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HYDERABAD: While the James Street Police Station on MG Road looks stunning after its painstaking restoration, those admiring ...
Ask a Southerner about their favorite store-bought ice cream, and you’ll find a good few who swear by Blue Bell. It’s no surprise, really—the Brenham, Texas, creamery has a long history of serving the ...
A sad picture shows how the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which closed its doors in 2017, has been vandalised in recent weeks. The group hoping to re-open the foundry, which began operating in 1570 ...
Like much of Parliament’s pomp and tradition, Big Ben is a Victorian creation. It was cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry on 10 April 1858 and installed in the tower in May 1859, beginning official ...
It has been more than a year since the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in east London was handed over to a US investment company. Yet, “the former foundry site on Whitechapel Road remains empty and ...
Campaigners have been battling to stop US developer Raycliff converting the Grade II listed Whitechapel Bell Foundry into a 108-bedroom hotel with swimming pool, cafe and artist spaces.
Housing minister Luke Hall has approved 31/44 Architects’ plans to revamp the Grade II*-listed Whitechapel Bell Foundry in east London – and to extend the building with a boutique hotel The ...
Factum’s plan is to one day produce bells designed by artists at the former Whitechapel Bell Foundry in east London, the future of which will be decided later this year after a US investor ...
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the maker of Big Ben and the Liberty Bell, was established in 1570. In 2017 it closed its premises on the corner of Whitechapel Road and Plumbers Row, where it had been ...
The foundry in Whitechapel Road was set up in 1740 and was famous for producing bells including Big Ben and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The site continued to be used for making bells until its ...