Dear reader, I've been working in London this week and was lucky enough to be right on Oxford Street. The view from our meeting room window was straight on to the works for the crossrail Elizabeth Line.
We remarked that they didn't appear here to be going deep so concluded that this is the works for a station. It makes sense to have one on Oxford St.
The men look like Leggo figures.
This guy up in the crane for hours.
Google says that in fact this is to be a ticket hall with entrance on Dean Street for the new and expanding Tottenham Court Road station which will have an Elizabeth Line stop ergo, we were correct in our deductions.
Interesting photos, we have a lot of construction inToronto in the summer months.
ReplyDeleteFascinating to see all the workmen in their orange boiler suits and hard hats. I saw some old footage recently of a building site in the 1940's and the labourers were all wearing jackets and flat caps. No cranes, just wooden ladders and hod carriers.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've walked past there a lot. A massive site with a lot of workers.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's made me dizzy. Fab view though.
ReplyDeleteDrove through Oxford Street on Saturday night. Fantastic
progress in the works from the looks of it.
ReplyDeleteExcellent view! I find watching construction work from a distance and at height strangely soothing.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy reading about your insights into everyday life.
Thank you once again.
SSG xxx
What a great view of this on-going project... I'd spend all my time looking out the window.
ReplyDeleteIt is like the ants nest I found in one of my flowerpots yesterday....
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