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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Rebuild the Euston Arch
The admirable Jonathan Glancey is interviewed about this campaign in a podcast on the Guardian website.
The important thing about this is it isn't just reproduction or pastiche. I heard Dan Cruickshank refer to it as a piece of 'heroic restoration' since many of the original stones can actually be recovered.
Here here!
ReplyDeleteThe important thing about this is it isn't just reproduction or pastiche. I heard Dan Cruickshank refer to it as a piece of 'heroic restoration' since many of the original stones can actually be recovered.
ReplyDeletePersonally I'd like to see Euston station restored to its 1966 condition.
ReplyDeleteGet rid of all those retail hutches on the concourse; restore the original booking offices etc