Interesting places in Southwark / The Borough:

Southwark Cathedral		Elephant and Castle
Tate Modern		Guy s Campus, King s College London
Borough Market		Parterre Garden
OXO Tower		Minerva House
Sea Containers House		Cannon Street Railway Bridge
Gabriel s Wharf		Ofcom
The new Golden Hinde famous replica ship		Shakespeare s Globe Theatre
Ministry of Sound		Newington House
The Financial Times		Palestra
Southwark Cathedral (Roman Catholic), London, United Kingdom		Oakmayne Plaza
Metro Central Heights		The Mudlark
The Young Vic Theatre		Rockingham Estate
Red Lion Court

the Southwark / The Borough is part of London , London Borough of Southwark .

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Southwark Cathedral..
Made by Aristotle Liu
I revisited this place today as I felt the need to take a shot from another angle and really give this place some justice. The view here is taken from the centre of the building directed towards the alter of the Cathedral. Also the lighting here was much brighter allowing the ceiling to shine that much more because of the natural light filtering through the windows above. It really is quite an awesome building and has some fascinating architecture. I highly recommend a visit here when you're in London.. Thanks for viewing and have a great day!! Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge. It is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. It has been a place of Christian worship for over 1,000 years, but a cathedral only since 1905. The present building is mainly Gothic, from between 1220 and 1420. The main railway line from London Bridge station to Cannon Street station passes close to the cathedral, blocking the view from the south side. Borough Market and the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass by the river are in the immediate vicinity. The nave of Southwark Cathedral The earliest reference to the site was in the Domesday Book survey of 1086, wherein the minster of Southwark seems to be under the control of Bishop Odo of Bayeux William the Conqueror's half-brother. It is unlikely that this minster pre-dates the conversion of Wessex in the mid-seventh century, or the foundation of the burh ca AD 886. There is no proof of any claims, as presently made by the Cathedral authorities, that a convent was founded on the site in 606 nor of the claim that a monastery was founded by St Swithun in the ninth century. The Saxon minster was a collegiate church servicing a south Thames area. In 1106, Henry I's reign, the latter became an Augustinian Priory: Norman stonework can still be seen, and Thomas Becket preached here before departing to Canterbury, days before his murder in 1170. The main structure of the present church was built between 1220 and 1420, making it the first Gothic church in London. Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, repaired the church after a 1212 fire. In the 1390s, it was again devastated by fire, and in around 1420, once again a Bishop of Winchester Henry Beaufort, assisted with the rebuilding of the south transept and the completion of the tower. Shot taken handheld - 1/20s f/5, ISO 1250


Terror Suspect?
Made by greenwood100
Today I was stopped by police for taking photographs in my local street. Two non-uniformed officers flashed their warrant cards and questioned me under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. This law gives the British police powers to randomly stop someone without reasonable suspicion, providing the area has been designated a likely target for attack. The record of the “stop and account” pictured here shows that I aroused their suspicions because I was “taking a photograph of a road”. Crucially this road in Elephant and Castle, South London, is near an electricity substation, which they said had been deemed as a potential terror “hot spot”. They wanted my name address and date of birth. I refused these details. I explained that I had nothing to hide but that I believed it unnecessary for the police to keep a record of my personal details just because I had a camera in my hand. The officers were polite and respectful. I’d be the first to complain if the police did not properly protect us from terrorism but Britain’s law makers are playing fast and loose with long established basic rights and freedoms. Only this week our Prime Minster Gordon Brown forced through a law that will allow someone to held for 42 days without being charged with an offence. They may not even be told why they are being held. The officers I met today were polite and respectful and said they understood my concerns. However there have been many cases of officers stopping, and searching people with cameras and even forcing the deletion of pictures to avoid arrest. It is such a problem that Austin Mitchell, Member of Parliament, has addressed the House of Commons on the issue. His early Day motion can be read here: edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=35375&S... UPDATE: See below for the advice from civil liberties group LIBERTY on your rights if you are stopped under section 44 - you do not have to give your name.


