Sort of.
The latest addition to my living room sports the august address of the Royal Society. This one-of-a-kind coffee table is made from a genuine Westminster street sign, legitimately obtained from the council. Or so the artist at Cockney Designs assured me, as I handed over my cash.
As well as the Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace is also home to the Royal College of Pathologists, the Crown Estate office and, in the basement, the ICA. Previous residents include William Gladstone, Lord Palmerston and, erm, Joachim von Ribbentrop. The row also contains the grave of Giro, the Nazi Alsatian.
At this point, you will either be extremely jealous of my new table, or thinking, ‘my god, what a nerd’. If you are interested in bagging your own, a handful of signs are left, although none of them have any sciency connections I’m aware of.
Oh that is brilliant, absolutely brilliant! I love street signs.
There only seems to be two signs available and I think you’re right, I can’t think of any science connections with either of them. Causton Street though was where the Clash rehearsed and recorded London Calling, but then (according to legend) lost the recordings on the tube.
I am dead jealous, Matt. Must go out and find myself a rival Albemarle Street (The RI) sign…or perhaps Broadwick Street (The John Snow)?
A good one, but it doesn’t beat the Periodic table table .
Wonderful, Sid. Now it’s my turn to be jealous. Careful you don’t spill beverages on any Groups I elements.