Sunday 25 July 2004

St Pancras Chambers

Window and stairsYesterday I went on a tour of St Pancras Chambers (erratic Flash site), the official title for the vast, grand brick building that forms the front of St Pancras railway station in London. In the 19th century the building was originally the swanky Midland Grand Hotel, which closed due to poor profits in 1935. It then became railway offices and had many of its large, elegant rooms split by temporary walls, some elaborate and colourful patterned walls painted over, and holes punched in ceilings to provide access for power and phone cabling.

Continued…

In Misc on 25 July 2004. Add a comment. Permalink

London Review of Books, 22 July 2004

Contents page online here

Continued…

In Periodicals on 25 July 2004. Add a comment. Permalink

On this day I was reading