London's Wellington Arch

Wellington Arch.  London.  September 25, 2013.  I’ve passed the Wellington Arch for 55 years and didn’t know I could visit inside it.  Until about 12 years ago it was closed to the public inasmuch as it was used as a small police station.  When I read that it housed The Quadriga Gallery inside and that the gallery had a current exhibit about preserving post-WWII buildings of architectural note, entitled “Brutal & Beautiful: Saving the Twentieth Century,” I hastened there on an almost sunny, but warm, London fall day.  The exhibit was extremely interesting and informative, and  I spend quite a lot of time there.  The two buildings discussed with which I was familiar, were the Royal Festival Hall and Coventry Cathedral. The permanent exhibit on the 2^nd floor about the history of the Wellington Arch was equally fascinating.

Click here for info on the architecture exhibit.