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Acton Manhattan view from Hammersmith tower block
The tallest tower on the left is One West Point, 54 storeys, almost 600 feet high. There are several towers around North Acton tube station and Acton Main Line Station, much of the housing between Hammersmith and Acton is of 2-storey houses. View from 10the floor roof garden of 245 Hammersmith Road during London Open Gardens weekend.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 11 Jun 2023
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Demolition of BBC rehearsal studios
The building is across the road from North Acton tube station. See
Image for a view with the building complete.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 31 Jul 2010
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Pizza shop and betting shop, North Acton
The Domino's Pizza and Ladbrokes betting shop are in a paved open space between Victoria Road and Portal Way. They are underneath an apartment block.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 11 Oct 2015
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Phone supplier headquarters, North Acton
View west away from Wales Farm Road to the south side of a new road joining Victoria Road. This is the headquarters of The Carphone Warehouse which has shops selling mobile phones, and supplies telephone services.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 23 Jan 2006
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Carphone Warehouse head office North Acton, night view
See
Image for daytime view. A planning application was granted in 2016 to replace this large 2 storey building on 4.5 acres by tower blocks of 764 apartments but Imperial College then bought the whole site to provide student accommodation and investment growth. Carphone Warehouse and Dixons have announced that they will move their head office further within Park Royal.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 12 Feb 2018
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The Costume Store from Wales Farm Road
The central block and the one on the right are a student residence for the University of the Arts. See
Image for details, and
Image for a view during construction.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 29 Sep 2012
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Blast Studio, biological waste recycling, Acton
Blast Studio is on the ground floor of a block of flats opposite North Acton Tube Station.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 13 May 2022
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Blast Studio, coffee cups, waste material for recycling
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 12 May 2022
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Blast Studio, waste breakdown equipment
Equipment to macerate waste like coffee cups and break it down to a paste biologically.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 12 May 2022
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Blast Studio, 3D printing to recycle waste as furniture
This computerised equipment prints small items like lampshades, or components which can be joined together as architectural columns, from the paste produced by breakdown of waste.
Image: © David Hawgood
Taken: 12 May 2022
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