Uploads from Steve Taylor (Photography), tagged londres

Lost in the Crowd

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:14:10 -0700

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St Paul's Cathedral.

As London gets more and more crowded it is getting harder to see it's historical buildings amongst the crowd.

St Katharine Docks

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:05:57 -0700

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This is where the rich and famous park their boats.

Gavin Turk's ‘Nail’ Sculpture at One New Change, London

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:45:03 -0700

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The big rusty nail in London was designed by Gavin Turk, is close to St Pauls Cathedral. It seems to fit in with the lopsidedness of the shopping Mall.

The London Gherkin

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:10:08 -0700

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Here is the Gherkin with the Tower of London in the foreground. 30 St Mary Axe (formerly the Swiss Re Building, informally referred to as the Gherkin) is a skyscraper in London's financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened in May 2004.

The building has featured in recent movies such as Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Sharon Stone's Basic Instinct 2 and Woody Allen's Match Point and, rechristened the Spirit of London, became the spaceship centrepiece of Keith Mansfield's 2008 novel Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London.

St Katharine Docks in London

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:03:59 -0700

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On a beautiful sunny Summer's day I ventured through the fabulous docks that house the boats of the rich and famous.

"The Docks are built on a site with over 1000 years of dramatic history. The roots of the buildings on today's site can be traced back to the 10th Century when King Edgar gave 13 acres of land to 13 Knights, with the right to use the land for trade. There is evidence of there having been a dock at St Katharine's since 1125 and throughout the ages it has housed a Hospital and Monastery.
The first use of the name St Katharine Docks has been traced back to Elizabethan times, when the area around the hospital was thriving with busy wharves. By the end of the 18th Century, St. Katharine's was a prosperous settlement with its own court, school and alms houses along with the hospital the area housed around 3000 people.
However, the Industrial Revolution came to London, and the River Thames became a super-highway for the rapidly growing city. London's existing docks could not handle the amount of trade and Parliament authorised the construction of new, purpose built docks." - www.skdocks.co.uk/our-heritage/

The Shard of Glass

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:53:28 -0700

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The Shard or the Shard of Glass) is a skyscraper in the borough of Southwark in London. Standing nearly 310 metres (1,020 ft) high, it is the tallest building in the EU. This was in July 2011.

A Chequered History

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 19:54:59 -0700

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The tiles of St Paul's cathedral.

St Paul's was the first cathedral to be built when Henry VIII took control of the Church of England from the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. This is known as the English Reformation and occurred in the sixteenth century.

The Cathedral Chandelier

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:05:08 -0700

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This is one of the chandeliers of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London.

The Sea Birds of Blackfriars Bridge

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:29:11 -0700

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This is one of the piers of Blackfriars bridge designed by Thomas Cubitt. The stone carvings are of sea birds by sculptor John Birnie Philip. These appear on the upstream side and on the downstream side are freshwater birds.

St Paul's Cathedral

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:53:36 -0700

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This is St Paul's Cathedral in London viewed from the South of the building

St Paul is giving his blessing

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:34:48 -0700

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Office workers take advantage of the lunch break sun in the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral whilst St Paul is giving them his blessings way above them.

The Restaurant with a view of St Pauls Cathedral

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:29:16 -0700

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It must be great eating in this restaurant as you have a view of St Pauls right in front of you.

Henry VIII (2000) by Stephen B Whatley

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:42:07 -0700

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One of the series of 30 paintings commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces fro Her Majesty's Tower of London in 2000 from artist Stephen B Whatley.
Inspired by a large original drawing of King Henry VIII (1491-1547) by artist Hans Holbein The Younger (1497/8- 1543); from which Stephen B Whatley made studies on location in the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in
Collection of HM Tower of London, UK
www.stephenbwhatley.com

The Statue of the Roman Emperor Trajan

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:11:08 -0700

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This statue is close to Tower Hill underground station.

Statue believed to be of the Roman Emperor Trajan, AD 98 - 117.
'Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajanus Augustus'
Presented by the Tower Hill Improvement Trust at the request of the Reverend P. B. Clayton, CH, MC, DD, founder Padre of Toc H.

Jack the Ripper Walk

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:04:46 -0700

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This is an advert for the Jack the Ripper Walk.

www.londonhorrortours.co.uk/

"As you walk down cobble stone roads and dark alleyways 19th century London materialises. While being guided by one of Britain's top experts upon the subject, you will try to unmask Jack the Ripper. Was he a prince, a cobbler or the guides Great-Grandfather? The press credited the Ripper with 14 murders, Scotland Yard's web site lists 11 official victims. We will visit the sites of 7 victims in an hour and three quarters. You will visit the place of the last victim Francis Cole's Feb 1891, then Stride 1888(same spot), Tabram 1888 and Mackenzi 1889. London Horror Tours is the only Jack the Ripper walk to visit these murder victims.

Puzzled

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:34:54 -0700

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What's the time Mr Wolf?

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sat, 05 May 2012 20:53:47 -0700

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Standing Proud

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:17:42 -0700

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Oliver Cromwell's statue

Come into my Crypt

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:23:34 -0700

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The Chapel of St John in the Tower of London that has been played around with

Pistol Packing Mama

nobody@flickr.com (Steve Taylor (Photography)) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:54:33 -0700

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Amongst the Queen's collection of armour at the Tower of London.