Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and Vauxhall - redevelopment plans and news

[hash tag]

The only nice thing was the outdoor deckchairs and screen to watch the Olympics

And it's by the river.

 

[hash tag]

Ps. Best place to eat there is the pub across the road, the Duchess Belle, which is where I had a good pint and a chilli only yesterday.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Hideous temple to the gods of retail.

Real shame as it's a lovely building, they could have done something better and more community-centred with it.

I was really shocked by how awful it was. Completely devoid of character. Filled with boring shops and rubbish eateries.

I think the area outside has been developed quite well. It all looks really modern and new and great but at the end of the day, the whole place is just a shopping centre. So disappointing.

 

[hash tag]

I think the area outside has been developed quite well. It all looks really modern and new and great but at the end of the day, the whole place is just a shopping centre. So disappointing

Sorry to disagree; the area outside if foul. Loads of high rise and you can barely see the power station. Just a huge city of flats.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Sorry to disagree; the area outside if foul. Loads of high rise and you can barely see the power station. Just a huge city of flats.

Fair point. It's not my ideal neighbourhood but I think it looks pretty swanky.

I've never going back though

 

[pesh]

It’s everything I hate most about the current state of London crammed into one of the buildings I used to love the most.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I work almost next to there now and it’s a very weird place indeed.

It’s expensive as fuck and all feels very artificial, I liken it to an residental version of Canary Wharf. There’s all this stuff but I’m not sure who exactly it’s for as we live very different lives

 

[hash tag]

One of the funniest things is this. I gather people are objecting to it because it's costs a fortune to maintain which they pay for through their service charges.
Nb. I also work close to it

 

[oryx]

Can't believe how much it has changed since I used to go to the tip there when I lived in the area. It was all derelict and had some good, subtle examples of industrial architecture like interesting old walls That would be 2007.

Kind of tempted but not tempted iyswim.

 

[hash tag]

Can't believe how much it has changed since I used to go to the tip there when I lived in the area. It was all derelict and had some good, subtle examples of industrial architecture like interesting old walls That would be 2007.

Kind of tempted but not tempted iyswim.

Those were the days. When I were a lad....

 

[hash tag]

HOW MUCH?
Bit steep even for the power station.

Inside Britain's most expensive corner shop where bottle of wine can cost £4,250

The Battersea General Store sells all the usual items you need on a day-to-day basis - but on display in a temperature-controlled fridge is a selection of very expensive wine

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[hash tag]

And this is where it all began

Pioneering aerial photographer’s pictures show England of the 1930s

Images from Arthur William Hobart, who leant out of a biplane to produce pictures of life in the interwar period, digitised and released

www.theguardian.com