Monopoly - London Here & Now - Tate Modern - Jubilee Walkway, London, UK
N 51° 30.482 W 000° 05.961
30U E 701287 N 5710312
The building started life as the Bankside Power Station and opened its doors as the Tate Modern in May 2000. The gallery displays international modern and contemporary art in a vast, airy building.
Waymark Code: WMF55T
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/25/2012
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Property: Tate
Modern
Board: London - Here and Now Limited
Edition (2005)
Colour:
Orange
Original 1935
Property: New York Avenue
Details of Property:
The Tate's website
[visit
link] tells us:
"In December 1992 the Tate Trustees
announced their intention to create a separate gallery for international modern
and contemporary art in London.
The former Bankside Power Station
was selected as the new gallery site in 1994. The following year, Swiss
architects Herzog & De Meuron were appointed to convert the building into a
gallery. That their proposal retained much of the original character of the
building was a key factor in this decision.
The iconic power station, built in
two phases between 1947 and 1963, was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. It
consisted of a stunning turbine hall, 35 metres high and 152 metres long, with
the boiler house alongside it and a single central chimney. However, apart from
a remaining operational London Electricity sub-station the site had been
redundant since 1981.
In 1996 the design plans were
unveiled and, following a £12 million grant from the English Partnerships
regeneration agency, the site was purchased and work began. The huge machinery
was removed and the building was stripped back to its original steel structure
and brickwork. The turbine hall became a dramatic entrance and display area and
the boiler house became the galleries.
Since it opened in May 2000, more
than 40 million people have visited Tate Modern. It is one of the UK’s top three
tourist attractions and generates an estimated £100 million in economic benefits
to London annually.
In 2009 Tate embarked on a major
project to develop Tate Modern. Working again with Herzog & de Meuron, the
transformed Tate Modern will make use of the power station’s spectacular
redundant oil tanks, increase gallery space and provide much improved visitor
facilities."
Board link: Wikipedia.