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London Revolution
A collection of London 360 images 1995 - 2009
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Archive for February, 2009Samuel Johnson - The Consummate LondonerThursday, February 5th, 2009
This morning we have added the Dr Samuel Johnson statue virtual tour to the London Revolution map. The 360 tour shows a statue of a diminutive, slightly caricatured man holding a book. Dr Johnson is best known of course as a lexicographer - as the author of the first ‘Dictionary of the English Language’, completed in under a decade and containing 42,773 entries, an incredible feat. (more…) Fitzroy Square and the Telecom TowerTuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Today we have uploaded two new virtual tours of Fitzroy Square, London. The tours are in the square itself, but rising high above the elegant Georgian buildings of Fitzrovia is the BT Tower. I’ve been doing a little research on this classic London landmark, and so thought a blog post was in order! (more…) The Lloyds BuildingMonday, February 2nd, 2009
Louis Khan, architect in 1950s America believed that ‘design habits leading to the concealment of structure have no place’. Khan was an instrumental influence in the ‘High Tech’ (hi tech) style of architecture, where buildings appear inside out. In 1978, Richard Rogers was awarded the project of designing a new headquarters for Lloyds of London. (more…) Getting to know LondonSunday, February 1st, 2009With each of the virtual tours that we have added to the site, I have tried to add some interesting information about the area or building in London. However, sometimes, there’s far more interesting information than I can cram into the virtual tour page! When this happens, I’ll write a blog post about the virtual tour and give a lot more information than we can fit on the main pages. If you have any suggestions of areas you’d like to see more information on, or even a suggestion of interesting locations for future London Revolution virtual tours, then please feel free to leave a comment and we’ll see what we can do! I shall kick off tomorrow with some info about the Lloyds of London building in the City… |
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