tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post6814204236965347927..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Victoria Embankment, LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-31409942914447713182018-05-02T00:14:25.417+01:002018-05-02T00:14:25.417+01:00I've passed this building often without giving...I've passed this building often without giving much thought to its eclectic elements. I probably would have put it vaguely in the Keble category, but I see that it isn't that at all. Thanks for bringing it into focus and putting it in historical context. Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-35791656082772120382018-04-30T16:42:30.857+01:002018-04-30T16:42:30.857+01:00In the early 60s a black Riley Pathfinder roared o...In the early 60s a black Riley Pathfinder roared out in to the Embankment from here in the opening sequence of No Hiding Place, starring Raymond Francis and Johnny Briggs.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-31876225251730233912018-04-29T01:37:59.739+01:002018-04-29T01:37:59.739+01:00As a young art history student I would have been a...As a young art history student I would have been appalled by mixed (or no) architectural style. And I still can't see what Norman Shaw meant by "character". But by calling the hybrid ‘free style’, or by my brain growing less inflexible over the last 25 years, I now quite like New Scotland Yard. The roof line really does look French Renaissance.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-51127529772474713902018-04-28T22:59:34.861+01:002018-04-28T22:59:34.861+01:00What with this and the buildings around and includ...What with this and the buildings around and including Westminster Cathedral, the streaky bacon effect seems to be a badge of honour for this part of London. We have to hope nobody knocks them down, as it seems unlikely that anybody could replace them by anything remotely as attractive. Why do these buildings make me think of a hearty breakfast?Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.com