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  Vauxhall Pleasure :: broadsheet
VAUXHALL PLEASURE draws upon the past history, present condition and future plans for Vauxhall Cross to explore the relationship between political protest and entertainment, traffic and pedestrians, pollution, breathing and song.
Vauxhall Cross, epitomising London's ruinous car culture with its thunderous traffic and polluted air, stands on the site of the legendary Pleasure Gardens, which were renowned as a place combining pastoral beauty and fresh air with the musical entertainments, fountains, fireworks and fun of C18th public urban culture.
Vauxhall Pleasure is produced in partnership with Parabola and Tate Live and funding from The Arts Council England and Cross River Partnership.
www.vauxhallpleasure.org.uk /broadsheet.html   (5881 words)

  
  Vauxhall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vauxhall is home to many Members of Parliament and others such as civil servants connected with the government of Britain owing to its proximity to the House of Commons and Whitehall.
Vauxhall Cross was described as "one of the most unpleasant road junctions in South London", in Nikolaus Pevsner 's architectural guide to London.
Throughout the 2002 to 2004 period, the Cross underwent a gradual redesign to accommodate a bus interchange linked to the Vauxhall mainline railway and tube stations, both of which are located to the south-eastern end of the cross.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vauxhall   (1469 words)

  
 Vauxhall [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vauxhall was home to the once divine Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of amusement rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people.
Vauxhall is home to many Members of Parliament and others such as civil servants connected with the government of Britain owing to its proximity to the House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house.
Vauxhall Cross was described as "one of the most unpleasant road junctions in South London", in Nikolaus Pevsner Nikolaus Pevsner (January 30, 1902 - August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture....
www.wikimirror.com /Vauxhall   (3609 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Vauxhall Cross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vauxhall is an area of London in the London Borough of Lambeth.
Vauxhall Bridge with MI6 building in background Vauxhall Bridge is a steel arched bridge for road and foot traffic, crossing the River Thames in a north-west south-east orientation, between Lambeth Bridge and Grosvenor Bridge, in central London.
The SIS building at Vauxhall Cross, London, seen from Vauxhall Bridge The SIS building, seen from Millbank The opposite side of the building, seen from Vauxhall Cross The SIS Building, also commonly known as the MI6 Building, is the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service, otherwise known as MI6...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vauxhall-Cross   (3803 words)

  
 Vauxhall Bridge [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vauxhall Bridge is a steel arched bridge for road and foot traffic, crossing the River Thames This article is about the River Thames in southern England.
On the south bank, Vauxhall Cross, site of Vauxhall station Vauxhall station is a National Rail, London Underground and London Buses interchange station located at Vauxhall Cross, by Vauxhall Bridge over the River Thames in the London district of Vauxhall.
Lambeth Bridge Lambeth Bridge is a road traffic and foot bridge crossing the River Thames in an east-west direction in central London; the river flows north at the crossing point.
www.wikimirror.com /Vauxhall_Bridge   (1724 words)

  
 Scotland Road 2003
The Vauxhall History & Heritage Group is committed to ensuring that as much of the areas historic buildings are maintained for future generations and to encourage the commemoration of the most significant events and individuals that have helped shaped the district.
As the ancient town cross of St Patrick once stood on the fringe of it, where Vauxhall-road and Marybone join, perhaps it was in consequence that the district was chosen as a settlement by so many sons and daughters of Erin.
Housing Co-operative property in the Vauxhall area built in the late 1980s and the early 1990s had the canal as an integral part of the attraction for the new houses and new resident community.
www.scottiepress.org.uk /sr2003/sr2003.htm   (8154 words)

  
 Greening Vauxhall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vauxhall is characterised by complex road and street layouts and large road junctions which can make pedestrian access very unfriendly.
Cross River Partnership (CRP) is working on a number of schemes to unlock the economic potential of the area.
Greening Vauxhall is a community led project to deliver new park facilities such as play and sports equipment, and environmental improvement schemes such as hard and soft landscape works, in addition to linking the parks and green spaces to one another.
www.crossriverpartnership.org /page.asp?id=1244   (366 words)

