What is the name of the 30ft sculpture by Paul Day what stands as the centre piece of the refurbished St Pancras Station in London?
"The Meeting Place (statue) The Meeting Place is a high, 20-tonne bronze statue that stands at the south end of the upper level of St Pancras railway station. Designed by British artist Paul Day and revealed in 2007, it is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace. The statue, which stands in the Eurostar terminal, is reported to have cost £1 million and was installed as the centrepiece of the refurbished station. The work, commissioned by London and Continental Railways, is modelled on the sculptor and his wife. The"
"a metaphor for St Pancras's role as the terminus of the rail link between England and France. Another contemporary sculptor and critic, Antony Gormley, singled out ""The Meeting Place"" when he condemned the current public art works across the UK, stating: ""there is an awful lot of crap out there"". Day admitted that ""Some will say it is a chocolate box sculpture."" In December 2017, Day received criticism for accepting a commission to create a sculpture in Moscow of the late Uzbek leader Islam Karimov, ""widely regarded as one of the most ruthless dictators in recent history"", and responded, ""I"
"the south end of the upper level, a high bronze statue named ""The Meeting Place"" stands beneath the station clock. Designed by British artist Paul Day, it is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace. Controversy was caused by Day's 2008 addition of a bronze relief frieze around the plinth. depicting a commuter falling into the path of an Underground train driven by the Grim Reaper. Day revised the frieze before the final version was installed. On the upper level, above the Arcade concourse, stands a bronze statue of"
"art installation named the ""Identified Flying Object"" (IFO) stands in Battle Bridge Place, part of the RELAY King's Cross Arts programme. St Pancras Old Church, also set behind the stations, is said to be one of the oldest Christian sites in Britain. The current name has its origin in a monument to King George IV which stood from 1830 to 1845 at ""the king's crossroads"" where New Road (later Euston Road), Gray's Inn Road, and Pentonville Road met. The monument was sixty feet high and topped by an eleven-foot-high statue of the king; it was described by Walter Thornbury as"
"façade, which has been widely praised for its architecture and is now a Grade I listed building along with the rest of the station. By the 1960s, St Pancras was surplus to requirements and services were diverted to King's Cross and but there was fierce opposition to its proposed closure and demolition of the station and hotel. The station was reinvented in the late 20th century as the terminal for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in an urban regeneration plan across East London. The complex underwent a £800 million refurbishment which was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in November 2007."
"Sylvia Pankhurst (artwork) A sculpture of Sylvia Pankhurst is located in Mile End Park, Bethnal Green, London, England. It honours the life of Sylvia Pankhurst, a leading English suffragette and socialist. The statue is a two-dimensional silhouette constructed of Corten steel, which is designed to rust over time. It is one of three located in the park, which are together part of a national project by charity Sustrans to beautify areas used by foot, public transport and cycle commuters. The three figures portrayed were selected by the local community for the contribution they made to local history or culture. The"
"plans for a regular service between St Pancras and Leeds via the Erewash Valley and Leicester but these ambitions were ultimately rejected by the Strategic Rail Authority. The station is manned and has an information kiosk, ticket office and self-service ticket machines, refreshments and a newsagent. Outside is a taxi rank, a cashpoint and a bus stop. Train running information is via digital display screens, timetable posters and automatic announcements. Lifts and a footbridge connect the platforms, so step-free access is available throughout the station. Between 1988 and 2009, a modern art sculpture, titled 'A Light Wave', created by the"
"Honours. Alastair Lansley Alastair Lansley (born 1 December 1947) is a British architect. Alastair Lansley was the lead architect for the reconstruction and rebuilding of London's St Pancras Station as terminus of the High Speed 1 line from the Channel Tunnel to London. His work at St Pancras includes the construction of a new 13 platform extension deck in a modern manner; reconstruction of the west side of the station (made necessary by the construction of the new Thameslink station box below) in a historically based Neo-gothic manner in the style of Sir George Gilbert Scott; as well as the"
