{"id":34586,"date":"2022-10-14T17:15:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34586"},"modified":"2022-10-14T17:15:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:15:51","slug":"first-look-battersea-power-station-is-finally-opening-to-the-public-and-its-spectacular-says-timeout-with-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34586","title":{"rendered":"First look: Battersea Power Station is finally opening to the public and it\u2019s spectacular says Timeout, with pics!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34589\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Battersea-Power-Station-open-141022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>Battersea Power Station is finally opening to the public and it\u2019s spectacular says <em>Timeout<\/em>, as the London icon\u2019s redevelopment has been more than eight years in the making and cost around \u00a39 billion.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Battersea Power Station website<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 expected to eventually bring in up to 30 million visitors every year\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Timeout<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The monumental Battersea Power Station redevelopment finally opens its doors\u2026<\/p>\n<p>An iconic fixture of London\u2019s Thames skyline, the original station was built in the 1930s and was joined with a second turbine hall in the 1950s. At its peak, the station produced a fifth of London\u2019s electricity, until the power was switched off in 1983. In its heyday, it was burning through 230 tonnes of coal PER HOUR. Right in the middle of a city of 8 million people. Gulp\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Vast, airy and architecturally staggering, the building is now home to loads of shops, restaurants and bars, as well as around 254 homes and thousands of square feet of office space (including Apple\u2019s new UK headquarters)\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The stunning art deco Control Room A, restored from the 1930s, will now be used as an events space&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The Battersea Power Station Northern Line tube extension that opened last year will be vital to the success of this project, which is expected to eventually bring in up to 30 million visitors every year. It opens to the public with a free \u2018Festival of Power\u2019, taking place on\u2026 October 22-23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/first-look-battersea-power-station-is-finally-opening-to-the-public-and-its-spectacular-100522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/batterseapowerstation.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Battersea Power Station website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=Battersea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsBlogs<\/a> for more background<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battersea Power Station is finally opening to the public and it\u2019s spectacular says Timeout, as the London icon\u2019s redevelopment has been more than eight years in the making and cost around \u00a39 billion. image: Battersea Power Station website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34590,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34586\/revisions\/34590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}