  
 Vauxhall Cross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
[[Image Link]] Vauxhall Cross is road junction at Vauxhall in the London Borough of Lambeth, immediately to the south-east of Vauxhall Bridge.
It is the site of the central headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service, which occupies purpose built offices erected between 1989 and 1992 and commonely referred to as Vauxhall Cross.
Work has involved design changes to traffic lanes, improved pedestrian and cycle crossings, refurbishment of walkways beneath the mainline railway viaduct, and the construction of a bus station - as at July 2004 still unfinished - featuring an undulating steel-frame canopy and ribbed steel walls.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/vauxhall_cross   (297 words)

  
 Vauxhall Cross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vauxhall Cross, gateway to central London for tens of thousands of people, has undergone a major transformation.
Vauxhall Cross Interchange is on the south side of the Thames in Lambeth.
Cross River Partnership has contributed funding to the project and has been behind much of the community consultation.
www.crossriverpartnership.org /page.asp?id=1237   (362 words)

  
 Underground History The station featured in Die Aonther Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
...plus, Vauxhall Cross is the official name for the new MI6 building on the south bank of the Thames (featured in the opening sequence of The World is Not Enough).
With the station's name being Vauxhall Cross, one naturally assumes that the station is somewhere near...
In most scenes, the sign is unreadable on the DVD version, but it is readable for a couple of seconds at one point as Bond is being introduced to the new invisible Aston Martin.
www.starfury.demon.co.uk /uground/vauxhallx.html   (1072 words)

  
 Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
Vauxhall Gardens stood on the Surrey side of the Thames, a short distance east of Vauxhall Bridge, and was a popular place of public resort from the reign of Charles II almost to the end of the 19th century.
Vauxhall was transformed into a fashionable favourite when Jonathan Tyers assumed management of the Gardens, remodelling and reopening them on 7 June, 1732, with a Ridotto al Fresco, at which Frederick, Prince of Wales, who had come down on his barge from Kew, was present.
In the Grove, the square enclosed by the principal walks and the western wall of the Garden, were built temples and pavilions and a colonnade for use during bad weather.
www.vauxhallandkennington.org.uk /sgdetail.shtml   (2272 words)

  
 VAUXHALL
Vauxhall Astra SRi, 2.0, 5-door, Hatchback, 6 Speed.
Vauxhall Astra LS, 1.6, 5-door, Hatchback, 4 Speed.
Vauxhall Astra LS, 1.6, 5-door, Hatchback, 5 Speed.
ucl.vauxhall.datacar.com /locator/LstStock.asp?sessID=22102001165324-1749231&lg=uk&codconc=VXGBE447&id=245077&Enr=21   (174 words)

  
 Vauxhall Pleasure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vauxhall Pleasure is a collaborative work by artist Anna Best and composer Paul Whitty which draws upon the past history, present condition and future plans for Vauxhall Cross to explore the relationship between political protest and entertainment, traffic and pedestrians, noise pollution and song.
Although thunderous traffic and polluted atmosphere epitomize contemporary London’s polluting car culture, Vauxhall Cross stands on the site of the legendary 18th century Pleasure Gardens, which were renowned as a place combining pastoral beauty and fresh air with the musical entertainments, fountains, fireworks and fun of urban culture.
Vauxhall Pleasure is produced in partnership with Parabola, with support from Tate Live and funding from Arts Council England and Cross River Partnership.
www.parabolatrust.org /vauxhall_pleasure.htm   (339 words)

  
 ecotravel from 4ecotips :LONDON TRANSPORT GOES SOLAR AT VAUXHALL & WANDSWORTH
Vauxhall Cross Transport Interchange and Walworth Bus now both benefit from roof top solar photovoltaic systems, which silently generate energy for the buildings using nothing more than daylight.
At the opening of the new Transport Interchange at Vauxhall Cross, Mayor Ken Livingstone joked that since the roof top solar PV system was commissioned two months ago it has generated enough clean electricity to avoid the emission of green house gas carbon dioxide equivalent to the "bodyweight of 11 politicians".
The striking ‘fork’ structure at Vauxhall Cross reaches skyward, capturing enough solar energy to provide a third of the 24-hour bus station’s energy demand.
www.4ecotips.com /ecotravel_article6.htm   (187 words)

