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Old January 14th 12, 12:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default Kings Cross exhibition

In message , at 13:29:17 on
Sat, 14 Jan 2012, Bruce remarked:
Coincidentally, I had some time to kill and was in the area so had a look
around, and there is an awful lot more to see now than last time I was
there.

It still looks a bit strange, with the new roof looking out of place
against the old building, so I hope it all comes together better.


I think the architect is trying to achieve a similar effect to the
overall roof over the inner courtyard of the British Museum, which
works pretty well:

http://www.jemmalambert.co.uk/shutterjunkie/index.php?showimage=187


"enlivens the original Victorian Cubitt design". Either that, or a
massive UFO crash-landed.

http://kingscrossenvironment.com/201...ern-concourse-
complete/
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Roland Perry