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buildings

did prince francis turn up to the closing ?

part of working in london is you see buildings beginning and ending their lives. for every gherkin, there’s a middlesex hospital
there must have been much excitement when the Middlesex hospital opened in 1910.
https://www.funkypancake.com/blog/stuff3/2006/03/DSC08985-thumb.jpg
but now it’s all shut and moved to the fancy new place on euston road
https://www.funkypancake.com/blog/stuff3/2006/03/DSC08987-thumb.jpg
and the old place looks so sad
https://www.funkypancake.com/blog/stuff3/2006/03/DSC08986-thumb.jpg
i’d love to go in and take some photos. but totally unlikely i suspect.

london is grey

here is the colour photo i took of this typical london scene:
https://www.funkypancake.com/blog/stuff3/2006/02/DSC08572-thumb.jpg
and here it is converted to grey:
https://www.funkypancake.com/blog/stuff3/2006/02/DSC08572_grey-thumb.jpg
not much difference really.

4 towers

2 BBC towers, BT tower and All Souls tower. one day i’ll take my SLR to work and get this with a bit more wider lense-ness
https://www.funkypancake.com/blog/stuff3/2005/11/DSC06501-thumb.jpg

holyrood place

i think it looks better from the inside
https://www.funkypancake.com/blog/stuff3/2005/11/DSC06562-thumb.jpg
https://www.funkypancake.com/blog/stuff3/2005/11/DSC06563-thumb.jpg
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