Viewpoints – Placecloud (English)

Viewpoints – Placecloud (English)

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Viewpoints – Placecloud (English) episodes

  • Lloyds Coffeehouse
    London, United Kingdom. This viewpoint details the history of Lloyds Coffeehouse and it's connections to eighteenth-century maritime trade and global expansion
    5 min
  • White’s Coffehouse & the Fop
    London, United Kingdom. This viewpoint outlines the gambling culture of White's Coffeehouse and details some of the men you'd expect to find in an establishment like White's
    6 min
  • Coaching Making on Long Acre
    London, United Kingdom. This viewpoint is going to introduce you to Long-Acre's coach making industries and the famous eighteenth-century coachmaker John Hatchett
    6 min
  • The Novo Cemetery
    London, United Kingdom. Learn about the history of Jewish people in Mile End from the seventeenth to twentieth century
    5 min
  • ZSL London Zoo
    London, United Kingdom. This viewpoint will uncover how modernist animal housing was used as a prototype for bold new homes for British citizens, under the guidance of Julian Huxley and other visionaries.
    13 min
  • Bevin Court
    London, United Kingdom. In this viewpoint, Bevin Court – originally to be called Lenin Court – offers a lens for understanding how architectural modernism went from a movement associated with communist architects from abroad to a symbol of the British welfare state.
    7 min
  • 2 Willow Road
    London, United Kingdom. This viewpoint will explore architect Ernő Goldfinger’s integration into contemporary British literary circles – far beyond his (frequently misreported) connection to Ian Fleming’s famous villain – and will use 2 Willow Road’s status as a National Trust property to consider how a once-iconoclastic modernism has been reclaimed as national heritage.
    10 min

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