by James Balston | Jan 30, 2013 | Crystal Palace, Leisure, The Triangle SE19
The Triangle SE19
by James Balston | Jan 28, 2013 | Architecture, Contemporary, London
For most of its history, the Thames in London possessed only one crossing, that at London Bridge. It was only in the 1750s that a second was built at Westminster. So up until that point, London Bridge’s southern approach along Borough High Street, was a hugely...
by James Balston | Jan 21, 2013 | Art, Artists' Homes, Churches
A bowling hall, an underground public toilet and a garage, have all featured on this blog. Homes have been converted from the most unlikely of uses, but now finally I have shot a less unconventional conversion, namely a former Weslyan chapel in Lincolnshire. This...
by James Balston | Jan 14, 2013 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Fashion, Homes
A typical London street of restrained but elegant late Georgian terraced houses, that many of us might aspire to live in. Strange then, that it was the poky derelict garage at one end of the street that caught the eye of Adrian Wright, a former member of Human League,...
by James Balston | Jan 9, 2013 | Architecture, Cityscape, London, Shops
The Central Line is effectively now “The Shopping Line”, with Oxford Street at the centre, increasingly overshadowed by London’s two largest shopping malls. White City in the west, recently joined by Stratford in the east. The economic effect of...