The original station was built on the site of Hungerford Market and opened in 1864. Londonist's post about the 1905 roof collapse has some fine photos and drawings.
The post-modern office building (clearly seen from the river) was added on top as part of the 1989-90 renovation. It is occupied by PricewaterhouseCoopers and, we are told, the view from the river-facing boardroom is magnificent. The photo shows the station in 1964.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Charing Cross Station - renovation
This plaque was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Simon M...
MP, In 1999 Minister for London bringing London's Red Route Network into full operation.
The title of Wikipedia's page "Kingsway tramway subway" has way too many 'way's, but the page is very informative. The tunnel was constructed 1906, enabled by the 'slum clearance' project in the A...
Cycling activist. He was known for supporting community and environmental projects in Southwark. For a time he managed school building projects for Southwark Council, before becoming manager of Sur...
This scheme converted a roundabout, which was unfriendly to pedestrians and people on bikes, into two-way roads and created a plaza in front of the station. This is happening at many locations all ...
General manager of Crystal Palace 1914-49. Henry James Buckland was born in Maidstone. Lived at Rockhills, 1922-56. Knighted in 1931. Died Bromley, Kent. The Palace burnt down in 1936 and Buckland...
Architect. Born County Durham. Moved to London in 1821. Expert on medieval buildings, restoring many country houses and castles and so worked on only a few buildings in London. Wikipedia has an ext...
Politician, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist. Born in High Street, Hull. Entered parliament in 1780 and became a close ally of William Pitt the Younger. He converted to evangelical Christian...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
From 69 Gurkha Field Squadron, 36 Royal Engineers, killed, aged 25, while trying to clear mines and booby traps from a school in Negrovce, 20 miles west of Pristina, Kosovo. Two civilians were kill...
Soldier. Born Rowland Richard Louis in Chelsea. He moved to Canada in 1902 where he worked as a miner and fruit grower before returning to Britain. In 1916 he enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer ...
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