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Behind Tate Britain

Trees, with Sir John Everett Millais:

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Trees, without Sir John Everett Millais:

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Trees with buildings and lamppost:

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6 responses to “Behind Tate Britain”

  1. Richard Avatar
    Richard

    I’ve always liked these old tenements. Are they Peabody’s?
    The best of them all though is the Boundary Estate in Bethnal Green

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  2. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    No, I don’t think they are Peabody’s, though they do have that feel about them. Absolutely agree about the Boundary Estate, round Arnold Circus.

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  3. DaninVan Avatar
    DaninVan

    Photo wise, I’m voting for #3 (the bottom one)

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  4. DaninVan Avatar
    DaninVan

    It appears those trees have been subjected to a form of pollarding, over the years(?), certainly brutally pruned at least. Keeping in mind the huge maintenance cost, why such intrusive surgery? Wrong trees; right place?

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  5. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    Yes, pollarded a year or so ago – and drastically. Check Google street view for an earlier greener look – http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=John+Islip+St,+Westminster,+London+SW1P,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.353594,39.331055&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FY2yEQMd6Aj-_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=John+Islip+St,+London+SW1P,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.493956,-0.128789&spn=0,359.990398&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.490737,-0.129387&panoid=UJlNYyyzp2L6634_Pl3oLw&cbp=12,31.86,,0,5

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  6. DaninVan Avatar
    DaninVan

    Thanks, M.H.; from your linked pic it looks like it’s been an ongoing ritual. Not terribly ugly but not especially beautiful either, especially out of season.
    Typical Vancouver street trees:
    http://lh5.ggpht.com/vanphotoman/SPTg6JQISsI/AAAAAAAAB3I/3-fVTeWtb5U/s320/P1060014.JPG
    The City arborist likes ’em fairly natural.

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