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#BatterseaPowerStation rewires #IndustrialHeritage into a hub of #SmartUrbanism. Behind its #ArtDeco skin: Apple HQ, designer shops & luxury flats, fuel exclusive reinvention & #ArchitecturalResurrection - exposing the tension - can urban reuse be democratic when heritage is packaged for prestige? Shifts in power: from public energy supply to #SymbolicPower & #RetailCulture.
In Source: #BatterseaPowerStation
Linking #Holborn to the #Embankment the #KingswayTramTunnel was built for #Trams. Opened in 1906 & closed in 1952, the southern end is now used as an underpass for traffic. The north end is #GradeIIListed & used for storage, film & events. Despite a nearby fire in 2015, the original #LondonUnderground structure endures, echoing #LondonTransport’s #IndustrialHeritage #LostLondon
In Source: Kingsway Tram Tunnel
On the bank of the #RoyalDocks East London #MillenniumMills served as a Flour Mill. Built in 1905, its concrete #ArtDeco facade is an icon of an industrial age. Closed in 1981, its perished shell saw 20th CE progress & was a #FilmLocation in #DerekJarman's #TheLastofEngland. Marked for development into offices & flats, it reflects #LostLondon’s working-class #IndustrialHeritage
In Source: Millennium Mills
#LotsRoadPowerStation opened in 1905 to power the #LondonUnderground. Its red-brick facade & chimneys, named #CathedralOfPower, embody the ingenuity of British #IndustrialArchitecture. Closed in 2002, its vast interior awaits transformation. Tours showcase this #LostLondon landmark of #LondonArchitecture, a tribute to #IndustrialHeritage that fuelled #LondonTransport
In Source: #LotsRoadPowerStation
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