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Holborn Viaduct becomes a canvas for public artwork

02-10-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Flyers for Trade nightclub at Turnmills, prints from old books, and photos of lost London have been mixed to form a temporary public work of art in Holborn.The art lines a building site, where a new office development is going up, and an artist, Harold Offeh was commissioned to create this long walkway covered in history.
According to the sign on the display, Offeh developed the main design through photography, scanning and digital collage. He also invited 12 people to contribute to the design t

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A motoring spectacle will fill Pall Mall with vintage and sportscars

02-10-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A date for motorhead diaries, as for one day next month, the entire of Pall Mall in central London will be filled with a range of vintage and modern sportscars.
Genevieve at the 2023 St James’s International Concours (c) ianVisits
The road will be closed to road vehicles — of the moving sort — and filled with road vehicles on static display ahead of the annual London to Brighton veteran car run. The inaugural staging of the St James’s Motoring Spectacle will showcase many

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Inside the Serial Killer exhibition: Fascination meets revulsion under Waterloo station

02-10-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The serial killer is a subject that both fascinates and revolts in equal measure, and now the vaults underneath Waterloo station are telling the story of some of the most infamous stories.As an exhibition, it’s mainly lots of display boards telling the story of the killer and their victims, usually with a few artifacts from the killer or the crime scene. The display boards are a sort of Thump cards display, with the details of each of the killers and more details about the victimes next to

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London’s Pocket Parks: Pinnacle Park, E14

02-10-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This is a new public park space in Canary Wharf that’s only recently opened as part of the adjoining skyscraper towers development.It’s built up on a slope, which gives people at the top nice views of the local area, but mainly as it’s also a sloping roof for the skyscraper utility rooms and, of course, a future cafe.
While the park is new, it sits on land that was also a park, of sorts, until just a few years ago, as the skyscraper was built on the site of the City Pride pub.

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