The London Skylon
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For a few short years in the early 1950s, a 300-foot-high futuristic spire was a signature feature of the London skyline.
Its name was the Skylon and it was built as part of the 1950 Festival of Britain South Bank Exhibition from where it towered over the Thames River at a sight now occupied by the National Theater .
Despite its wide popularity with the British public, the Skylon was torn down within two years of its completion on the orders of Winston Churchill, who saw it as a symbol of the “Socialist values” associated with preceding post war Labour government. It was cut down and toppled into the Thames where it either sank to the murky depths and remains to this day or was cut into pieces and turned into ashtrays.
Its name was the Skylon and it was built as part of the 1950 Festival of Britain South Bank Exhibition from where it towered over the Thames River at a sight now occupied by the National Theater .
Despite its wide popularity with the British public, the Skylon was torn down within two years of its completion on the orders of Winston Churchill, who saw it as a symbol of the “Socialist values” associated with preceding post war Labour government. It was cut down and toppled into the Thames where it either sank to the murky depths and remains to this day or was cut into pieces and turned into ashtrays.
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Good Article with Several Pics
Skylon Wikipedia Article
Learn How to Make Your Own Skylon Tower
Makezine.com
Skylon Article at Digital Urban
A Virtual Skylon in Google Earth
Web Page about the Festival of Britain
A Massive Collection of Ephemera from the 1951 South Bank Exhibition
A 2004 Article in the Guardian about a Plan to
Re-create the Skylon
The fact that I am unable to google anything else about this would suggest the plan went nowhere.
The Skylon can be seen in several of these photos from the 1951 South Bank Exhibition.
Photo of the Skylon Under Construction
Article about England's Lost Architectural Wonders
About halfway down the page is a paragraph about the Skylon
Oldukphotos.com
Some of Today's Epic Engineering Feats
Some Info about London in the '50s
Good Article with Several Pics
Skylon Wikipedia Article
Learn How to Make Your Own Skylon Tower
Makezine.com
Skylon Article at Digital Urban
A Virtual Skylon in Google Earth
Web Page about the Festival of Britain
A Massive Collection of Ephemera from the 1951 South Bank Exhibition
A 2004 Article in the Guardian about a Plan to
Re-create the Skylon
The fact that I am unable to google anything else about this would suggest the plan went nowhere.
The Skylon can be seen in several of these photos from the 1951 South Bank Exhibition.
Photo of the Skylon Under Construction
Article about England's Lost Architectural Wonders
About halfway down the page is a paragraph about the Skylon
Oldukphotos.com
Some of Today's Epic Engineering Feats
Some Info about London in the '50s
History of the Future, World's Fair Architecture, Design, Fashion 1933-2005
London's Contemporary Architecture:
An Explorer's Guide
An Explorer's Guide
thememlingindex.com
The Memling Index > a long, obscene, and fascinating list of links
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