The Euston Arch, London.

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From One Foot in the Past. Demolished in 1961, the Euston Arch's fate became a call to arms for the conservation movement who felt that the loss of Britain's biggest Doric arch dating from 1830 was a step too far. Ultimately, its loss helped save St Pancras station and strenghened the listing system that preserves buildings. As this programme c.1994 explains, there is still hope that the Euston Arch can be resurected.

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@murkydepths181 4 года назад

I would love to see this rebuilt. It’s totally do-able.

@richardhumphreys8662 3 года назад

Ernest Marples and Harold Macmillan were complete philistines, and there are plenty of philistines around today who will prevent the reconstruction of the arch at any cost.

@wildsurfer12 11 лет назад

The shot at the end would look perfect on any post card!

@missionpassed4584 4 года назад

It survived the Blitz but not 60s modernism!

@ROCKINGMAN 4 года назад

I think Euston station is about to undergo a rebuild from the 1960s eyesore. The chance will present itself to rebuild The Doric Arch, criminally demolished in 1961. The effort to build such a great piece of work in 1837 is teastament to those who built her and was shamefully razed to the sadness of many. Rebild her as an important architectural entrance and repentance for the wrong doing the first place.

@MarkMcCluney 4 года назад

I've read English humourist Paul Jennings' praise of the Euston arch many times but it's only in the last month realised that it's demise was such a controversy. Do you know where I can read the full story? Incidentally, do you know if the stones were recovered from the river?

@ROCKINGMAN 4 года назад

@@MarkMcCluney With the advent of the wonderful internet there is much to read about plus some film of many, not all, of the stones recovered from the River Lea on RU-vid, search Euston Doric Arch.

@ronnieg6358 4 года назад

I saw a report on YT saying that there was so much opposition to the demolition that the stones were numbered and presumably kept when it was dismantled, but this appears to be untrue.

@lithostheory 4 года назад

10 year old video of a dead architectural project... the RU-vid algorithm works in mysterious ways.

@AshtonArcher Год назад

13.5 years later and still no movement on this! Very sad!

@Videx19 7 месяцев назад

It would be great to see it up for the line’s bi-centennial in 2038.

@jul30ie 3 года назад

Please rebuild it, can’t believe they demolished the symbol of the world’s first railway station 🤯 And replaced it with such a monstrosity. Euston is a sad ugly station. I’ve always felt that just going near it. Depressing place.