May 14, 2007
St Pancras in Spheroview
The deteriorated Gothic splendour of George Gilbert Scott’s railway hotel at St Pancras station, London, in a series of 360 degree views. The empty building looks distinctly creepy in many of these panoramas, like unused maps for a computer game.
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5 Comments, Comment or Ping
#1 posted by Wiley
Whoa, the full screen option is trippy as hell when looked at in the dark.
May 14th, 2007
#2 posted by John
The big views are cool indeed.
May 14th, 2007
#3 posted by Martin Jones
An Alice In Wonderland playground for London’s jaded commuters. Lost men in bowler hats wander up and down the stairs for eternity. St Pancras always LOOKS like the station you should be alighting from, rather than Kings Cross. The last time I stepped out there was in 2006, to see The Cramps. Fitting. Deranged chambers of the mind. “All I wanna do is join the happy crowd behind the green door…”
May 14th, 2007
#4 posted by Nathalie
It does look more like a theater set than a (discarded?) hotel.
May 15th, 2007
#5 posted by John
Martin: I agree, I’ve had a fondness for Victorian stations since early childhood and the sight of the old North Station at Blackpool. They demolished that (of course!) and replaced it with a horrible concrete barn that makes Euston look classy.
Nathalie: I seem to remember reading about a theatre group putting on a performance there where you had to walk around the place (with guides) and actors would appear and do their bit. I forget the details, I think they were supposed to be ghosts of dead workers or something. And I think it’s been used in TV productions as well.
May 15th, 2007
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