2 month ago
philgyford : Frobisher Crescent : Coming Soon - Work has started on 69 new studio, 1, 2 and 3 bed flats in the Barbican. Pointless un-informative Flash site.
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3 month ago
philgyford : Corporation of London - Development & planning - Planning applications - Proposal to create a brand new flat at the bottom of one of the Barbican towers, in a "void space". See the PLANNING REPORT for some pics.
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11 month ago
philgyford : Ops on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Oops indeed. What kind of vehicle did that sort of damage? Somewhere near the Barbican apparently, Silk Street or Moor Lane?
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11 month ago
philgyford : The Terrific Electric, by Boiler Room for BITE 2007 at the Barbican - a photoset on Flickr - Photos from the dress rehearsal of the play I enjoyed at the Barbican's Pit a couple of weeks ago.
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15 month ago
philgyford : CABE - Design review reports - New Milton Court - Thoroughly scathing review by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment of the now rejected plans for the Barbican's Milton Court.
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16 month ago
philgyford : BarbicanTalk.com :: View topic - Milton Court - the tower has been rejected - Excellent -- the proposed plan to redevelop the Barbican's Milton Court has been "sent back" by the planning committee.
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17 month ago
philgyford : This time, only world class will do - Building Design - "If Milton Court on the Barbican Estate must go, its replacement has to be much, much better." Current plans are very dull and, worse, destroy the current walkway link to the Barbican and surrounding buildings.
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philgyford : Building - 4861 - Milton Court - London - Current plan: destroy unique building (even if its beauty is debatable) and replace with dull glass tower. At least it's residential and Guildhall School rooms, but still, it hugely annoys me.
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17 month ago
philgyford : BBC On This Day | 24 | 1956: Plans unveiled for homes in Barbican - Wonderful video from 1956 showing the site now occupied by the Barbican, and a gentleman demonstrating an incomprehensible perspex model of an early plan.
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18 month ago
philgyford : Flickr: Search "barbican" -architecture, posted between 03/09/2007 and 03/11/2007 - On Saturday we passed a bunch of adults by the Barbican lakes with loads of dolls. And here they all are on Flickr. A craze (Blythe dolls) of which I was previously unaware.
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philgyford : BarbicanTalk.com :: View topic - milton court - Building Design article about the proposed replacement of the Barbican's Milton Court building ("43 storey residential tower"!), and the resistance to the plans.
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30 month ago
philgyford : John Lewis Partnership - First Openings for Waitrose in Scotland - Our local Somerfield (ex-Morrisons, ex-Safeway) is to change again, in June, into a Waitrose. Much rejoicing among Barbican residents who have clamoured for more middle-class groceries for an amusingly long time.
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31 month ago
philgyford : Flickr: ludd's photos tagged with barbican - Old models of the Barbican, a map and a photo of what the Barbican replaced.
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31 month ago
philgyford : Map1.pdf - Map of the Barbican from Frank Harris estate agents attempting to show the raised walkways. Very misleading in a lot of places however.
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32 month ago
philgyford : Barbicansalvage : Barbican Salvage - There's now a salvage store for Barbican residents wanting to offload or fix their original fittings. Not sure why it's a Yahoo! Group, but still. Photos of retro kitchen fittings.
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philgyford : Wonderland: New PSP advert - Cool TV ad by Alice's sister, a smidgen of which was shot one Sunday downstairs on Beech Street.
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43 month ago
philgyford : Shakespeare & Lauderdale Towers on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - A lovely photo of the Barbican that looks different to all the others for once.
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43 month ago
philgyford : Black and White Photography: Walking the Circle Line: Barbican to Moorgate - Lovely pinhole camera shots of the Barbican
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plasticbag : My attempt to capture Guy Fawkes night at Vertigo42 in London - My camera wasn't up to the job, and my narrative skills have been blunted by excessive technical project documentation, but hopefully I've captured something of the architecture and atmosphere of this part of London
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