In article ,
(Recliner) wrote:

The St Pancras Renaissance Hotel opened in 2011 after a decade of
restoration of the former Midland Grand hotel, which had closed in
1935, after which the increasingly shabby and run-down building was
used by BR as offices until 1985. After a campaign to save it, the
restored building now has a new life. Luckily no real damage was done
to the interiors, which have now been lovingly restored, and the old
building is used for a mixture of hotel rooms and apartments, liked by
the famous Grand Staircase. The hotel also a new modern bedroom Barlow
wing, which I didn't look at.

I finally managed to take an upstairs tour this week, having
previously only seen the parts open to the public at lobby level.
Here's some ultra wide angle pics (18mm, in 35mm terms), for whose
who've not been able to see the hotel's sumptuous interiors:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/recline...7636148343593/

Lovely photos. I have a number of "before" pictures of some of those
locations taken before the St Pancras Eurostar opening, including the view
of King's Cross. Must dig them out and put them somewhere.

--
Colin Rosenstiel