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My, how has the City of London's skyline changed...
On that note, which was the tallest skyscrapper in the City prior to Tower 42? Does anyone know?
The River Thames - photos and stories
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On that note, which was the tallest skyscrapper in the City prior to Tower 42? Does anyone know?
souljacker
innit
My, how has the City of London's skyline changed...
On that note, which was the tallest skyscrapper in the City prior to Tower 42? Does anyone know?
It was the first skyscraper I think. Tallest before that was the PO Tower.
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hiraethified
It was St Paul's Cathedral until it was overtaken in 1963 by the Millbank Tower at 118 metres, which in turn was overtaken by the BT Tower which topped out just one year later in 1964 at 177 metres...
List of tallest buildings and structures in London - Wikipedia
toblerone3
Grrrrr
View from Greenwich Obervatory 1953 and 2019. There are a lot more towers.
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clicker
nanook rubs it....
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Enjoying watching this.
Ponyutd
Greebo likes this....r.i.p.
T & P
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This is news to me... So the Thames Clipper services that have always formed part of the TFL network are now being shared (or perhaps taken over) by Uber??
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Saw a kestrel in erith the other day
skyscraper101
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Not much has changed. You can still use them exactly as before - it’s more about sponsorship than anything. Instead of the MBNA clippers it’s now Uber. You can still tap on and off as before with contactless card.
What would be really dope is if you could see where the boat actually was on a live map (a la UberX) within the app because their timetabling is all over the place and the display boards are next to useless at Blackfriars.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
I think its just bookable via Uber services looking at the various disclaimers but fuck knows how this works.
edit: Ah here we go, useful info from Diamond Geezer.
diamond geezer
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
To give an idea of how tall st paul's is, if you go into the vestibule of st michael's in highgate village there's a line on the wall which is the same height as the top of the cathedralIt was St Paul's Cathedral until it was overtaken in 1963 by the Millbank Tower at 118 metres, which in turn was overtaken by the BT Tower which topped out just one year later in 1964 at 177 metres...
List of tallest buildings and structures in London - Wikipedia
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T & P
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I think U-boats would be an ace new name for themI think its just bookable via Uber services looking at the various disclaimers but fuck knows how this works.
edit: Ah here we go, useful info from Diamond Geezer.
diamond geezer
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skyscraper101
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A video what I made this morning from the train of the sunrise over the Thames.
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teuchter
je suis teuchter
skyscraper101
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I do it quite regularly as I need to get to Bank from Waterloo so I go via Waterloo East and London Bridge.
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hiraethified
Had a lovely walk earlier this week
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In photos: a short and easy London riverside walk – Putney Bridge to Barnes Bridge -
Around 6.5k/4 miles in length, this is a lovely short walk along the banks of the River Thames from Putney Bridge to Barnes Bridge in south west London. It's a fairly short trip from Brixton (tube to Vauxhall, train to Putney) with the river a short five minute stroll down from the railway...
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RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
That is a good fact. I've just looked up the height of St Paul's and the height above sea level of Crystal Palace (my hood) and they are about the same, assuming St P's is not much above sea level.
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hiraethified
South Bank photos
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South Bank abstract – reflections, rain, lights and the London Eye
Yesterday, we dodged the heavy rainstorms and took a walk along the South Bank, capturing this set of images from the rain-soaked pavements.
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A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Slight derailment but over the last month or so I’ve developed a bit of an obsession for the Rank Organisation’s ‘Look at Life’ series from the 59s and 60s they all seem to be on YouTube ….