Shibboleth
Made by an untrained eye
December 29th, 2007 - London, England It would be going too far to say that I was disappointed by Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth - the official name of the 548 feet long fissure that runs the length of the floor of the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, and has become more familiarly known as Doris's crack. The day I visited it, all of the things I had been told to expect seemed to be happening : a middle-aged conga danced along its upper reaches, one foot either side; old ladies opined very loudly that they Didn't see what was so clever about digging a hole; children tried to force toys, their parents' wallets and other miscellaneous objects down into it, and so on. But I did find the title and Salcedo's explanation of what the piece sought to say facile and unsatisfactory (the crack apparently represents the gap between white Europeans and the rest of humanity). And, much more importantly, I found it almost impossible to photograph. I did, however, want to keep a record here of my visit, and I eventually settled on this image. It's blurred, I know - I wish I could have got a crisp picture of this little girl with her blonde hair and wonderful red dress (she was also clutching a white stuffed rabbit in her right hand), but she spent almost the entire half hour I was there running around deliriously, far too fast for me to capture her properly, so this one will have to do. For all its faults, I like it because it gives the illusion the crack is much wider than it actually is (at the point in the upper hall where this was taken, my tiny Lumix camera just fit between the sides) and because, for all of Salcedo's professed intentions, it seems to me that this is one of those works of art that children experience and appreciate far more intuitively than we adults ever can.


Tate Modern Inside
Made by klem@s
4724 x 4682 For many years Bankside Power station was at great risk of being demolished by developers. Many people campaigned for the building to be saved and put forward suggestions for possible new uses. An application to list the building was refused. In the spring of 1993 the building's fate looked doomed, contractors had already knocked a large hole in the side of the building and had started removing much of the redundant plant. However, in April 1994 the Tate Gallery announced that Bankside would be the home for the new Tate Modern. In July of the same year, an international competition was launched to select an architect for the new gallery. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were announced as the winning architects in January 1995. The £134 million conversion to the Tate Modern started in June 1995 with the removal of the remaining redundant plant. The conversion was completed in January 2000. The most obvious external change is the blocky two-story glass extension on one half of the roof. Much of the internal structure remains, including the cavernous main turbine hall, which retains the overhead travelling crane. An electrical substation, taking up the southern third of the building, remained on-site and owned by the French power company EDF Energy. In 2006, EDF announced that they would be releasing half this holding to the museum. Source: Wikipedia


When the Lights Go Down in the City – Millennium Bridge – London England
Made by Jeff McNeill Photography (Thanks for 95K Views)
I decided to head out last night to capture sunset over the Tower Bridge. After walking many miles on my broken foot I took a lot of images. This one is one of my favorites. I met Zee Man at this spot. He was a great guy and has a wonderful Photo stream. Check it out if you have a chance. As far as this photo goes, I like how I was able to capture the stars. I could not see them where I was. Only after a 30 second time exposure were they even seen. I have decided that I am going to keep posting to multiple groups until I get 1000 contacts. That way people can see what I am doing. If you want to add me as a contact I promise to check out your stream and comment on your photos. I leave for Sardinia Italy tomorrow. I hope to get some great shots. Wish me luck. Best Viewed on Black (press L) ISO 100 18mm Focal Length F/3.5 30 Second Shutter Speed Hoya Circular Polarized Filter PhotoAwardsCounter Click here to see the awards count for this photo.


Tower Bridge
Made by vgm8383
View On Black An HDR version of the Tower Bridge taken on a boat while on the River Thames. Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London. Tower Bridge is one of several London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Trust, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Tower Bridge is sometimes mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is actually the next bridge upstream. A popular urban legend is that, in 1968 Robert McCulloch, the purchaser of the old London Bridge which was later shipped to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, believed mistakenly that he was buying Tower Bridge, but this was denied by McCulloch himself and has been debunked by Ivan Luckin, the seller of the bridge.


