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July 1, 2006 Welcome to the calming curves
and retro Art Deco lines of the Jubilee
pool, built for King George V's Silver Jubilee (not Elizabeth's), in
1935. In the background, the war monument beneath which people are sunbathing.
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Just beautiful. Really modern architecture seems to have died shortly after Art Deco petered out, which is sad; everything is so safety and utilitarian-oriented these days. On the one hand, it makes historic preservation easier -- nobody's going to want to preserve eyesores like Daniel Libeskind's monstrosoties (at least, I hope not), but with luck, stuff like this will linger. Why? Because it's calming and fits into its environment. It doesn't look like a big wad of metal and glass that shot down from space and imposed itself. Unfortunately (see below), the pool is closed "until further notice"
due to "contamination."
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