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Russell Court

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Russell Court in 2023

... that London's Russell Court (pictured) has more than 500 "bachelor flats"? Source: Clunn, Harold P. (1951) The Face of London: The record of a century's changes and development. New edition. London: Spring Books. p. 134.
- Reviewed: Hubert Conway Rees
- Comment: still working on it

5x expanded by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Self-nominated at 22:03, 19 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Russell Court; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

New and long enuf, seems neutral and well-written (to be picky, it was created on Feb 11, so is new rather than a 5x expansion). Hook checks out, except they say "some 501 flats" - as the managers you'd think they knew the exact number .... Is everything in the lead referenced somewhere (eg "L-shaped")? Earwig finds nothing. You're avoiding calling it Art Deco I see - is there a reason? Also explaining the name - presumably it is or was part of the Bedford Estate. Personally I'd go with "that Russell Court in Bloomsbury, London....".

Johnbod (talk) 04:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks John. It's too late to be pure deco and lacking in the colour and ornamentation of that style. I would say it is streamline moderne but I don't have a source for that, hence the description of modernist which I don't think anyone could argue with. I saw somewhere that it was built very cheaply and that is no doubt one benefit of the stripped-back streamline moderne style over pure deco. It's not listed so we don't have that source to refer to. Good compare and contrast here and the examples here and immediately below firmly place it in the moderne style. I have nothing about it being in the Bedford Estate. I would think it wasn't because they would never have let go of the freehold. (There's a rule somewhere that you don't have to source self-evident facts - "L shaped", London is the capital of the UK etc. Can't remember where. It's L shape is on a hundred street maps of London.) Philafrenzy (talk) 03:41, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Ok, GTG as I said, but the hook should be changed as above. Johnbod (talk) 16:40, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that Russell Court (pictured) in Bloomsbury, London, has more than 500 "bachelor flats"? Philafrenzy (talk) 06:29, 1 March 2023 (UTC)