大伦敦 · 整套出租单元 · 2室5床2.0卫 · 可住8人 · Central London Southbank, Charles Dickens
Enjoy a stylish experience at this centrally-located place. A spacious apartment in central London. The apartment is on a small dynamic street with pubs and restaurants. With in 2 min walk to metro station and the train line is on the back of the building.
This spacious apartment comfortably accommodates six + guests and boasts a fantastic location near major attractions and the London Underground, providing easy access throughout the city. However, it's situated on the fourth floor without a lift, necessitating luggage to be carried upstairs, and it's positioned above a lively bar where Irish parties and dancing may be heard at night. The kitchen is well-equipped, and there’s a convenient small supermarket is within walking distance. On the downside, communication with the host seemed automated, with prompt replies within an hour that did not directly address inquiries, such as early check-in requests. Despite my 3 attempts to clarify, the response remained ambiguous, leaving uncertainty about the possibility of an early check-in. Additionally, the main issue arose with the dryer, as both the in-apartment and external ones were not functioning properly.
The South Bank is a significant arts and entertainment district. The Southbank Centre comprises the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and The Hayward Gallery. The Royal National Theatre, the London IMAX super cinema and BFI Southbank adjoin to the east, but are not strictly part of the centre.
Polish-British visual chronicler and artist Feliks Topolski was provided a studio under one of the arches of Hungerford Bridge in 1951, where he worked consistently until his death in 1989. Topolski was commissioned to produce a 60ft by 20ft mural under the arch over Belvedere Road for the Festival of Britain, unknowingly painting only two arches up from his eventual studio.[6] Offered to him by David Eccles, it wasn't until 1953 and Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, when the windows from the dismantled annex to Westminster Abbey were repurposed to fit Topolski's studio.[6] Over the years the studio became a central feature of the South Bank, hosting countless people at his 'Open Studio' Fridays from 3pm, with an open door to whosever wished to pop their head in. Now the Studio functions as an archive and exhibition space operated by Topolski Memoir, the charity set up to preserve the artist's legacy.[7]
Topolski was provided with three further arches in 1975 by the Greater London Council (GLC), where he painted his epic 600ft long, 12-20ft high 'Memoir of the Century'. Telling his broad-ranging experience of the 20th century, Topolski painted the work from 1975 until his death, writing that he hoped to die working on it, with a brush in his hand. It remained open until 2006 in its original state, working with students, but, due to its poor condition, underwent a £3'000'000 conservation and renovation program, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, private donations and several other grant bodies, and raised by the artist's son, Daniel Topolski.[8][9] Reopened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 2009, the Memoir only ran for a year due to commercial pressures and was converted into the Bar Topolski, where some of Topolski's work can still be seen.[10]
County Hall was converted into The London Marriott Hotel County Hall, Sea Life London Aquarium and the London Dungeon.
The OXO Tower Wharf is towards the eastern end of South Bank, and houses Gallery@Oxo, shops and boutiques, and the OXO Tower Restaurant run by Harvey Nichols.
Gabriel's Wharf in 2000
Gabriel's Wharf is a redeveloped wharf on the South Bank, located at 56 Upper Ground, London. It has been converted into a shopping area. Nearby places include the Oxo Tower and Bernie Spain Gardens.
The London Studios, the former home of ITV faces the Thames and Rambert Dance Company have their new studios on Upper Ground. The Old Vic and Young Vic theatres are nearby.
The Florence Nightingale Museum to nursing, medicine and the Crimean War adjoins the 'district'.
The undercroft of the Queen Elizabeth Hall has been used by skateboarders since the early 1970s. Originally an architectural dead-spot, it became a landmark of British skateboarding culture, but later was under threat, though supported by the Long Live Southbank campaign. Part of the Southbank Centre was turned into shops looking out over the river.
The South Bank was the main scene of the 1952 comedy film The Happy Family, set around the Festival of Britain.
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