please empty your brain below
Re the Old Spratts Factory - I wonder if the top of the green lampshade is free of dust all year round?

Still anon | 22.09.17 - 7:30 a.m. | #

One of the things I like about the Long Room at Custom House is that it is still being used, if not quite for the old purpose, then for something quite close. That level of continuity is not that common.

Robert Butlin | 22.09.17 - 7:56 a.m. | #

Good stuff. Custom House particularly interesting as I'd have guessed Hector's worker bees would have been shunted out to a business park long ago.

Kevin | 22.09.17 - 8:04 a.m. | #

Great post but, believe me, old-style Crittal windows are not to be coveted... Nice to look at, horrors to live with.

Waterhouse | 22.09.17 - 8:09 a.m. | #

Did you deliberately use "throw up" to describe what hip Hackneyians do on a rooftop? :)

Greg S | 22.09.17 - 8:10 a.m. | #

judging by the number of fans on the desks in Custom House the air circulation in the Long Room must be pretty poor (either that or there's a lot of smelly feet)

Caz | 22.09.17 - 9:51 a.m. | #

And how much planning was needed to fit in all this in one weekend?

Leuconoe | 22.09.17 - 11:41 a.m. | #

Thanks for posting your Open House exploits - some really interesting buildings for next year's "to do" list.

But did you get an extra day or something?! I can't see how you could have fitted everything in otherwise!

Jon B | 22.09.17 - 3:46 p.m. | #

Very interesting post, as always - thank you.

To be picky, if I may (like your other regular readers): The Salvation Army HQ is at the corner of Queen Victoria Street (address 101 QVS). Upper Thames Street passes beneath Peter's Hill (the northern approach to the Millennium Bridge) and its adjoining buildings in a tunnel (or covered way).

dg writes: Fixed, thanks.

JG Morgan | 22.09.17 - 6:06 p.m. | #

My question is essentially the same as Jon B's above.

How on earth did you manage to do all this in such a limited timeframe?

Or have I missed something?

Chris | 22.09.17 - 6:25 p.m. | #

Open House weekend is roughly 14 hours long (2 days × 7 hours).
I visited roughly one building an hour.
I have blogged about 14 buildings.

Also, half of those buildings were in the City of London, therefore very walkable.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 22.09.17 - 6:45 p.m. | #

Well hats off and thanks to you.

Chris | 23.09.17 - 12:02 p.m. | #











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