bit odd having such a change to the view. Never mind; it is soon to be filled with some towers of flats. They’re very average flats too though probably better than what it replaces. There was a lot of local opposition, myself included, at plans to make some of them twenty storeys high which is just ridiculous. The idea of making it one of London’s most expensive flats makes me laugh too - Victoria has and continues to improve though it’s been like living on a building site for the past seven years. However, if I had that kind of money to burn, I wouldn’t be living there. Any forum members here with a spare £20 million might get a great view of the upgraded station though a bit of a migrane-inducing bathroom. www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61977358.html<thread drift, sorry> |
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