There was a pretty horrible tower on the site before.
Just for comparison like........
The Shard Tower in London
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Just for comparison like........
Refused as fuck
"ethnic pakistani tosser"
Was walking around there at the weekend. Looked pretty amazing already.
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
it's a shame they haven't taken this opportunity to thoroughly do up the whole of the station. It's bloody rankGood comparison
The biggest change will be the removal of that horrid brown roof and the brand new concourse for the station
Refused as fuck
"ethnic pakistani tosser"
And not to mention, extremely tedious to navigate. Especially when you have 1 minute to catch a train and it takes 5 minutes to get to the platform from the ticket hall which has a massive queue because most of the ticketmachines don't accept VISA and debit cards anymore for some bizzare reason.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
They are. The new station concourse will look lurvely. Altho TBF building it out of 5 giant sheet of corrugated iron would look at least as good as it does now.
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Yeah - to clarify - the Shard project will re-do the existing concourse. The future NR project will create an entirely new concourse under the tracks.
But with DfT's bedget being cut all over the place, we'll have to wait and see if that one actually happens.
But with DfT's bedget being cut all over the place, we'll have to wait and see if that one actually happens.
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
yup, especially that the plan revealed in cybertect's link was first launched at least 4 years ago, without it having moved a single inch beyond the drawing board, AFAICT
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
does anyone know when the Thameslink 2000 thing will be done?
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
3000AD
Crispy
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It'll come in phases. The current phase aims to complete before the 2012 Olympics (and they're on target AFAIK). This includes the new viaduct at London Bridge, rebuilt Farringdon and Blackfriars stations and general platform lengthening on the main Bedford-Brighton line for 12 car trains.
After the olympics, London Bridge will be extensively remodelled, converting 3 terminating to through platforms, and building the new under-rail concourse. The Cambridge/Peterborough lines that currently terminate at Kings X will be connected to the Thameslink central tunnel. The junction south of LB (where the thameslink route joins the mainline) will be grade separated for greater throughput. They're aiming for 2015.
bromley
...isn't as good as Lewisham.
The London Bridge remodelling can't happen soon enough, it takes me just as long to get from Waterloo East to London Bridge as it does to get to Lewisham from London Bridge. 
The station is also a mess and you have to learn how to run and shout excuse me at the same time!
The station is also a mess and you have to learn how to run and shout excuse me at the same time!
editor
hiraethified
Here's the cheeky little fella peeking over the top of flats near me, with the Heron tower behind and a glimpse of Gherkin.
A couple more (not particularly exciting) pics here: http://www.urban75.org/blog/the-changing-london-skyline-brixton-views/
A couple more (not particularly exciting) pics here: http://www.urban75.org/blog/the-changing-london-skyline-brixton-views/
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
I think they are building a "mini shard" there?
Crispy
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Yeah, not as exciting - the walls are vertical and it's only 18 floors, but it'll be made of the same stuff and will complement the shard.
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
Some pics from Thursday
The Shard: Guy Street by cybertect, on Flickr
The Shard: From Queen Elizabeth Street by cybertect, on Flickr
The Shard: From Guy's Hospital Courtyard by cybertect, on Flickr
The Shard: Gate 1 Delivery by cybertect, on Flickr
The Shard: Guy Street by cybertect, on FlickrThe Shard: From Queen Elizabeth Street by cybertect, on FlickrThe Shard: From Guy's Hospital Courtyard by cybertect, on FlickrThe Shard: Gate 1 Delivery by cybertect, on Flickrkyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
The view from Elizabeth street is going to look phenomenal when it's finished. Great pics yet again cybertect.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I wonder just how many time lapse things have been set up for this; imagine they'll look pretty impressive.
PacificOcean
Unhinged User
Have they demolished Borough Market yet?
A lot of people weren't happy, were they?
Despite being 2010, they are still calling it 'Thameslink 2000" even ten years later and now it's First Capital Connect anyway.
story
Changing the facts
So my mate is doing nights on the crane this week, putting in steels. He tells me it takes him about 25 minutes to free climb up to the cab, and when he's up there he can see way out over London on all sides. He can see the curvature of the earth, and the lightening in the clouds and so forth. And planes are so much lower for him that he feels them looming when they go overhead.
He has posted some pics on his facebook page and it looks like they're taken from a helicopter. (He's reluctant to have them posted here for reasons outlined by others).
So my offer to get info and so forth has degenerated into a chance for me to show off instead
But yeah, any questions you want to ask him, Urban?
PM me so I don't have to keep trawling through this thread
He has posted some pics on his facebook page and it looks like they're taken from a helicopter. (He's reluctant to have them posted here for reasons outlined by others).
So my offer to get info and so forth has degenerated into a chance for me to show off instead
But yeah, any questions you want to ask him, Urban?
PM me so I don't have to keep trawling through this thread
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Genuine question: why does he feel ok posting them on Facebook but not here?
Sounds damn cool though; just how high up is he? Any idea just how far he can see? (Would imagine today would be good for sights, looks pretty clear, from down here anyway
)
story
Changing the facts
I think cos this is public and facebook is more private? And he can simply take them down in a moment? Not entirely sure tbh.
Oh another cool thing: his mobile phone signal is shifty because he's too high up.
I asked how high he was, he said "About 10,000 feet" and when I spluttered he said "Maybe not quite that, but thereabouts". So almost two miles. Which is clearly bollocks So I assume he's either not sure, or keen to exaggerate.
Oh another cool thing: his mobile phone signal is shifty because he's too high up.
I asked how high he was, he said "About 10,000 feet" and when I spluttered he said "Maybe not quite that, but thereabouts". So almost two miles. Which is clearly bollocks
So I assume he's either not sure, or keen to exaggerate.
cybertect
It's grim up north (London)
Genuine question: why does he feel ok posting them on Facebook but not here?
maybe because he can limit the people who see them to his friends and family?
[I don't have a FB account, but it would make sense]
