Lost London 1870-1945

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An excellent account in both images and short supporting text of what has been lost from London's environments - sometimes for the better; sometimes for the worst. Times and attitudes have changed, but the whole question of the value we place on the past, and its physical conservation in a necessarily evolving world, needs constant vigilance. I also now see why even today so very many commentators on interiors bemoan the demolishment, in 1924, of Devonshire House.

I’d better speed up here, because there’s no way I can do justice to more than a handful of entries.Subjects: Architecture London History; Historic buildings England London; Lost architecture England London; Architecture England London History; Historic buildings England London; Lost architecture England London; Dwellings England London; Lost architecture; Historic buildings Conservation and restoration; London; Middlesex; Surrey. Lost London explores pervasive experiences in relation to the concept of psychogeography, focusing on forgotten places and networks that exist within London.

Though many of the photos in the collection from this period show churches, because these were deemed the most architecturally significant and therefore worth recording, the photos are a vivid reminder of the extent of the bomb damage: scarcely a building in the photos from this period has survived unscathed, and even those left standing have windows blown out. London was never controlled, its guide and layout of its streets was never part of one grand design. She was secretary of the Victorian Society, which campaigns to conserve Victorian and Edwardian buildings. They are taken from the LCC collection, now held by English Heritage and are strikingly sharp and detailed. Even though the church buildings were lost you can still find traces of these parishes in the old parish boundary markers that are sprinkled around the city.This makes me very boring on outings to old churches and stately homes, because I rarely know what I’m muttering about, but I simply love the shapes and structure of a building and the naming of its parts. I cannot recommend this book highly enough and speaking personally, I still find reading it a totally immersive and utterly engrossing experience. Taken to provide a unique record of whole districts of London as they were vanishing, each of the photographs is a full-plate image, a stunning work of art in its own right. On the north side of Westminster Bridge (by the way, London’s second bridge, opposed at its construction by City chauvinists) the Opera House began construction during the 1870s. In the film, Harrelson, Wilson and Nelson play themselves in a story based on the real event, where Harrelson struggles to get home, while running into friends and members of a royal family.

That was 1971, the moment when the destructive, let-us-build-a-brave-new-world forces of the postwar period were finally in retreat, rattled by a rising storm of protest at the obliteration of familiar townscapes. Once payment has been received and confirmed you should expect to receive your replacement Freedom Pass in the post within *10 working days.Following on from the bestselling Lost London 1870–1945, this book presents some 280 photographs originally commissioned by the London County Council to record streets and neighbourhoods on the threshold of redevelopment.