Sunday 24 August 2008

Photos from Battersea Power Station

Photo 1: Zero arriving on site ...

Photo 2: what the view in Photo 1 is planned to look like after the re-development of the site, all the buildings shown being under a glass-type eco-cover:
Photo 3: Inside one of the halls of the power station (its the tiling on the walls, apparently, that provides the artistic merit):


Photo 4: what the view in Photo 3 is intended to look like after re-development:

Photos 5 and 6: views of the central section of the power station, the roof of which was removed as part of an earlier, but unfinished, attempt at re-development:




Photo 7: what the central area is intended to look like after re-development:

Photo 8: on the way home ...

Can anyone explain to me why a derelict power station should have been turned into the visitor attraction it was today? It really is rather a wheeze to get people to visit and, while doing so, to fill out your feedback form on the development plans!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Maybe it will cheer the people at REO,( when they face work after the long week-end) to see on cctv just how many people were willing to trudge over to Battersea!
Like myself, other people might have thought a "tour" included more than it was and like me they may not have realized how derelict it actually was. Still at least there was no charge. Now i must look up how that other listed landmark-the Hoover building- is looking like these days...