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Blackpool Casino, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool

RIBA11034
Emberton, Joseph (1889-1956)
NOTES: This circular building is carried on a concrete raft on which all columns rest and reinforced concrete was used for the structure of walls, floors and roof. The circle is divided into three zones: service, forming the hub, round which are grouped offices and recreational facitlities.

Blackpool Casino, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool: the stair tower and the double entrance leading to the snack bar and foyer

RIBA11035
Emberton, Joseph (1889-1956)
NOTES: This circular building is carried on a concrete raft on which all columns rest and reinforced concrete was used for the structure of walls, floors and roof. The circle is divided into three zones: service, forming the hub, round which are grouped offices and recreational facitlities.

Derby Racer, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool

RIBA11410
Howard V. Lobb & Partners

Blackpool Casino, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool: the main staircase

RIBA14234
Emberton, Joseph (1889-1956)
NOTES: This circular building is carried on a concrete raft on which all columns rest and reinforced concrete was used for the structure of walls, floors and roof. The circle is divided into three zones: service, forming the hub, round which are grouped offices, restaurants, games rooms and a banqueting hall.

Vauxhall Gardens, London: the orchestra accommodating 50 musicians and an organ, and illuminated with 'about four thousand lamps'

RIBA15508
SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. III, pl. 88

Festival Pleasure Gardens under construction, Battersea, London

RIBA22115
Page, Russell (1906-1985)
NOTES: Russell Page was responsible for the design layout of the gardens for the 1951 Festival of Britain.

Dreamland, Margate, Kent: the circular stair light

RIBA24558
Iles Leathart & Granger
NOTES: 'Dreamland' was built as part of an amusement park for Margate Estates Co. Ltd. The original Dreamland Park was substantially destroyed by fire in 1932 and the opportunity was taken to extend and modernize the facilities to the designs of Leathart & Granger with interiors by Illes, and was completed in 1935.
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