Metropolitan Wharf
Original Painting : Sold
The areas of Rotherhithe, Wapping, Bermondsey and Limehouse along the banks of the Thames have changed considerably over the past 30 years. Old warehouses and factories have either been been demolished or converted and regenerated into luxury apartments and super trendy offices. Many of these fine buildings were indeed looking rather dour and dirty, but there was an honesty and an authenticity about their appearance. These were working buildings.
I caught Metropolitan Wharf during the early stages of redevelopment, hence the skip bottom left where the interior was being gutted. Metropolitan Wharf is immense. Its six storeys dominate the cobbled stone street in Wapping, and its façade contained the usual broken windows, wonky wharf doors and a red paint that was pale pink through age.
Original Painting : Sold
The areas of Rotherhithe, Wapping, Bermondsey and Limehouse along the banks of the Thames have changed considerably over the past 30 years. Old warehouses and factories have either been been demolished or converted and regenerated into luxury apartments and super trendy offices. Many of these fine buildings were indeed looking rather dour and dirty, but there was an honesty and an authenticity about their appearance. These were working buildings.
I caught Metropolitan Wharf during the early stages of redevelopment, hence the skip bottom left where the interior was being gutted. Metropolitan Wharf is immense. Its six storeys dominate the cobbled stone street in Wapping, and its façade contained the usual broken windows, wonky wharf doors and a red paint that was pale pink through age.
Original Painting : Sold
The areas of Rotherhithe, Wapping, Bermondsey and Limehouse along the banks of the Thames have changed considerably over the past 30 years. Old warehouses and factories have either been been demolished or converted and regenerated into luxury apartments and super trendy offices. Many of these fine buildings were indeed looking rather dour and dirty, but there was an honesty and an authenticity about their appearance. These were working buildings.
I caught Metropolitan Wharf during the early stages of redevelopment, hence the skip bottom left where the interior was being gutted. Metropolitan Wharf is immense. Its six storeys dominate the cobbled stone street in Wapping, and its façade contained the usual broken windows, wonky wharf doors and a red paint that was pale pink through age.