Battersea Power Station
Continental breakfast at Chelsea Bridge Morning comes under a sunset disguise Such are plays of words and the twist of history The power station is left without power To house the last London glitterati Tarpeian rock and Capitol meet By the cats and dogs shelter… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
Would you live in the lap of luxury In the power station with an electricity fairy Looking down at the proles commuting to work Sipping at pink champagne on ice for breakfast Waiting for one more boring sunrise before going to bed Life at the top is harsh for those looking up From the bottom […]
Cold and Crisp early morning View from the Chelsea Bridge The Battersea Power Station In its new luxury livery And glass and steel vanity towers Make up for the gold and blue skyline While cranes attend the newborn babies Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
The Electricity Fairy plays her mischievous games Battersea Power Station changed into a camp for the rich The illusion of power with a luminous severed head Power has to come from somewhere from work of the many And bright ideas can only come from a head attached to a body However powerful and enlightened the […]
The River Thames at low ebb between Battersea and Vauxhall As the sun sets over the West End a stormy night prepares to engulf the city Menacing clouds unfurl in the sky like the standards of a ghoulish army Once a beacon for lost airmen, the Battersea Power Station stands in its new livery Every […]