Carscape: how the motor car reshaped England – in pictures
Roundabouts, petrol stations and ringroads feature in a new English Heritage exhibition that looks at the impact of the car on the English landscape. It’s about more than just the thrill of the open road, and includes a celebration of the architecture associated with automotive history.
Yes, lots of pictures:
This petrol station in Essex was built by the AA in 1919-20 – one of the first in Great Britain
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The Ford factory at Dagenham opened in 1931 and was the largest car factory in Europe
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Traffic seen at Wellington Arch and Hyde Park Corner in 1930
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Coventry Inner Ring Road built between 1962 and 1974 is one of the most highly developed and tightly drawn inner ring roads of any city in England
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Preston Bus Station and Car Park, which was built in the 60s is now a Grade II listed building
Yes but you could have shown pictures of many smaller towns virtually unchanged with cars.
Unlike US or Canada most European cities were designed in without a car in mind and thus, today, lend themselves better pedestrian friendly. London has done the right thing and introduced a daily toll to enter downtown so it is pleasantly relative free of cars, sth Vancouver can only dream of. There is no vision here to make us less car dependent. Cars rule in MetroVan.
Nice curves on that bus station and car park!