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"Art Deco style was of the moment with Control Room A boasting teak parquet flooring laid in a herringbone pattern and walls tiled in grey Italian marble offset by black Belgian marble detailing through the room, matched by a gold painted coffered glass ceiling." this was a power station what happened
https://cdn.batterseapowerstation.co.uk/_default_upload_buck...
The circuit diagrams above the control panels appear to be nonsensical... Do they use some notation I'm unfamiliar with, or are they some 'artists impression' by a non-technical artist? If the latter, I'm really disappointed. 80 year old steam systems and generators are understandable by anyone doing high school physics, and we really shouldn't be making museum pieces that have made-up nonsense to try and make things…
The circuit diagrams above the control panels appear to be nonsensical... Do they use some notation I'm unfamiliar with, or are they some 'artists impression' by a non-technical artist? If the latter, I'm really disappointed. 80 year old steam systems and generators are understandable by anyone doing high school physics, and we really shouldn't be making museum pieces that have made-up nonsense to try and make things…
The circuit diagrams above the control panels appear to be nonsensical... Do they use some notation I'm unfamiliar with, or are they some 'artists impression' by a non-technical artist? If the latter, I'm really disappointed. 80 year old steam systems and generators are understandable by anyone doing high school physics, and we really shouldn't be making museum pieces that have made-up nonsense to try and make things…
The article says that Lucas UK was part of the restoration team. I'd be suprised if they were just making things up to look nice - and while they don't make any sense to me in terms of normal circuit diagrams, it's quite possible they are using non-standard (or probably now extinct) notation.
I grew up and live a short 5 minute walk from Battersea Power Station - I have some fond memories of playing in the (admittedly quite unsafe) industrial estate around that area. It's quite sad to see what it's become now; as much as I support the development of the local area, they had to add a bunch of shopping outlets, restaurants, and very expensive boutique outlets. It's completely antithetical to the local ident…
Don't understand this view. For a start clearing up the area to make it buildable cost somewhere in the region of £1bn. If you are harking back to a time when it was an undesirable wasteland I can't agree that that constitutes a better world. Much of London complaining about gentrification is complaining that the postwar desolation of London was a good thing; because that's what they are "benefitting" from.
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Don't understand this view. For a start clearing up the area to make it buildable cost somewhere in the region of £1bn. If you are harking back to a time when it was an undesirable wasteland I can't agree that that constitutes a better world. Much of London complaining about gentrification is complaining that the postwar desolation of London was a good thing; because that's what they are "benefitting" from.
The displaced people still have to live somewhere, even if the bougies like to pretend otherwise.
I grew up and live a short 5 minute walk from Battersea Power Station - I have some fond memories of playing in the (admittedly quite unsafe) industrial estate around that area. It's quite sad to see what it's become now; as much as I support the development of the local area, they had to add a bunch of shopping outlets, restaurants, and very expensive boutique outlets. It's completely antithetical to the local ident…
Don't understand this view. For a start clearing up the area to make it buildable cost somewhere in the region of £1bn. If you are harking back to a time when it was an undesirable wasteland I can't agree that that constitutes a better world. Much of London complaining about gentrification is complaining that the postwar desolation of London was a good thing; because that's what they are "benefitting" from.
Before the power station was renewed, the only place with something to do in the entirety of the Wandsworth borough was Northcote road (and 15 years ago not even that).
I grew up and live a short 5 minute walk from Battersea Power Station - I have some fond memories of playing in the (admittedly quite unsafe) industrial estate around that area. It's quite sad to see what it's become now; as much as I support the development of the local area, they had to add a bunch of shopping outlets, restaurants, and very expensive boutique outlets. It's completely antithetical to the local ident…
While I appreciate the sentiments you express, I can say that the site was all but abandoned for many many years. For a while it seemed likely that the iconic towers would be demolished, as there was no economic case to be made for keeping them. So I'm glad they were saved, somehow.
Even so, I agree that the recent developments south of the river are rather soul-less. Areas such as 9 Elms and along the river towards Wandsworth are particularly lacking in visual or any other interest.
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