London St Pancras station 15 years ago – photos of the semi-derelict Midland Grand hotel, June 2003
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Baronage-Phase
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What a beautiful building.
Is it restored now? In use?
Is it restored now? In use?
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Stunning timberwork . The ceilings are beautiful.
Is the ticket hall as it was in the past or is that gone?
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It's a bar/restaurant now: The Booking Office Restaurant in King's Cross London
You can get to it from the platform-level concourse
Puddy_Tat
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yes and no - it's still there but behind an expensive bar now
it was out of use for some time - when i first knew the station (early 80s) that booking office was locked out of use and gathering dust and there was a smallish booking office in a corner somewhere.
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I feel lucky to have been able to have a mooch around the place before it got all polished up.yes and no - it's still there but behind an expensive bar now
it was out of use for some time - when i first knew the station (early 80s) that booking office was locked out of use and gathering dust and there was a smallish booking office in a corner somewhere.
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Amazing how sad it looked 15 years ago compared to the swish international hub, champagne bars and 5 star hotel of today.
It's a shame that the Gare du Nord is so disapopinting on the other side. Always makes me happy to come home when the train rolls into St.Pancras now.
It's a shame that the Gare du Nord is so disapopinting on the other side. Always makes me happy to come home when the train rolls into St.Pancras now.
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And to think the whole space was very nearly demolished in the 60s.
skyscraper101
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it was even more sad in the early 80s before they started cleaning a century or so's worth of crap off the brickwork
1981 photo from this page
London's buildings did look incredibly soot/pollution stained up until not long back didn't they. I always marvel at how incredibly dirty everything looked when I look at old photos/film - and must've smelled too when everyone smoked everywhere. Seems so rank now.
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