The Millenium bridge . Thames London
Made by ZedZap
No prizes for guessing when the Millennium Bridge was built, although it had to be quickly closed again when it was found to bounce up and down rather alarmingly when people walked across. It took almost two years for the problems to be put right, and for that reason, and for its graceful stainless-steel curves, it quickly won the hearts of both Londoners and visitors alike. It was designed by the architect Norman Foster, working with sculptor Anthony Caro and the engineer Ove Arup. The Millennium Bridge leads from below St Paul's Cathedral across the river to the Tate Modern, a thrilling new addition to London's museums and galleries, with exhibitions that seldom fail to cause a stir. The Millennium Bridge is featured in the following works: * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film adaptation, in which several of Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters destroy the bridge in a style similar to that of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse.


Millennium Bridge London
Made by vulture labs
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City. It is located between Southwark Bridge (downstream) and Blackfriars Railway Bridge (upstream). The bridge is owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction of the bridge began in 1998, with the opening on 10 June 2000. Londoners nicknamed the bridge the Wobbly Bridge after participants in a charity walk on behalf of Save the Children to open the bridge felt an unexpected, and, for some, uncomfortable, swaying motion on the first two days after the bridge opened. The bridge was closed later that day, and after two days of limited access the bridge was closed for almost two years while modifications were made to eliminate the wobble entirely. It was reopened in 2002.


Blue Fin Building in the Spring Breeze
Made by greenwood100
The Blue Fin Building - 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0US The 2,000 aluminum fins that cover this building on the Southbank of the Thames are placed to reflect the sun at different times of the day providing constant shade inside. The developers call it a translucent crystal form I took some shots of the Blue Fin last autumn - see the associated set - with the sun out yesterday the blue really came through. Most of the building is occupied by IPC magazines a division of Time Warner. Designed by London architects Allies and Morrison (Bob Allies and Graham Morrison) it was completed in 2007. The name Blue Fin was decided upon after a competiton for IPC employees - during development it was known as Bankside 1 - part of the Bankside123 development of Land Securities Plc. Among the magazines proudced here NME, Decanter, Women’s Weekly.


millenium to st paul's
Made by Joits
view on black london was definitely a great city to do night shooting. this is definitely one of the most frequent night shots taken in london as i've seen several on flickr already. still, i wanted one of my own. i thought this was a good juxtaposition between the modern millenium bridge and the very old st paul's cathedral. one thing that i had to deal with was the really late time of sunset which only gave me a few hours to get to where i wanted to go and find a spot up to the time the last trains were running which was like at midnight i think. another night shot taken with my trusty gorillapod. i gotta say that london is very gorillapod-friendly... lots of surfaces to prop the pod on...


gaspacho
Made by lomoD.xx
Please sign the PETITION to save the southbank skatepark, aka the under-croft. The end is nigh. Mass consumerism and an ever-increasing obsession with eating a shitload of anything, anywhere at anytime has finally taken its toll. Not on our souls, or bodies for that matter - but on our culture. The heart of skateboarding (in the UK, anyway) is massively under threat. Southbank, London’s most notable skate spot, has been slowly diminishing in size for years, giving way to a growing band of restaurants and shops. Its skateable features have been at the heart of the skateboard community for over three decades. But history, it seems, is simply no match for man’s insatiable need to consume. Andrea Kurland @ Huckmagazine


The Goat-Footed Balloonman Whistles Far And Wee
Made by an untrained eye
October 27th, 2009 - London, England Emerging from the Tate Modern after a second visit to the (frankly, rather disappointing) Miroslav Balka exhibit How It Is in the Turbine Hall, my son and I spotted these two orange balloons tied to a handrail. After a number of attempts hindered by the fact that, while he was outside the museum, in order to be able to get the right shot I was standing just inside, behind a pair of automatic sliding doors which seemed determined to stay open just not quite long enough for me to frame and focus correctly and to close at precisely the moment I pressed the shutter, it finally dawned on me that the witty shot would have his shadow holding the real balloons.


