2012-01-16
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NO301 site plan, North Greenwich.
This has been in my drafts folder for probably two years, so I have no idea where it was from originally. I just like maps, and lines, and black and white, and I’m rescuing it.
Edit: diamond geezer reminds me that it’s the planning application for a hotel by the Dome which is still not built. All the planning documents have gone (except, through the random chance that I liked it and saved it, this one).
2011-06-07
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An axonometric drawing of the new Tottenham Court Road ticket hall, complete with art by Daniel Buren, from the page for the project on Art on the Underground. (thanks, Chris.)
2011-02-17
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London Transport - Arsenal station design sketches, August 1930 (by Mikey):
A sketch from the offices London Transport Architects illustrating the proposed reconstruction of the facade of Arsenal station in 1933. This swept away the 1906 Leslie Green facade and delivered this uncompromising ‘moderne’ elevation that largely survives to this day. Given the huge LT roundel on the facade and the two cantilevered versions there’s no doubting it is a tube station!
See also: Holborn station reconstruction sketches, 1933 (by the same uploader).
2010-09-13
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Allen Ginsberg’s photograph of Neal Cassady and Natalie Jackson in San Francisco, as seen in the ‘Beat Memories’ slide show at NYTimes.com.
2010-03-25
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A plan of Liège-Guillemins station, by Santiago Calatrava, at {Voice Maker}SPACE.
2009-09-15
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Londonist covers the Feix & Merlin proposal, one of five for the Grade II listed gasholders, in Playground Proposal For Kings Cross.
2009-03-23
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“Metabolist” plans for Tokyo Bay. A larger version of the same image (but rotated 90º) as in the Return of the Metabolist post; via cityofsound.
This use of a plan on top of an actual aerial photo reminds me that I should note, somewhere, the idea of putting unbuilt plans on Google Maps, to make them seem more real; via migurski.
