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A Pictorial History Of The Tate Modern And Bankside Power Station
TEN years ago, the looming Bankside Power Station opened as the Tate Modern art gallery. And it was fantastic. It wasn’t just a sign that French people do use the toilet – it’s called Duchamp’s Fountain (and they want it back) – and a chance to walk a wobbly bridge that puts the fun back in walking. It was a massive building that hadn’t been turned into flats, and it kept South London dragons at bay. To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a gallery of the best art to grace the venue, and even pictures of when the original Bankside power station was constructed.
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A model of London's first pedestrian bridge, The Millennium Bridge, which will be London's first new river crossing for more than a century. It will link two of the capital's most significant public spaces and buildings - St Paul's Cathedral to the north and the area around the new Tate Gallery of Modern Art and the Globe Theatre to the south - creating a new route between the north and south banks of the river. British team Foster & Partners (architects), Sir Anthony Caro (sculptor), Ove Arup & Partners (consulting engineers) today (Tuesday) won an international competition to come up with the design. See PA Story ARTS Millenium.
