Gratuitous shot of Leazes Terrace (1829), with SJP’s East Stand (1973), and Leazes Stand (2000).
Good thread here on some of the earliest schemes to redevelop St James’ Park https://twitter.com/visuals0und/status/1246350606018793476?s=21 https://twitter.com/visuals0und/status/1246350606018793476
One of the earliest and most ambitious plans for SJP was drawn up by the famous Scottish designer of football stadia Archibald Leitch in 1921
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