  
 Vauxhall. Vauxhall Tuning. Vauxhall news and pictures. - Car Tuning and Modified Cars
Vauxhall Astra is from class dullard and fighting the VW Golf for number of sales.
Vauxhall Vectra is a vastly improved Astra and it is a good rival for Ford Mondeo.
Vauxhall Monaro VXR 500 is the factory tuned version of he standard 6.0-litre Vauxhall Monaro VXR.
www.carsandtuning.org /cars/vauxhall   (462 words)

  
 Route 3: The South Bank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Due to the stench of the river the bridge remained unused in summers and the chains were subsequently used in the construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge after it was demolished in 1864.
The two new pedestrian bridges, one on each side of the Charing Cross railway bridge, opened in 2002/3, cost £40m and were designed by architects Lifschutz Davidson.
Vauxhall Bridge was built in 1811-1816, the earliest iron bridge to carry trams acros the Thames.
www.serpentine.org.uk /routes/03   (5229 words)

  
 Vauxhall Cross - Result for Vauxhall Cross - Meaning of Vauxhall Cross - Definition of Vauxhall Cross - Dictionary of ...
Image:MI6BuildingVauxhall.jpg thumbSIS Headquarters '''Vauxhall Cross''' is road junction at Vauxhall in the London Borough of Lambeth, immediately to the south-east of Vauxhall Bridge.
It is the site of the central SIS Building headquarters of the United Kingdom British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), which occupies purpose built offices erected between 1989 and 1992 and commonly referred to as Vauxhall Cross.
Throughout the 2002 to 2004 period, the Cross has been undergoing a gradual redesign to accommodate a bus interchange linked to the Vauxhall station Vauxhall mainline railway and tube stations, both of which are located to the south-eastern end of the cross.
www.mauspfeil.net /Vauxhall_Cross.html   (372 words)

  
 Solar Century : News Release : 13 August 2002 : solarcentury and Arup Associates to solarise Vauxhall Cross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Vauxhall Cross Interchange is set to incorporate the latest solar design and state of the art technology.
One of London’s key areas of urban regeneration, Vauxhall Cross reaches out to the Sun and will generate electricity for the 24-hour bus station by turning daylight into power.
The solar modules to be used on the Vauxhall Cross Transport Interchange are 168 Sanyo HIT Cell 180W modules.
www.solarcentury.co.uk /news/newsitem.jsp?newsid=245   (444 words)

  
 Secret Intelligence Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Whilst he is a well known figure on television screens in the United Kingdom due to his evidence at the Hutton Inquiry, his predecessor Dearlove did not have any known photographs after a university graduation shot in the public domain.
SIS headquarters in Vauxhall, seen from the Albert Embankment
The SIS headquarters since 1995 is at Vauxhall Cross, located in Vauxhall in London, on the bank of the River Thames beside the Vauxhall Bridge.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /MI6   (935 words)

  
 onionbagblog - sport, music, subvert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Vauxhall Cross Transport Interchange (that will be a fancy bus stop then) is almost accomplished — not that you'd know it judging from the half-arsed, half finished design.
To negotiate the criss-cross lane jumping at Vauxhall Cross on two wheels you need to be a veteran of the old computer game classic Frogger ; you're damned if you do (stay in lane) and you're damned if you don't (and attempt a last minute lane jump to carry on ahead along the Embankment).
Vauxhall has so much more to celebrate — The Oval, Vauxhall City Farm and The Tavern, where ' bent as an iron girder ' may just fit well into the new SW8 lexicon.
www.onionbagblog.dsl.pipex.com /pictemps/vauxhall.html   (434 words)

