tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352681561525073287.post139151817954466917..comments2023-11-04T11:41:41.347+00:00Comments on St Luke's Blog: Forgotten spaceswww.stlukes.co.ukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03776040804173678762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352681561525073287.post-79821908088816133862008-07-18T10:14:00.000+01:002008-07-18T10:14:00.000+01:00I love this kind of stuff. Cities are like high s...I love this kind of stuff. Cities are like high speed evolution, they never stand still, the centre of gravity shifts, places which were once vibrant are discarded, places which were once desolate, like Euston, start to thrive.<BR/><BR/>There's a book called London under London which documents all the subterranean tunnels, abandoned tube lines and stations, the post office tube system, the sewers, the war bunkers etc that exist under London.<BR/><BR/>There was also a brilliant film from the 60's called The London No-one Knows which was the inspiration for the St Etienne movie Finisterre.<BR/><BR/>But my favourite example is in Edinburgh where there are ancient streets underneath the New Town. These were part of an older Edinburgh. When the great plague hit the city in the middle ages they simply covered up the old town and built on top of it. You can still access some of this underworld.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352681561525073287.post-91018754204477372942008-07-17T17:41:00.000+01:002008-07-17T17:41:00.000+01:00Could we invite him to come visit our basement?Could we invite him to come visit our basement?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com