| Description | Punch cartoon titled: A Case for Open Competition, relating to the LCC scheme to demolish Charing Cross Station and to replace the Charing Cross Railway Bridge with a road bridge. The cartoon shows Architecture, in Ancient Greek attire, addressing London, who, wearing a castle-shaped crown and medieval costume, holds the 'Charing Cross Brid[ge] LCC Official Plan'. The caption reads: 'ARCHITECTURE (to London). "You're missing your chance of doing a big thing well. Why wasn't I properly consulted?"'. Cartoon published in Punch, 26 February 1930. |