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Unbuilt London: Proposed Charing Cross Pedestrian Bridge

#UnbuiltLondon: Proposed Charing Cross Pedestrian Bridge

Proposed bridge across the Thames by T.E. Collcutt and S. Hamp This proposed street bridge across the Thames seems to take its inspiration from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence. It would have replaced what is now called the Hungerford Bridge, also known as the Charing Cross Bridge after the Charing Cross railway station situated on its north end. One of the architects was Thomas Edward Collcutt, who…

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Unbuilt London: Imperial Monumental Halls and Tower

#UnbuiltLondon: Imperial Monumental Halls and Tower

Design for an Imperial Monumental Halls and Tower in London by Edward Buckton Lamb and John Seddon, 1904 (RIBA Collections) Several schemes were considered in the late-ninenteenth century to expand Westminster Abbey in central London. It was felt the church had become too crowded with monuments and more space was needed. John Pollard Seddon and Edward Beckitt Lamb found the solution in adding a…

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