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This article about the Barbican laundrette might be of some interest to readers.
Josh | 25.05.21 - 8:02 a.m. | #
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DG you have done it again.
Although I have been to some of these sites, your post has given them a completely differently.
This information has been stored away for the next trip to London.
Michael | 25.05.21 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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Somehow I've either managed to not see or not "notice" that pool under Bryer Court!
Mikey C | 25.05.21 - 9:11 a.m. | #
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I used to work in Noble St, in an upstairs office overlooking this section of the wall. It provided a good view of the beating the bounds ceremony which is still practised every year.
RogerW | 25.05.21 - 9:14 a.m. | #
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If you'd said you were coming DG I'd have baked a cake and had you up for tea.
The pond under Bunyan has blue colouring added to keep down the algae and duck weed. That's good, but it also seems to stop the tadpoles, which is less good, perhaps.
Nameless 14 | 25.05.21 - 10:19 a.m. | #
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A fascinating place. I tried to walk around the Barbican in the 80s to get a feel for the place after discovering that St Giles was the parish church for many of my ancestors.
I did make it to the church - but was left unimpressed by the surroundings. Maybe it was still too new back then, because it certainly seems to have aged much better than other developments of its day.
Cornish Cockney | 25.05.21 - 10:20 a.m. | #
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Barbican Station (which alas isn’t in Aldersgate Ward) used to be called Aldersgate.
Ian | 25.05.21 - 10:39 a.m. | #
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You might be interested to learn that, after a seemingly endless period of remedial works a few years ago, the flower beds in the Bunyan Court quadrangle, and across the whole area that forms the roof of the Beech Street tunnel were replanted by Nigel Dunnett, who won awards for efforts.
CJS | 25.05.21 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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Ah, glad you finally made it to this end of the City. For what it's worth, Ocado deliveries work effortlessly, as the vans know to go down into the car park & are guided up by the porter. Food deliveries on the other hand...
The Nigel Dunnett effort at Bunyan Court is still now very controversial with residents, as many think the 'natural' planting style makes it look rather prairie-like and unkempt
barbicanman | 25.05.21 - 11:24 a.m. | #
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I'd be interested to know whether those semi-circular fluorishes near to roof level are original. They seem a bit too joyous to be properly brutal. Good to learn the place has not generally been subject to widespread cosmetic change, however.
cau1khead | 25.05.21 - 1:31 p.m. | #
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Indeed they are wholly original. The barrel-vaulted penthouse flats are very pleasant and light, if quite cold
barbicanman | 25.05.21 - 4:39 p.m. | #
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The Barbican isn’t purely brutalist. It’s on the cusp of the transition to post-modern, see all the playful historical references to the concept of fortress - starting from the name.
Ackshley | 25.05.21 - 10:21 p.m. | #
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We had our office Christmas dinner some years back at Ironmongers' Hall. Very grand. There is some sort of Harry Potter connection.
H SE18 | 25.05.21 - 10:55 p.m. | #
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Good grief, I never thought I'd find a waste disposal system as interesting as the Garchey. It's incredible! As well as all the information on the Barbican Living website, there are some interesting papers on the City of London Corporation's site around the cost, maintenance and future of the system. Worth a read.
Josh | 25.05.21 - 11:49 p.m. | #
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I love this series - and am sad that there are only a few left - perhaps City of Westminster wards afterwards?
harry | 26.05.21 - 10:08 a.m. | #
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Thank-you (I think) for the Barbican Living link. That's half a day pleasantly used up. I probably should have been working, but this was far more interesting.
Chz | 26.05.21 - 10:20 a.m. | #
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