"terminus for the high-speed line in London is St Pancras railway station. During the 2000s, towards the end of the construction of the CTRL, the entire station complex was renovated, expanded and rebranded as St Pancras International, with a new security-sealed terminal area for Eurostar trains to continental Europe. In addition, it retained traditional domestic connections to the north and south of England. The new extension doubled the length of the central platforms now used for Eurostar services; new platforms have been provided for existing domestic East Midlands Trains and the Southeastern high-speed services that run along High Speed 1"
"so described. Aelbert Cuyp's """" (1660), despite being widely regarded as his best work, has been criticised as having ""chocolate box blandness"". Fred Swan is a modern-day proponent of chocolate box paintings as, to his detractors, was Thomas Kinkade. The term has also been applied to sculpture. A young couple standing locked in an embrace forms the centrepiece for the new £800m St Pancras International station in central London. Entitled ""The Meeting Place"", the £1m sculpture is by Briton Paul Day who admitted, ""Some will say it is a chocolate box sculpture"". Chocolate box art Chocolate box art originally referred"
"it became an international terminus for Eurostar in November 2007. He called the plan to demolish St Pancras a ""criminal folly"". About it he wrote, ""What [the Londoner] sees in his mind's eye is that cluster of towers and pinnacles seen from Pentonville Hill and outlined against a foggy sunset, and the great arc of Barlow's train shed gaping to devour incoming engines, and the sudden burst of exuberant Gothic of the hotel seen from gloomy Judd Street."" On the reopening of St Pancras station in 2007, a statue of Betjeman was commissioned from curators Futurecity. A proposal by artist"
"artwork depicts Pankhurst grasping a pile of papers in her left arm, and handing out papers with her right hand. It was unveiled on 15 August, 2011. Sylvia Pankhurst (artwork) A sculpture of Sylvia Pankhurst is located in Mile End Park, Bethnal Green, London, England. It honours the life of Sylvia Pankhurst, a leading English suffragette and socialist. The statue is a two-dimensional silhouette constructed of Corten steel, which is designed to rust over time. It is one of three located in the park, which are together part of a national project by charity Sustrans to beautify areas used by"
"Alastair Lansley Alastair Lansley (born 1 December 1947) is a British architect. Alastair Lansley was the lead architect for the reconstruction and rebuilding of London's St Pancras Station as terminus of the High Speed 1 line from the Channel Tunnel to London. His work at St Pancras includes the construction of a new 13 platform extension deck in a modern manner; reconstruction of the west side of the station (made necessary by the construction of the new Thameslink station box below) in a historically based Neo-gothic manner in the style of Sir George Gilbert Scott; as well as the refurbishment"
"Integrated Control Centre. The new line and station effectively created the present Gerrards Cross; the original settlement lay for the most part along the Oxford Road. The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Railways to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974. The bronze 'Railway Navvy' sculpture behind the Up platform was created by Anthony Stones who was commissioned in 1992 by the Colne Valley Park Groundwork Trust. The band Genesis contributed £3,000 towards the cost of the sculpture in appreciation of their song 'Driving the Last Spike' on their album ""We Can't Dance"". In October"
"of the original station building by Scott and William Barlow. Lansley was also Lead Architect for Stratford and Ebbsfleet International Stations, which were designed by project architect Mark Fisher. These stations extends the language of Mies van der Rohe in a contemporary context, and form a close stylistic bond with the new station extension at St Pancras. A series of BBC television programmes, ""The Eight Hundred Million Pound Railway Station"", were broadcast as six 30-minute episodes between 13‒28 November 2007. In this series the project that was to become St. Pancras International station was shown during the different phases of"
"made possible the cutting of the tunnels of London's deep level tube system"". (A part of the tunnelling shield used at Bank station was rediscovered during a refurbishment, and left visible painted red in a passageway leading to the Waterloo & City line.) The other side of the base bears the carved stone badge of the City & South London Railway. Visible in a gap between the statue and the base are the metal grilles of a vent shaft installed at Bank Junction to meet safety standards introduced after the King's Cross fire in 1987. The statute was unveiled by"
"John Betjeman, depicted gazing in apparent wonder at the Barlow roof. Designed by British sculptor Martin Jennings, the statue commemorates the poet's successful campaign to save the station from demolition in the 1960s. The -high statue stands on a flat disc of Cumbrian slate inscribed with lines from Betjeman's poem ""Cornish Cliffs"": There are a number of upright pianos in the main St Pancras concourse that are available for anyone to play. In 2016, Elton John gave an impromptu performance here on a piano he subsequently donated to the station as a gift. In 2017, the B Positive Choir, formed"
