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El Barbudo wrote:I've not seen it "in the flesh", as it were but, from the photos I've seen, I have to say I admire it.
I have seen it "in the flesh" and it is fantastic. Was for brief time the tallest building in the world until they finished the much less interesting Empire State Building soon after.
As to more super-tall buildings in London I don't think the cityscape would benefit much from these at all. It's not New York or Hong Kong but has plenty of interesting buildings that are much more low-rise and for me this seems more in keeping.
The Shard was quite disappointing when I say it. It's right next to where I used to work and it seems an odd place to have it. Turn right out of the old office and you get the shard and turn left and you soon hit Borough Market. Good pub there by the way. Market Porter. Brews it's own ale and was where I proposed to my wife!
As to the Shard again - window cleaning.
Here is the original photo:
And here is a crop showing the window cleaners at work.
El Barbudo wrote:I've not seen it "in the flesh", as it were but, from the photos I've seen, I have to say I admire it.
I have seen it "in the flesh" and it is fantastic. Was for brief time the tallest building in the world until they finished the much less interesting Empire State Building soon after.
As to more super-tall buildings in London I don't think the cityscape would benefit much from these at all. It's not New York or Hong Kong but has plenty of interesting buildings that are much more low-rise and for me this seems more in keeping.
The Shard was quite disappointing when I say it. It's right next to where I used to work and it seems an odd place to have it. Turn right out of the old office and you get the shard and turn left and you soon hit Borough Market. Good pub there by the way. Market Porter. Brews it's own ale and was where I proposed to my wife!
As to the Shard again - window cleaning.
Here is the original photo:
And here is a crop showing the window cleaners at work.
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Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote: Prince Alwaleed said countries interested in hosting the world's tallest tower would have to offer attractive financing terms, tax breaks and other government support.
That should make it a shoo in to get Boris's support
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cod'ead wrote:That should make it a shoo in to get Boris's support
I guess more and higher buildings in the way of the Heathrow flightpath would give greater justification for the idea of Boris Island airport in the Thames estuary.
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El Barbudo wrote:I guess more and higher buildings in the way of the Heathrow flightpath would give greater justification for the idea of Boris Island airport in the Thames estuary.
That was my initial thought too, a 5300 foot building under the flightpath just a handful of miles distance, aircraft have to be around that height over central london surely - maybe they will start featuring the city approach to Heathrow as a sort of roller coaster ride descending from 10,000 feet straight onto the runway in one swoop ?
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JerryChicken wrote:That was my initial thought too, a 5300 foot building under the flightpath just a handful of miles distance, aircraft have to be around that height over central london surely - maybe they will start featuring the city approach to Heathrow as a sort of roller coaster ride descending from 10,000 feet straight onto the runway in one swoop ?
The flight paths are well away from where this tower would ever be likely to be built.
JerryChicken wrote:That was my initial thought too, a 5300 foot building under the flightpath just a handful of miles distance, aircraft have to be around that height over central london surely - maybe they will start featuring the city approach to Heathrow as a sort of roller coaster ride descending from 10,000 feet straight onto the runway in one swoop ?
The flight paths are well away from where this tower would ever be likely to be built.
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