Another Article - A Scheme for a Great National Monument by David Walsh, M.D

[ffutures]

An engagingly loopy and (despite appearing in April 1903) I suspect seriously-intended proposal to build a an enduring tomb and monument of the Empire in London

Comments

[pauldormer]

Incidentally, did you see that recent series on BBC4 about architectural plans that never were built? Included a glass covered ringroad around inner London designed by the guy who designed the Crystal Palace, and also an examination of all the plans for Channel tunnels and bridges right back.

[ffutures]

No, missed it - thanks, I'll have to look out for a repeat.

[pauldormer]

It was called something like Dreaming the Impossible and being BBC4, sure to be repeated.

[ffutures]

Seen it now - a lot of it lifted straight out of London As It Might Have Been, the big book on alternative London architecture etc., but good fun and excellent on stuff like the history of float glass.

[pauldormer]

Well, not every episode was about London. There was the bit about the channel tunnel, the ship canal across Scotland, and demolishing all of Glasgow after WWII.