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BATTERSEA POWER STATION<br />
The £9 billion redevelopment of<br />
Battersea Power Station as the worldfamous<br />
Grade II* listed building features<br />
four newly rebuilt and repainted<br />
chimneys back as a London landmark.<br />
The project is so big that it has up to<br />
3,000 workers on site a day. There is a<br />
new energy centre being built deep<br />
underground that will provide heat and<br />
electricity, not only to residents and<br />
businesses at the development, but also<br />
the wider Nine Elms area. To make this<br />
possible, hundreds of thousands of<br />
tonnes of earth has been dug up – much<br />
of it removed by barge.<br />
Next to this sits the Power Station, its<br />
chimneys having been rebuilt to the<br />
specifications of the originals and then<br />
repainted the same original colour.<br />
Boring machines have put 2,500 piles<br />
into the ground – significantly more<br />
than any other project since Canary<br />
Wharf was built in 1990 – to create<br />
foundations that reach up to 26m down.<br />
At the same time as Battersea Power<br />
Station is being brought to life, people<br />
are moving into their homes in Circus<br />
West Village, shops and restaurants are<br />
opening, a pier is being built for MBNA<br />
Thames Clippers service and a new<br />
underground station on the Northern line<br />
at Battersea is being prepared with huge<br />
tunnelling machines at work deep<br />
underground.<br />
The Battersea General Store is now<br />
open selling fresh local produce as well<br />
as delicacies from around the world.<br />
Rob Tincknell, CEO of Battersea<br />
Power Station Development Company,<br />
said: ‘It is an honour to be able to<br />
welcome people to Battersea Power<br />
Station. Everyone can see the mammoth<br />
task we are undertaking to transform this<br />
once dormant area into a vibrant place<br />
that is attracting people from all over<br />
the world. With more restaurants, bars<br />
and businesses opening, it is great that<br />
so many people are enjoying the area<br />
every week. Whether you come here<br />
for the many events we put on for all<br />
ages every weekend, to enjoy a meal,<br />
or buy a coffee and watch the world go<br />
by as you sit by the River Thames, this<br />
is a fantastic place and is just going to<br />
get better.’<br />
RA LATES: MANHATTAN<br />
STUDIO PARTY<br />
On 21 <strong>Oct</strong>ober, the Royal Academy<br />
Lates programme will host Manhattan<br />
Studio Party, a boutique art night to<br />
coincide with their major autumn<br />
exhibition Jasper Johns: ‘Something<br />
Resembling Truth’.<br />
Visitors will experience a Saturday<br />
night in Manhattan, moving between a<br />
loft concert in Tribeca, happenings at a<br />
gallery in East Village and a disco in<br />
Greenwich Village before ending up at<br />
midtown for avant-garde art-rock.<br />
RA Lates are themed, Saturday night<br />
events of creativity, ideas and<br />
entertainment, inspired by the exhibitions.<br />
Manhattan Studio Party takes inspiration<br />
from Jasper Johns and his collaborations<br />
with key figures from the New York art<br />
scene including Andy Warhol, John<br />
Cage, Merce Cunningham, Robert<br />
Rauschenberg and Bruce Nauman.<br />
ANIMAL ART FAIR<br />
The autumn Animal Art Fair sees the<br />
launch of the first UK collection by<br />
renowned Italian sculptor Carlo<br />
Pecorelli. Alongside these exquisite<br />
sculptures, visitors will be able to view<br />
the new body of work by artists Louise<br />
McNaught and Violet Astor. The Animal<br />
Art Fair runs from 23-29 <strong>Oct</strong>ober at<br />
340 Kings Road, SW3.<br />
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