  
 Terry Farrell | Vauxhall Cross, Government Headquarters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Vauxhall Cross building is a bespoke office headquarters building on the banks of the Thames upstream from the Houses of Parliament, and includes the construction of a new landscaped river wall and esplanade, with landscaped gardens.
This overall arrangement not only provides the most suitable massing and micro-climatic arrangement, but also enables views of the river to be obtained from within the site; from the riverside walkway; and from the land to the east of the site.
The public have access to the riverside along the newly formed riverside walkway from both Vauxhall Cross and from the Albert Embankment.
www.tfp-hk.com /projects/working/work_vauxMI6.html   (350 words)

  
 Feb 2001 Opinion Gathering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
These were transmitted to the Focus Vauxhall event as part of the background for participants, and for further discussion at Vision for Vauxhall and elsewhere locally.
People living opposite Project Vauxhall (you will hear about this separately) were told it that what was proposed across the road from them was none of their business, and the decision on where to move Lilian Baylis school too was made without consulting those round that site.
There has been great support for doing something about Vauxhall Cross: the whole idea started with local people, and the Vauxhall Regeneration Company and Lambeth are to be congratulated for their vision and commitment in taking it forward.
www.vision4vauxhall.org.uk /Vauxhallwants.html   (2639 words)

  
 Vauxhall Cross Transport Interchange, Vauxhall, London
I can't say I'd want to live anywhere near the almighty traffic jam that is Vauxhall Cross, but there's no denying that anyone passing by won't forget the bonkers mutant ski-slope in a hurry.
It's all a bit speculative of course, but the story goes that a visiting Russian delegation came to Vauxhall to inspect the construction of the London and South Western Railway in 1840.
The name later began to be applied to all large Russian stations and hence the word entered their language.
www.urban75.org /london/vauxhall-cross.html   (721 words)

  
 Street Management - Vauxhall Cross Progress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We have completed works to reorganise the road layout to create the space for the new Vauxhall bus station.
The central bus station is located next to both Vauxhall Tube and National Rail stations and will make changing between the different modes of transport much easier.
Detailed planning is now well underway for the major phase to move bus stops from surrounding roads into the new central bus station along Bondway.
www.dlr.co.uk /streets/vauxhallX_progupdate.shtml   (295 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | London | Singers bring commuters pleasure
The music for the concert at Vauxhall Cross, south London, will be timed to the sequence of the traffic lights.
Vauxhall Cross stands on the site of the 18th Century Pleasure Gardens, renowned as a place of musical entertainment, fountains and fireworks.
Vauxhall Pleasure is supported by Arts Council England and Cross River Partnerships.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/england/london/3539996.stm   (285 words)

  
 Vauxhall station - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vauxhall station is a London Underground and railway station located at Vauxhall Cross, by the Vauxhall Bridge in Vauxhall.
Morrissey 's 1994 album Vauxhall and I is named after the station.
Vauxhall station timetable from National Rail 's Live Departure Boards
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /v/va/vauxhall_station.html   (164 words)

  
 Street Management - Vauxhall Cross Transport Interchange
Buses started using the brand new Vauxhall Cross Interchange from 4 December 2004.
The interchange boasts a landmark structure and provides secure, convenient and accessible interchange between transport modes and services.
Vauxhall is now the second busiest bus station in London (after Victoria).
www.londontransport.co.uk /streets/vauxhall_cross.shtml   (204 words)

  
 London My Vauxhall
Vauxhall postings tend to centre around popular forum topics such as going out, safety, transport, gym bar and supermarket choices, local dentist or doctor etc, but you are free to post on anything you want to do with Vauxhall and London.
vauxhall feels a bit of a no-mans-land although it is definitely central.
Vauxhall gets a bad rep but it really is a fantastic place to live.
www.movethat.com /London/My/Vauxhall   (1674 words)

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