London’s Battersea Power Station for Sale, Again

The New York Times (Dec 9 2011)

1. At first it was going to become the London equivalent of Disneyland, then a shopping center with a roof-top ice-skating rink and finally 3,400 luxury apartments. But each grandiose plan failed as one developer after another ran out of cash. Trains traveled to and from Victoria station past Battersea Power Station in central London. Now the decrepit Battersea Power Station stands as a sad reminder of the big ideas that flourished when credit was cheap and the economy was buoyant. On Monday, it goes on sale again. A London landmark that was featured on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 album “Animals,” the power station has been without a roof for two decades. Its Italian marble hall and Art Deco turbine control room with parquet flooring are slowly rotting away. (Read Full Article)

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