On Sep 23, 9:32*am, allanbonnetracy
wrote:
The Euston Arch, which stood in front of London's Euston rail station
until 1962, is set to be restored.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...rch-to-be-rebu...

The arch was originally built in 1838 until it was torn down by modern
town planners almost 50 years ago. Some of its stones were thrown into
a tributary of the River Lea in East London to fill a hole in the
riverbed, but have now been recovered and will be used to restore the
arch to its former glory.

For the past four months, British Waterways has dredged the Prescott
Channel in order to salvage the discarded rock, after historian Dan
Cruickshank tracked them down in 1994.

He has since led the 15-year Euston Arch Trust campaign to reconstruct
the monument, described as the "first great building of the railway
age".

Mr Cruickshank said: "It's destruction was an act of barbarism. Now a
great cultural wrong can be put right."

The 70ft arch, inspired by Roman architecture, was originally designed
by Philip Hardwick. Mr Hardwick, who also helped design Liverpool's
Royal Albert Dock, created the arch as the grand entrance of Euston
Station which opened in 1837.

In the 1960s however, the station's owners, the British Transport
Commission, tore down the Grade II arch amid much protest in order to
build a bigger terminal.

The new £10 million arch will be a replica of the original, but will
have hospitality space, including an underground nightclub in the
foundations, and a banquet hall at the top of the arch. The site of
the original arch is beneath the current station, so a new site on
Euston Road has been suggested. Proposals are set to be submitted to
planning officers next year.

IMHO, it should be placed in a central postition in front of Euston
Station.