Posts tagged London

Young London: Permissive Paradise Photographs by Frank Habicht, with introductions by Heather Cremonesi and Robert Bruce Harrap, London, 1969

Young London: Permissive Paradise Photographs by Frank Habicht, with introductions by Heather Cremonesi and Robert Bruce Harrap, London, 1969

Permissive Paradise: Young London book Promo 7 inch Single. Amusing Promotional flexi disc put out to promote the Young London — Permissive Paradise book of late 60s swinging London featuring photos by Frank Habicht

London Laocoön - “The Crossrail tunnels in London—for now, Europe’s largest construction project, scheduled to finish in 2018—continue to take shape, created in a “tunneling marathon under the streets of London” that aims to add 26 new miles of underground track for commuter rail traffic.It’s London as Laocoön, wrapped in tunnel-boring machines, mechanical snakes that coil through their own hollow nests beneath the city.

London Laocoön - “The Crossrail tunnels in London—for now, Europe’s largest construction project, scheduled to finish in 2018—continue to take shape, created in a “tunneling marathon under the streets of London” that aims to add 26 new miles of underground track for commuter rail traffic.It’s London as Laocoön, wrapped in tunnel-boring machines, mechanical snakes that coil through their own hollow nests beneath the city.

Casual Trolling on the London Underground.

Casual Trolling on the London Underground.

Abram Games’ A Train Every 90 Seconds, lithograph in colours, 1937, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London

Abram Games’ A Train Every 90 Seconds, lithograph in colours, 1937, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London

The London Transport Advertising Store at Charing Cross, 1933.

The London Transport Advertising Store at Charing Cross, 1933.

Warren Street Station, London. At the intersection of Tottenham Court Road and Euston Roads. On the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line, between Goodge Street and Euston, and the Victoria Line between Oxford Circus and Euston. Photo possible 1930s or 40s.

Warren Street Station, London. At the intersection of Tottenham Court Road and Euston Roads. On the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line, between Goodge Street and Euston, and the Victoria Line between Oxford Circus and Euston. Photo possible 1930s or 40s.

Two Mods, one straightening his tie, Streatham, London 1976 - Janette Beckman

Two Mods, one straightening his tie, Streatham, London 1976 - Janette Beckman

Herzog & de Meuron with Ai Weiwei is the team working on this year’s Pavilion at the Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London. They built that crazy looking lush “birds nest” inspired Beijing National Stadium, for the 2008 Olympic Games and won the prestigious RIBA Lubetkin Prize.

Herzog & de Meuron with Ai Weiwei is the team working on this year’s Pavilion at the Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London. They built that crazy looking lush “birds nest” inspired Beijing National Stadium, for the 2008 Olympic Games and won the prestigious RIBA Lubetkin Prize.