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Article: HE'S GOT THE POWER; Battersea Power Station, one of London's great landmarks, has been left to rot. Charlotte Eagar investigates the reclusive Hong Kong tycoon who owns it and his plans for a [pounds sterling]1 billion Xanadu on the banks of the Thames.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 4, 2005
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Byline: CHARLOTTE EAGAR
There is something wrecked about Battersea Power Station. All those Art Deco tiles and brass fittings evoke the golden age of ocean liners: the marble floors of the control room of Turbine A, the vast wall of dials, brass handles and control desks whose walnut veneers still shine proudly through the thick pall of dust. The dials are labelled 'Direct Coupled Exciter', 'Main Reactors', 'Standby Exciter'. 'We're thinking of naming our cocktails after them,' says Ian Rumgay, communications director of Parkview International, the Hong Kong-based firm which bought the power station 11 years ago. 'This area is going to be a restaurant.' After 22 ...