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www.theguardian.com
London financial district to have 11 more towers by 2030
Number of planning applications received and decided increases by 25% as City workforce grows
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Welcome to New London book launch - the lost byway
Launch events for the new book by John Rogers, Welcome to New London - journeys and encounters in the post-Olympic city at the Wanstead Tap
thelostbyway.com
Just bought this - John Rogers was someone I first heard of during Lockdown - his Youtube channel was a regular watch - he walks all over London, but he concentrates on the East (He lives in Leytonstone) , his last book was set around the development of the Olympic park, and this one revisits this post Olympics.
teuchter
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There are some good skyscrapers in there but they are lost in the jumble of really rubbish ones. They've managed to make a right mess of that cluster.
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At least they are in close proximity to each other rather than been scattered all over town.
technical
stripey
As long as you ignore the ones in Vauxhall, Blackfriars Bridge and the Elephant
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Was thinking about this today after watching news of the Liverpool St redevelopment. There's less need for office space but the modus operandi of the city is tear it down and build new rather than refurbish old blocks.More to come...
London financial district to have 11 more towers by 2030
Number of planning applications received and decided increases by 25% as City workforce grows
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You would have thought so, likewise flats, particularly high end ones, but they are still getting built.
jimbarkanoodle
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I have the misfortune to work in Canary Wharf, and this thing was not there when Covid started and we all got sent to work from home. A year or so later on return to the office and it was just...there. If it wasn't for the fact that a building like this does absolutely nothing to house Londoners in need of a home in an acute housing crisis, id almost be impressed.
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They keep on coming
Revised plans shown off for London’s future tallest skyscraper
Revised plans have been shown for what will become London's tallest skyscraper, with a new 11th-floor public garden and retaining the top-floor viewing gallery.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
philosophical
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Central Lewisham has been ruined for years now by high rise developments of matchbox sized apartments where things go wrong in them over and over again.
Trying to catch a bus is full on lung flooding traffic fumes.
Try asking any of these ‘developers’ what is meant by ‘affordable’ housing and relate it to the wage of a nurse who has been renting locally, has a degree, and been working at Lewisham Hospital for ten years trying to save a deposit.
Or relate affordable to the 40,000 young people per year kicked out of Care who get a job on the minimum wage.
Development in London is riddled with corruption in my view.
Ronan Point anybody?
Trying to catch a bus is full on lung flooding traffic fumes.
Try asking any of these ‘developers’ what is meant by ‘affordable’ housing and relate it to the wage of a nurse who has been renting locally, has a degree, and been working at Lewisham Hospital for ten years trying to save a deposit.
Or relate affordable to the 40,000 young people per year kicked out of Care who get a job on the minimum wage.
Development in London is riddled with corruption in my view.
Ronan Point anybody?
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Having just read about 55 Bishopsgate and it's 63 floors, I found this. 1 Undershaft is going to 73 floors.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Having just read about 55 Bishopsgate and it's 63 floors, I found this. 1 Undershaft is going to 73 floors.
That's good to hear - although I like the Shard I'm a bit resentful that there's no free observation deck. They should at least offer free tickets for south londoners or anyone from whose windows their edifice intrudes upon the skyline.
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