Had a day out yesterday to visit the newly refurbished Battersea Power Station.  I have to say that after several previous attempts to reuse this colossal edifice which left the grand old buiding in a terrible state after they all failed, this one seems to have been very well carried out. Astronomical cost though - £9 billion so it's said.  2 new stations on the London Underground Northern Line have been built to connect the place directly to Waterloo making it very easy to get to.

Of course it is now full of the up-market retail outlets you typically find in a city mall but hey-ho


View from the North frontage (riverside). You can just see the viewing gallery on the front right chimney


Mall shops and lightshow in Turbine Hall B


66KV Circuit breaker display

 

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And here are some  panoramic views from the same visit

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Insane cost but does look amazing. 

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Excellent pictures inside and out.
No one mudlarking? 

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I went and took a look yesterday. It's very impressive, and done with flair and taste, but for the moment attracting lots of tourists who weren't interacting much with the shops except for buying food. I suspect a lot of the return to the developers comes from rents on the massive blocks of flats around it.

Going up the chimney in a circular lift to see the view is fun, but note, it's a lot cheaper if you book in advance https://lift109.co.uk/tickets/  

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I went and took a look yesterday. It's very impressive, and done with flair and taste, but for the moment attracting lots of tourists who weren't interacting much with the shops except for buying food. I suspect a lot of the return to the developers comes from rents on the massive blocks of flats around it.

Going up the chimney in a circular lift to see the view is fun, but note, it's a lot cheaper if you book in advance https://lift109.co.uk/tickets/  

I'm glad it has been refurbed.  At one point it looked like it was doing to have to be demolished because of the failed previous attempts at finding something commercial to stick in it.

I'm not convinced about retail long term.  New shopping centres feel distinctly "trailing edge" these days !

 

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It looked better as an anchor point for a flying pig

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