MANSIONS & MODERNITY - The Architecture of Victoria

The London Ambler is Mike Althorpe, a London architectural historian and urban explorer with a passion for revealing the history and buildings of the the greatest city on earth. Through weaving unexpected and alternative routes through the city and delivering big stories in an authoritative, yet informal and accessible way, the London Ambler brings to life the many episodes, sagas and adventures of built and unbuilt London.The London Ambler - www.thelondonambler.com

The London Ambler

A London walking tour exploring architecture &amp; big urban change through the buildings, streets and spaces of Victoria!

Departs in front of Victoria Station, outside Halifax branch (opposite on Wilton Road)

<p>Dominated by the frenzy of nearby Westminster, Victoria is a district rich with history and unique architectural traditions, yet rarely does it make it into the pages of most London guides. Once a notorious outlying marsh at the city's fringe, it boomed in the 19th century with monuments to Victorian London's thursting modernity, then in the 20th century it tore itself to pieces seeking to relaunch and rebrand for a new era. In this walk, The London Ambler looks beyond the postcard moments of Abbey and Parliament, to reveal a diverse urban landscape of byzantine and neo-classical towers, Italianate town houses, multi-leveled tenements, mansion blocks and modernist townscapes.</p><p>A walking tour by The London Ambler - Mike Althorpe</p>

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