"This allowed a programme of refurbishment to take place, including repairing and repointing to the pier bases, parapets and arches; as well as repairs to the remains of Hengoed ‘High Level’ Station at the western end of the viaduct. Works have improve public access and safety, with new fencing, viewing platforms and the installation of lighting. Finally, the site and route was added to by the addition of ""Wheel o Drams"" (locally known as ""The Stargate"") sculpture by Andy Hazell, an unusual piece of modern art formed from a circle of coalmining dram trucks to commemorate the industrial heritage of"
"Piscator (Paolozzi) Piscator, also known as the Euston Head, is a large abstract sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi. It was commissioned by British Rail in 1980 for the forecourt of Euston Station in London, and is named for the German theatre director Erwin Piscator. The sculpture is made from cast iron with an aluminium finish, and was cast by the ironfounders Robert Taylor and Co. It measures . In making the work, Paolozzi was assisted by Ray Watson. The sides of the sculpture have silvered bumps and hollows; viewed from above, the top surface resolves into a blocky human body and"
"the change and evolution that our towns and cities are constantly subjected to."" In 2014 Long was invited by the City of London Corporation and Sculpture In the City to exhibit an artwork in the capital city's square mile financial district. As a direct response to Robert Indiana's ""Love"" sculpture and the ongoing issues surrounding the global financial crisis that started in 2007, Long created a ""Scaffolding Sculpture"" mimicking the style of Indiana's ""Love"", but instead constructing the word WORK from the components. The sculpture was erected in front of the entrance of architect Norman Foster's landmark building 30 St"
"raised each year by the BBC Radio 4 Appeal's Christmas appeal. The crypt houses a café which hosts jazz concerts whose profits support the programmes of the church. The crypt is also home to the London Brass Rubbing Centre, established in 1975 as an art gallery, book, and gift shop. A life-sized marble statue of Henry Croft, London's first pearly king, was moved to the crypt in 2002 from its original site at St Pancras Cemetery. In January 2006, work began on a £36-million renewal project. The project included renewing the church itself, as well as provision of facilities encompassing"
"St Pancras tube station (opened November 2009) and the new concourse for King's Cross (opened March 2012). St Pancras railway station St Pancras railway station (), also known as London St Pancras and officially since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is the terminus for Eurostar continental services from London via High Speed 1 and the Channel Tunnel to Belgium, France and the Netherlands. It provides East Midlands Trains and Thameslink services to , and on the Midland Main Line and Southeastern high-speed trains to"
"says that he used to work at Paddington so he knows that Paddington is most important. However, Gordon later finds out that the station in London is St Pancras. There is a fictional underground Paddington station on the North London System in the novel ""The Horn of Mortal Danger"" (1980). Paddington station was the subject of William Powell Frith's 1862 painting ""The Railway Station"". The portrait was viewed by over 21,000 people (paying a shilling each) in the first seven weeks of it being publicly shown. The painting is now held in the Royal Holloway College. The band Supertramp used"
"St Pancras railway station in London. GG Scott's plans for Berlin's parliament building had been published four years before, and also has marked similarities to the station's design. The station took ten years to complete, the longest for any building of that era in Bombay. This famous architectural landmark in a Gothic-revival style was built as the headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. Since then, the station came to be known as Bombay VT.(Railway code-BBVT) Originally intended only to house the main station and the administrative offices of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, a number of ancillary buildings have"
"star. The sculpture was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada thanks to a donation by the philanthropists Donald and Beth Sobey. De Broin's sculpture entitled ""Bloom"", which was inaugurated in August 2015, is ""one of the most visible landmarks on Calgary's St. Patrick's Island. The sculpture, which was commissioned by the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, is ""23 metres-high, with working lights on many of its branches that illuminate its surroundings at night."" ""Révolutions"" is a sculpture representing a staircase twisted into a knot. It was installed in 2003 during the renovation of Papineau metro station in Montreal. ""Monument"" is"
