1962

TQ3281 : City of London, 1962: panorama WNW from Golden Gallery, St Pauls Cathedral

taken 62 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England

City of London, 1962: panorama WNW from Golden Gallery, St Pauls Cathedral
City of London, 1962: panorama WNW from Golden Gallery, St Pauls Cathedral
A splendid view embracing Holborn, Bloomsbury, Camden, Regents Park and out to Hampstead and beyond. On the near left is Ludgate Hill, but I shrink from trying to identify any of the Churches or other prominent buildings in the scene. (Cf. for example, TQ3281 : St Paul's Cathedral looking north west: I look to others to identify features, but there is no doubt the panorama is totally different 53 years later). The nearby spire on the left is probably St Bride's (off Fleet Street), in the centre seems to be the then Prudential Building in High Holborn; in the centre also is probably St Andrew's, Holborn. The office block towards the bottom right corner is Hillgate House. Old Bailey; the tall block above it is Farringdon Telephone Exchange; a little above and to the right again is the old Daily Mirror building at Holborn Circus: the Victorian building with tower towards bottom centre was the Congregational Memorial Hall on Farringdon Street, demolished in 1968. (Also demolished in recent years are most of the other commercial buildings mentioned!).

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TQ3281, 5798 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ben Brooksbank   (more nearby)
Date Taken
27 August 1962   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 18 September, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 320 811 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.8313N 0:5.9216W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 320 811
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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