Solaris
Made by Luís Lx
I was impressed by the perfect alignment of the Sun and the strong reflection along the shinning surface of the ramp pavement, creating unexpectedly long shadows. it was closing time though, a vigilant already pushing me out, so i had just two or three tries and no way of experiencing with different technical choices. In the end I really liked the technical imperfections. Solaris reminds me of the Portuguese word for Sun: Sol. Somehow I thought this image could also illustrate the idea behind Stanislaw Lem's book and the two movies it originated, the large space creating a sense of loneliness, the shadow being the anguish and guilty concerns expressed in an human form, the self-aware planet studying our responses to its psychological experiments.


Time
Made by Luís Lx
Time, the only luxury really worth fighting for! I'm back to flickr after a short break. Vacations offer an excellent opportunity to photograph, but since I never felt much at ease with urban photography I took it lightly, caring more for a careful observation than for an obsessive search of photographic images. I suppose that very often our specific photographic taste stops us from seeing and enjoying outside of our comfort zone, but getting rid of that bias it's not that easy! Here I was lying on the grass behind a triple line of small trees, watching people passing by at their own rhythm, some just walking slowly, some in haste. The camera transversal motion blurred the foreground trees. Subtle grain was added in post-processing (iso 100).


Their Eyes Met Across A Crowded Staircase
Made by PhotographyByUrbanEyes.com
Their eyes met across a crowded staircase in London. Mother always said she noticed this handsome man, leaning on the railings and looking a bit like Omar Sharif, and the race was on. He asked her out to the pictures and on their first date, as the lights dimmed, he took off his dashing beenie hat, which he had been wearing at their first meeting. She was shocked to see he was bald.Never mind though, he had such lovely white teeth to make up for it. Ten minutes into the main feature she observed him slipping them out onto his bottom lip. So, he was bald and had no teeth. She fell in love anyway! ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Based on a true story! From WW2 about how couples had met during the war years.


St Pauls Cathedral London
Made by vulture labs
Many thanks for all your visits comments and faves!! much appreciated :) St Pauls Cathedral sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from the 17th century and was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. It is generally reckoned to be London's fifth St Paul's Cathedral, all having been built on the same site since AD 604. The cathedral is one of London's most famous and most recognisable sights. At 365 feet (111m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is also among the highest in the world.


Tate Modern
Made by vulture labs
The galleries are housed in the former Bankside Power Station, which was originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station, and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963. The power station closed in 1981. The building was converted by architects Herzog & de Meuron and contractors Carillion. The history of the site as well as information about the conversion was the basis for a 2008 documentary Architects Herzog and de Meuron: Alchemy of Building & Tate Modern. The southern third of the building was retained by the French power company EDF Energy as an electrical substation


London's Millennium Bridge and St Paul's
Made by Tony Margiocchi (Snapperz)
Another trip down to 'The Smoke' (London) produced some more night photos of our capital city. It's just under 200 miles for the round trip including hunting for snaps, so I don't do it that often. I particularly wanted to see this newest London bridge as I have seen many images of it and wanted one for me! It kept its promise of an interesting 'leading line' across the river Thames to St Paul's for me, with low water and its dynamic architecture. We had a mist in the air this night, but it was still fun to do. View large if possible. Taken on the Nikon D300 with a 17-55mm f2.8 mounted on a tripod.


The Weather Project
Made by *ade
This a view Ólafur Elíasson's The Weather Project, an art installation at Tate Modern in London, 2004. In this photo I've made the visitors the main subject (it was Elíasson's intention that they became part of the work), omitting the centre piece, which was a large 'half sun' at the end of the hall. The ceiling was mirrored which is why people are lying on the floor looking up. The air was mist-filled and the light really was that colour! There are more shots in this set: See more of my best shots on my photo blog.


The Southwark Starship
Made by Semi-detached
On a recent trip to London I went to the Tate Modern but got off the tube at Southwark on the Jubilee line to be confronted by this on the way out. Bonkers and really quite beautiful, for the interior of a tube station, anyway. As a piece of underground architecture, this is probably topped in my opinion by the huge and brutal metal struts at Westminster tube station but a fear of getting shot by eager security personnel whilst taking a picture seemed too much of a risk! Taken with the wide-angle lens and a bit of contrast and saturation boosting, too.