"Paul St George Paul St George is a London based multimedia artist and sculptor, best known for ""The Telectroscope"", an art installation visually linking London and New York. St George's other projects have included ""Minumentals"", miniatures of famous large-scale sculptures such as The Angel of the North, for the Locus + arts organization, and ""Revelation"", a multimedia installation at Gunpowder Park in Waltham Abbey, Essex. He was one of the contributing artists to and curator of ""Sequences"", an exhibition of contemporary art and chronophotography which toured six cities in the UK in 2004/2005. He was also the editor of ""Sequences:"
"2007, replacing King's Cross Thameslink. St Pancras has retained a reputation of having one of the most recognisable facades of all the London termini, and known as the ""cathedral of the railways"". In ""Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations"" by Simon Jenkins, the station was one of only ten to be awarded five stars. The station has bilingual signs in French and English, one of the few in England to do so. St Pancras contains four groups of platforms on two levels, accessed via the main concourse at ground level. The below-surface group contains through platforms A and B, and the"
"Council of England owns the work. A series of six models in bronze were also cast, with one held by the Science Museum. Piscator (Paolozzi) Piscator, also known as the Euston Head, is a large abstract sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi. It was commissioned by British Rail in 1980 for the forecourt of Euston Station in London, and is named for the German theatre director Erwin Piscator. The sculpture is made from cast iron with an aluminium finish, and was cast by the ironfounders Robert Taylor and Co. It measures . In making the work, Paolozzi was assisted by Ray Watson."
"to the hall for four years. Following his retirement in 1984, Professor Ian Tracey, who is also Organist Titulaire of the Anglican Cathedral, was appointed to the post. This is the flat space between the hall and the railway station and contains statues of four lions by Nicholl and cast iron lamp standards with dolphin bases. Also on the plateau are monuments, including equestrian bronzes of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria by Thomas Thornycroft, and a monument to Major-General William Earle by Birch. Between the equestrian statues is the Grade I Liverpool Cenotaph which was unveiled in 1930, designed by"
"St Pancras railway station St Pancras railway station (), also known as London St Pancras and officially since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is the terminus for Eurostar continental services from London via High Speed 1 and the Channel Tunnel to Belgium, France and the Netherlands. It provides East Midlands Trains and Thameslink services to , and on the Midland Main Line and Southeastern high-speed trains to Kent via and , and local Thameslink cross-London services. It stands between the British Library, the Regent's"
"Cross and St Pancras stations is being redeveloped as King's Cross Central with around 2,000 new homes, of offices and new roads. In the restoration, refurbished offices have opened on the east side of the station to replace ones lost on the west side, and a new platform, numbered 0, opened underneath them on 20 May 2010. Diesel trains cannot normally use this platform for environmental reasons. The restoration project was awarded a European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award in 2013. In May 2016, the Office of Rail Regulation approved a new operator, East Coast Trains,"
"facilitate the extension of the Luas (tram) line to the north of the city. Charles Stewart Parnell: ""Parnell Monument"" by Irish-American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The 57 ft high obelisk is made of solid Galway granite and was paid for through public subscription and unveiled in 1911 at the junction with Parnell Street, just south of Parnell Square for which Dublin Corporation re-routed the tram tracks to facilitate the siting of the monument. Nelson's Pillar, a 36.8 m (121 ft) granite Doric column erected in 1808 in honour of Admiral Lord Nelson, formerly stood at the centre of the street on"
"long tracking shot is laid out as a print on a wall. Paul St George Paul St George is a London based multimedia artist and sculptor, best known for ""The Telectroscope"", an art installation visually linking London and New York. St George's other projects have included ""Minumentals"", miniatures of famous large-scale sculptures such as The Angel of the North, for the Locus + arts organization, and ""Revelation"", a multimedia installation at Gunpowder Park in Waltham Abbey, Essex. He was one of the contributing artists to and curator of ""Sequences"", an exhibition of contemporary art and chronophotography which toured six cities"