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New headquarters for the London Electric Railway Company, 55 Broadway (later London Underground), Westminster, London: clock in the entrance hall on the south wing
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NOTES: Built in 1927-1929 on a triangular site, these headquarters for what is now London Underground Limited incorporated St James's Park underground station.
The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, City of London: north-east corner of the Old Colonial (later Five Per Cent) Office
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NOTES: This photograph, taken prior to the rebuilding of the bank, comes from the Francis William Troup archive held at the RIBA Library. Troup was a consultant architect to the Bank of England and prepared designs for the rebuilding of the Threadneedle site in 1920. The commission was given to Sir Herbert Baker in 1921 with whom Troup worked initially as supervising architect.
Clock-fronted building being repainted, Zocca, Emilia-Romagna
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NOTES: This image is one of many taken by Ivy de Wolfe, the pseudonym of Hazel de Cronin Hastings, of Italian subjects. Many of these appeared in the book 'The Italian Townscape' by Ivor de Wolfe (London, Architectural Press, 1963).
Post Office in South Molton Street, Mayfair, London: detail of elevation by night
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NOTES: This is an example of an experimental series of modernised branch post offices in London designed by Misha Black and the Design Research unit in association with Sir Hugh Casson.
Post Office, 55 Knightsbridge, London, by night
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NOTES: This is an example of an experimental series of modernised branch post offices in London designed by Misha Black and the Design Research unit in association with Sir Hugh Casson.