Devoted to the unexpected details that help to make life in the city worth living
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Boy with a Dolphin, Grosvenor Gate, Hyde Park W2
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Boy with a Dolphin cuts a curious figure, a handsome young boy wrestling a particularly grotesque denizen of the deep. It is by Alexander ...
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Thursday, 10 January 2013
Norwegian Embassy, Belgrave Square SW1
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These charming plaques of Coade stone were originally installed at the Danish-Norwegian Consulate in Stepney, conveniently located to s...
Sunday, 23 December 2012
Mansion House, Bank EC2
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The pediment of George Dance the Elder's Mansion House was carved by Robert Taylor, whose father Robert Snr was one of the masons on t...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
125 Pall Mall SW1
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Egyptian motifs on London buildings often betray a date just after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, but this pharaoh was ...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Buchanan House, St James's Square SW1
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A costermonger sells fruit to a gaggle of children, the girls keeping a sharp eye on the money being proffered by the younger of their bro...
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Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Allington House, 150 Victoria Street SW1
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The old Allington House was a dull commercial office block enlivened by these endangered species by San Francisco-based Barry Baldwin, so ...
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Thursday, 8 November 2012
Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall SW1
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The Royal Automobile Club is the last and the largest of the clubs in Pall Mall, built in 1908 by Mewes and Davis, architects of Ritz hot...
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