Clare and I went on an impromptu tour of London infrastructure today after unexpectedly ending up at Dishoom Canary Wharf due to a power cut at the Kensington branch.
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Clare and I went on an impromptu tour of London infrastructure today after unexpectedly ending up at Dishoom Canary Wharf due to a power cut at the Kensington branch.
A ten-minute walk from Canary Wharf took us to the Temple Of Storms (officially the Isle Of Dogs Pumping Station), a grade II* listed building constructed in 1988. While I’m not generally into postmodern architecture, it’s refreshing to see a modern industrial building that isn’t just a metal and concrete box.
Listed status does not prevent the application of ugly signage to the building, I see.
Lack of imagination.
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Listed status does not prevent the application of ugly signage to the building, I see.
Lack of imagination.
I have mixed feeling about that, because a very expensive starchitect *public library* near me went through lawsuits when the workers in it added legible signage that Did Not Fit the Architectural Vision. The *designers* sued, iirc. Bad players both sides, sometimes.
Paper taped inside the glass door has many humble virtues... I would personally be tempted to center-justify all of it.
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Continuing the Millennium theme, we passed one of the 1400 Millennium Beacons, looking a bit worse-for-wear a quarter of a century later (a figure that made us both feel very old). Several shelducks were feeding in the former dock in the background.
@katemorley apologies for the slew of stars, but this has been fun day out, vicariously
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Clare and I went on an impromptu tour of London infrastructure today after unexpectedly ending up at Dishoom Canary Wharf due to a power cut at the Kensington branch.
A ten-minute walk from Canary Wharf took us to the Temple Of Storms (officially the Isle Of Dogs Pumping Station), a grade II* listed building constructed in 1988. While I’m not generally into postmodern architecture, it’s refreshing to see a modern industrial building that isn’t just a metal and concrete box.
@katemorley That's cool
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Bonus photo: “Britain Needs Reggae”
@katemorley Nice!
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On the strangely-named Goodluck Hope peninsula we spotted this former Whale Oil Extraction building, and talked about how strange it is that the industrial-scale slaughter of whales was once an economical means of producing oil.
@katemorley Interestingly (well, to me anyway), while I think the business was real, the sign is a modern addition: https://bl.ag/faux-ghostsigns-for-ballymore/
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Bonus photo: “Britain Needs Reggae”
@katemorley I have been thinking for a while that GOURANGA! on bridges needs a reboot. Grand Theft Auto spoilt that. Glad someone's come up with a potential winner.
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Clare and I went on an impromptu tour of London infrastructure today after unexpectedly ending up at Dishoom Canary Wharf due to a power cut at the Kensington branch.
A ten-minute walk from Canary Wharf took us to the Temple Of Storms (officially the Isle Of Dogs Pumping Station), a grade II* listed building constructed in 1988. While I’m not generally into postmodern architecture, it’s refreshing to see a modern industrial building that isn’t just a metal and concrete box.
@katemorley I love how there’s always new stuff to discover. Worked out that way for a couple of years and had no idea this was there. Thanks!
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Clare and I went on an impromptu tour of London infrastructure today after unexpectedly ending up at Dishoom Canary Wharf due to a power cut at the Kensington branch.
A ten-minute walk from Canary Wharf took us to the Temple Of Storms (officially the Isle Of Dogs Pumping Station), a grade II* listed building constructed in 1988. While I’m not generally into postmodern architecture, it’s refreshing to see a modern industrial building that isn’t just a metal and concrete box.
@katemorley Temple'ish indeed. Fun, but is it classic architecture that will last for centuries?
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Clare and I went on an impromptu tour of London infrastructure today after unexpectedly ending up at Dishoom Canary Wharf due to a power cut at the Kensington branch.
A ten-minute walk from Canary Wharf took us to the Temple Of Storms (officially the Isle Of Dogs Pumping Station), a grade II* listed building constructed in 1988. While I’m not generally into postmodern architecture, it’s refreshing to see a modern industrial building that isn’t just a metal and concrete box.
@katemorley
Ah yes, Early Cheesecake Factory… -
Bonus photo: “Britain Needs Reggae”
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