Wembley, Stadium c.1960
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W314019
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Built on the site of a failed attempt to erect a structure to rival the Eiffel Tower, this building, apart from its twin pepper-pot towers, cannot be said to be a thing of great beauty. Along with most other exhibition buildings, the stadium is constructed in ferro-concrete, and for the most part the structures were expected to be demolished after the six-month planned exhibition run. A few remain; these include the Palace of Industry and fragments of the Palace of Arts, where concrete decay has revealed that reinforcement extended to handfuls of nails thrown into the mix. A notable addition on the site is, of course, the superb Wembley Arena, designed by Sir Owen Williams in 1934.
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