sps1955's photos with the keyword: 2015-06-04

Seen from Leigh Street. Built 1949-55 to designs of Denis Clarke-Hall for the borough of St Pancras; two further blocks were intended. The ground-floor shops have a concave façade contrasting with the convex façade of the flats above. The fronts of the lower balconies have abstract decoration.

Built in 1845 to the designs of Francis Thompson (or possibly Sancton Wood); the arcade was originally open, forming an entrance loggia, and was matched by a similar one on the platform side. The current treatment of the entrance front dates from 1971. English Heritage listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1343683 ; RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/pp304-313 (item 85); 1950s view showing part of the arcade still open: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/plate-298 .

Built in 1851-2 for the Great Northern Railway to the designs of Lewis Cubitt. The arches supporting the roof were originally of laminated timber, but were replaced with wrought-iron plate in 1886-7. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1078328 . I think that a fault had resulted in this half of the station being virtually deserted - the train that I was about to catch usually leaves from one of these platforms, but departed from platform 0, on the east side of the station, to the confusion of people who were expecting to find a different train there.

Detail of the Marchmont Street frontage from SW. Designed by Patrick Hodgkinson, with Sir Leslie Martin, from 1959 onwards, but not built until 1968-72, by which time Hodgkinson was the sole architect. Described by the Buildings of England: London 4 (1998), p.328, as "London's first influential megastructure" combining housing, shops and other facilities in a single structure. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1246230 .

Designed by John McAslan, engineered by Arup, and opened in 2012. Looking N at the exit that leads towards St Pancras International. The couple in the centre of the photo were eating their lunch, and showed no sign of moving, so must be regarded as a feature of the photo, rather than as an obstruction!