In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message ,
at 01:49:02 on Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Offramp
remarked:
A former London Underground station, used as a World War Two command
centre, has been sold for £53m.
...
The money from the sale will be put back into the defence budget...

Isn't £50m about ten minutes of defence budget?

(And a hundred yards of HS2 perhaps).

This sale has to be "political" in some way, ie demonstrating that
assets are being disposed of, however relatively trivial the sum.

Far better had it been leased out at a peppercorn rate to a museum,
who could probably then get lottery money to refurbish and open it.

Why? The above ground bit ceased to be anything to do with a tube station 80
years ago. Better to take one that has been less knocked about like York
Road or Aldwych if you want a museum.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In message , at 06:46:06
on Sat, 1 Mar 2014, remarked:
A former London Underground station, used as a World War Two command
centre, has been sold for £53m.
...
The money from the sale will be put back into the defence budget...

Isn't £50m about ten minutes of defence budget?

(And a hundred yards of HS2 perhaps).

This sale has to be "political" in some way, ie demonstrating that
assets are being disposed of, however relatively trivial the sum.

Far better had it been leased out at a peppercorn rate to a museum,
who could probably then get lottery money to refurbish and open it.

Why? The above ground bit ceased to be anything to do with a tube station 80
years ago. Better to take one that has been less knocked about like York
Road or Aldwych if you want a museum.

Has someone paid £53m for *just* the below-ground-level bits of the
station?
--
Roland Perry

In article ,
says...

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 19:29:08 on Fri, 28
Feb 2014, d remarked:
It is now expected to be used for residential development.

Maybe they'll bring in an architect who normally does conversions of
other thin vertical things like lighthouses? Although of course there
will be a lack of light through most of the property.

I wonder how much of the sub surface station it includes if any? Can't
see much use for it for residential purposes and I can't underground
space like that going to waste. Perhaps it'll be hived off into 2 sales
- above ground and below ground?

The above-ground part will have to be several residences, because
even at London prices £53m for the site is a bit much for a single
residence.

The below-ground parts could be used for various things like swimming
pools, private cinemas and so on. There was a story in the papers
about a year ago about the rend for people to enlarge their houses by
digging down, anything up to four levels, so there's clearly some
demand for sub-surface space.

Anyone here know if the site has any other access than the front?

The only original facade remaining is down the side, in Cottage Place. The
Brompton Road frontage was cut back and replaced many years ago.

I would give a Google Street View reference if I could out how to do so in
the fiendish new version.

This worked for me


0.16903,3a,75y,153.2h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s4237YiPywy_B9dMCD6phfw!
2e0

In article ,
[wake says...

In article ,
says...

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 19:29:08 on Fri, 28
Feb 2014, d remarked:
It is now expected to be used for residential development.

Maybe they'll bring in an architect who normally does conversions of
other thin vertical things like lighthouses? Although of course there
will be a lack of light through most of the property.

I wonder how much of the sub surface station it includes if any? Can't
see much use for it for residential purposes and I can't underground
space like that going to waste. Perhaps it'll be hived off into 2 sales
- above ground and below ground?

The above-ground part will have to be several residences, because
even at London prices £53m for the site is a bit much for a single
residence.

The below-ground parts could be used for various things like swimming
pools, private cinemas and so on. There was a story in the papers
about a year ago about the rend for people to enlarge their houses by
digging down, anything up to four levels, so there's clearly some
demand for sub-surface space.

Anyone here know if the site has any other access than the front?

The only original facade remaining is down the side, in Cottage Place. The
Brompton Road frontage was cut back and replaced many years ago.

I would give a Google Street View reference if I could out how to do so in
the fiendish new version.

This worked for me


0.16903,3a,75y,153.2h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s4237YiPywy_B9dMCD6phfw!
2e0

Enter into search box as whole thing from https: to 2e0, sorry don't
know how to make appear on here as a single line.

In message , at 14:13:11
on Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Jim
remarked:
I would give a Google Street View reference if I could out how to do so in
the fiendish new version.

This worked for me

,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s4237YiPywy_B9dMCD6phfw!2e0

Although that's not a "short url". As far as I can see they seem to
[quite recently] want you to sign-in to get the benefit of short urls.

Meanwhile, back at the main plot, is that facade part of what has been
sold, or is it only the below-the-surface parts of the station?
--
Roland Perry

On 2014\03\01 12:46, wrote:

I would give a Google Street View reference if I could out
how to do so in the fiendish new version.

You just use the address box in your browser.

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
14:13:11 on Sat, 1 Mar 2014, Jim
remarked:
I would give a Google Street View reference if I could out how to do so
in the fiendish new version.

This worked for me



m4!1e1!3m2!1s4237YiPywy_B9dMCD6phfw!2e0

Although that's not a "short url". As far as I can see they seem to
[quite recently] want you to sign-in to get the benefit of short urls.

Meanwhile, back at the main plot, is that facade part of what has
been sold, or is it only the below-the-surface parts of the station?

Since the MoD were talking of selling their interest I would expect the sale
included the whole block from Brompton Road. The frontage was of a TA centre
when I was young.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
06:46:06 on Sat, 1 Mar 2014, remarked:
A former London Underground station, used as a World War Two command
centre, has been sold for £53m.
...
The money from the sale will be put back into the defence budget...

Isn't £50m about ten minutes of defence budget?

(And a hundred yards of HS2 perhaps).

This sale has to be "political" in some way, ie demonstrating that
assets are being disposed of, however relatively trivial the sum.

Far better had it been leased out at a peppercorn rate to a museum,
who could probably then get lottery money to refurbish and open it.

Why? The above ground bit ceased to be anything to do with a tube station
80 years ago. Better to take one that has been less knocked about like
York Road or Aldwych if you want a museum.

Has someone paid £53m for *just* the below-ground-level bits of the
station?

What makes you think that?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2014\03\01 12:46, wrote:

I would give a Google Street View reference if I could out
how to do so in the fiendish new version.

You just use the address box in your browser.

It was

ta=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1shLsXEh8claT4S7Ty-Iq0uw!2e0 but that's not the short URL
you used to be able to create. Try http://snipurl.com/28n3wef if you can't
handle the line wrap.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...

On 2014\03\01 12:46, wrote:

I would give a Google Street View reference if I could out
how to do so in the fiendish new version.

You just use the address box in your browser.

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no you don't

going from map view to steet views does not change the url in the address
box