The Oval Blog

Given all of the major local developments in the neighbourhood, it is easy to forget that there are many other parts of London, like Victoria, getting a major makeover.

This particular building, 62 Buckingham Gate, caught my eye. In case you were wondering, these are not trick photographs. The building is being built like this. It would seem that imagination and a deep pocket can take developers in some interesting directions. Mind you, I wouldn’t like to be the structural engineer having to sign this design off. Still, I’m sure it will all make sense in the end.

Perhaps we should start a campaign for our very own ‘Leaning Tower of Lambeth’ – it sounds better than Victoria or Pisa for that matter (:-)

Slowly but surely…Vauxhall Tower has now reached the 25th of 50 floors. Now that the cladding is on the lower floors you get a feel of what the tower is eventually going to look like. The One Nine Elms developers were presenting to the Oval Partnership management committee tonight and mentioned that Market Towers was the tallest building inthe area. Not any more.

Not everyone has a chance to look around St Marks Church Kennington properly.  Today I was down in the crypt, up in the roof structure and wandering around the roof.  Here are  a selection of images from my visit.

And there was I thinking of having a normal night in when before I know it…off to Bonnington Cafe.  I couldn’t resist the medieval soup -they certainly knew how to make soups in those days -well done chef of the night Draeyk.

If you’ve never tried Bonnington Cafe hidden away in Bonnington Square you are missing something. This is a community cafe with different chefs taking turns each evening.  Check out their website for who’s cooking.  The cafe has a great atmosphere with more people outside than in it seems.  

I don’t like taking photos of people when they are eating so it wasn’t as empty as it looks here-there were 8 people eating at the time.  Also it was a bit dark for an exterior shot so I used an old stock photo.  There’s some scaffolding at the moment so presumaby it will be redecorated but lets see.