Tate Modern  Member Rating 4 out of 5 by Drever on December 26,
2005  Following a visit to the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, we
decided to take in the neighbouring Tate Modern as well. Its
home, the vast former power plant now linked to St Paul's
Cathedral by the new millennium footbridge across the Thames,
seems an implausible home for a major art museum. A remarkable
combination of the old and the new, the brick-clad steel
building’s central chimney rears 325 feet (99m), only
fractionally lower than the dome of St Paul's Cathedral.  The
most noticeable change to the outside of the former power
station is a two-storey glass construction spanning the roof. It
provides natural light into the galleries on the top floors and
houses a café offering outstanding views across London. Inside,
while three floors offer exhibition space, the cavernous
cathedral-like Turbine Hall still exists as a challenge to
artists and curators.  In the 5 years since Tate Modern opened,
it has become a huge social, profitable, and arti