Derelict London: All New Edition

Derelict London: All New Edition
Author: Paul Talling
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2019-07-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1473560233

______________________________ The huge word-of-mouth bestseller – completely updated for 2019 THE LONDON THAT TOURISTS DON’T SEE Look beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to DERELICT LONDON: a realm whose secrets are all around us, visible to anyone who cares to look . . . Paul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s underbelly – has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world. Now, he brings together 100 of his favourite abandoned places from across the capital: many of them more magnificent, more beautiful and more evocative than you can imagine. Covering everything from the overgrown stands of Leyton Stadium to the windswept alleys of the Aylesbury Estate, DERELICT LONDON reveals a side of the city you never knew existed. It will change the way you see London. ______________________________ PRAISE FOR THE DERELICT LONDON PROJECT ‘Fascinating images showing some of London’s eeriest derelict sites show another side to the busy, built-up capital.’ Daily Mail ‘Talling has managed to show another side to the capital, one of abandoned buildings that somehow retain a sense of beauty.’ Metro ‘Excellent . . . As much as it is an inadvertent vision of how London might look after a catastrophe, DERELICT LONDON is valuable as a document of the one going on right in front of us.’ New Statesman ‘From the iconic empty shell of Battersea Power Station to the buried ‘ghost’ stations of the London Underground, the city is peppered with decaying buildings. Paul Talling knows these places better than anyone in the capital.’ Daily Express ‘[London has an] unusual (and deplorable) number of abandoned buildings. Paul Talling’s surprise bestseller, DERELICT LONDON, is their shabby Pevsner.’ Daily Telegraph ______________________________

London Then and Now

London Then and Now
Author: Diane Burstein
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-06-23
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1911641395

Using archive photographs from London's rich history, London Then and Now shows how some parts of the city have changed dramatically, while others remain perfectly preserved. London has changed rapidly in the last 150 years. The Luftwaffe helped modify many parts of central London and the East End in the 1940s, but some of the most dramatic changes have come in the last twenty years. Stretching from Hampton Court and Kew Gardens in West London, this updated and revised edition takes a winding route along the River Thames to the soaring spires of Canary Wharf in Docklands and the stately Royal Naval College at Greenwich. Sites include Hampton Court Palace, Kew Gardens, Hammersmith Bridge, King's Road Chelsea, Battersea Power Station, Lambeth Palace, the Tate, Palace of Westminster, Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben), Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Harrods, Albert Memorial, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Festival Hall, Savoy Hotel, Oxo Tower, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Royal Opera House, Soho, Tate Modern, Bank of England, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower of London, HMS Belfast, Samuel Pepys's Church, London Bridge/the Shard, Docklands, Greenwich Observatory, and the Royal Naval College.

London Then and Now

London Then and Now
Author: Diane Burstein
Publisher: Anova Books
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2009-05-18
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781906388386

London, the capital and heart of Britain, is an exciting and constantly developing city. London Then and Now explores London's landscape, past and present, through the eye of the camera. Some 70 historic photographs of London's past are paired with specially commissioned contemporary views taken from the same vantage point. In spite of wartime damage and postwar planning, so many of the buildings that characterise London still remain. The book features the fascinating vistas of London that have changed little and some that have changed radically, from the regeneration of the south bank, the docklands in the east to the transformation of a power station into Tate Modern. Part of the bestselling 'Then and Now' series, this charming contrast of old and new photographs highlights the stunning changes – and the equally amazing similarities – of one of the most loved cities in Britain, its well-known places but also some of the hidden gems.

Dirty Old London

Dirty Old London
Author: Lee Jackson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300192053

In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with "night soil," graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them. Through thematic chapters, Jackson describes how Victorian reformers met with both triumph and disaster. Full of individual stories and overlooked details--from the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to the peculiar history of the public toilet--this riveting book gives us a fresh insight into the minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital.

Paris Then and Now

Paris Then and Now
Author: Peter Caine
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Paris (France)
ISBN: 9781592238309

The new compact edition of this popular Then and Now title highlights the wonderful heritage of Paris and the city as it is today. This stunning collection of unforgettable photographs showcases landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Champs Elysee and areas like the Latin Quarter and Montmartre.

Down and Out in Paris and London

Down and Out in Paris and London
Author: George Orwell
Publisher: A G Printing & Publishing
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2024-07-07
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

There were eccentric characters in the hotel. The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people—people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent. Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work. Some of the lodgers in our hotel lived lives that were curious beyond words. There were the Rougiers, for instance, an old, ragged, dwarfish couple who plied an extraordinary trade. They used to sell postcards on the Boulevard St Michel. The curious thing was that the postcards were sold in sealed packets as pornographic ones, but were actually photographs of chateaux on the Loire; the buyers did not discover this till too late, and of course never complained. The Rougiers earned about a hundred francs a week, and by strict economy managed to be always half starved and half drunk. The filth of their room was such that one could smell it on the floor below. According to Madame F., neither of the Rougiers had taken off their clothes for four years.

The London Book

The London Book
Author: Monaco Books
Publisher: Monaco Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9783955041403

London - Highlights of a Fascinating City attempts to unveil to the reader, page after page, the great charm and the rich diversity of Britain's capital city. Readers will discover the latest architectural developments in this modern mega-city on the Thames, and at the same time appreciate the attractive monuments and sites of a much older city, rich in traditions. Superb photographs confirm the enthusiastic description of Rutari, the author: "A magic light cloaks this unique city, as if from Aladdin's lamp."--Jacket

The East End in Colour 1960-1980

The East End in Colour 1960-1980
Author: Chris Dorley-Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018
Genre: Architectural photography
ISBN: 9781910566312

Previously unpublished colour photographs of London's famous East End at a time before great social change.

Shanghai Then and Now®

Shanghai Then and Now®
Author: Vaughan Grylls
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1911216929

Shanghai Then and Now brings together rare archival images of this thrilling cosmopolitan city and matches them with specially commissioned photos of the same sites as they appear today. Vaughan Grylls (author/photographer of four other titles in the Then and Now series: Oxford, Cambridge, Hong Kong and Singapore) has rounded up all of the key sites that make up this fascinating and diverse city, from Jesuit cathedrals, Jewish synagogues and Buddhist temples to neoclassical banks, art deco hotels, and the super-tall skyscrapers of the Pudong district. The breathtaking contrast between past and present make this a fascinating addition to the long-running Then and Now series.Sites include: The Bund, Yu Garden, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, East Nanjing Road, Jing’an Temple, Jade Buddha Temple, People’s Square, Shanghai Tower, Longhua Temple and Pagoda, Shanghai Museum, St. Ignatius Cathedral, Dongping National Forest Park, Lu Xun Park, Nanpu Bridge, Shanghai Club Building, HSBC Building, Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Tower, Natural History Museum, Shanghai World Financial Center, Zhang Garden, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Moller House, Custom House.