The Shard Tower in London

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I down own a pair of binoculars but have a good idea what's going on in the loo.

People might be joining the Shard High Club

 

[Orang Utan]

I was told today that it costs £100 to go to the top of The Shard if you don't buy a ticket in advance.
£100!

 

[teuchter]

I was told today that it costs £100 to go to the top of The Shard if you don't buy a ticket in advance.
£100!

That's about £1 per storey. Based on this I am going to start charging people £2.50 to visit the upstairs of my flat.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I was told today that it costs £100 to go to the top of The Shard if you don't buy a ticket in advance.
£100!

Their website seems to have seized up

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I was told today that it costs £100 to go to the top of The Shard if you don't buy a ticket in advance.
£100!

From The Telegraph

A limited number of ‘walk-up’ tickets will be available each day, costing £29.95 for adults and £23.95 for children if you’re willing to wait until the next available session, or £100 per adult or per child if you want to ascend straight away. I know that latter charge sounds unbelievable but I hope you can trust me – the lady at the booking centre assured me I hadn’t misheard her.

 

[Divisive Cotton]

Has anybody noticed that on a winters night this building has an uncanny resemblance to Mordor ?

 

[Greebo]

Has anybody noticed that on a winters night this building has an uncanny resemblance to Mordor ?<snip>

That might explain why one does not simply walk in and take a lift to the 72nd floor without paying.

 

[Orang Utan]

Has anybody noticed that on a winters night this building has an uncanny resemblance to Mordor ?

It has been noted. I think I posted a photoshopped pic earlier in the thread

 

[Maggot]

This story is such bollocks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...ard-lawyers-investigate-knickers-mystery.html

The Shard is bringing in a team of lawyers to investigate after staff found a pair of women's black knickers in the men's lavatories at the 68th floor viewing platform of Britain's tallest skyscraper.



Because the first thing you'd do after finding some knickers is hire a team of lawyers.

 

[teuchter]

Because the first thing you'd do after finding some knickers is hire a team of lawyers.

It's always the first thing I do

 

[RedDragon]

Is the Shard really 'worse than the Taliban'?


Telegraph

 

[teuchter]

As that article mentions, it's quite sad to see the rash of shamefully mediocre skyscrapers that are appearing around London at the moment. The shard is not one of them.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Has anybody noticed that on a winters night this building has an uncanny resemblance to Mordor ?

It's more Isengard I'd say.

 

[Belushi]

It's a great addition to the London sjkyline. I can see it from my windows, in fact I can see it from where I am now in bed , I love the way it can look completely different depending on the light.

 

[frogwoman]

i thought it was too small to be the shard when i saw it completed

 

[Belushi]

Tall buildings often look surprisingly small when youre up close ime Skyscrapers are best viewed from a distance.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've just been almost temporarily blinded by looking at the sun's reflection on The Shard. Was really dazzling

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I do like the way the light changes on it throughout the day, but still pissed off it doesn't seem to get the sunset like another building near to it.

Anyway, here's some pics

 

[bromley]

That remind me of Thundercats.

 

[teuchter]

still pissed off it doesn't seem to get the sunset like another building near to it.

It can't, because of the slope on the surfaces which means that they are always reflecting the upper parts of the sky. As sunset by definition happens near the horizon, there's no way you'd be able to see the reflection of it in the angled surfaces of the Shard (unless you were way higher up than the Shard itself).

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It can't, because of the slope on the surfaces which means that they are always reflecting the upper parts of the sky. As sunset by definition happens near the horizon, there's no way you'd be able to see the reflection of it in the angled surfaces of the Shard (unless you were way higher up than the Shard itself).

Oh

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That remind me of Thundercats.

I have no idea what Thundercats is so googled and it's a cartoon

 

[bi0boy]

It can't, because of the slope on the surfaces which means that they are always reflecting the upper parts of the sky. As sunset by definition happens near the horizon, there's no way you'd be able to see the reflection of it in the angled surfaces of the Shard (unless you were way higher up than the Shard itself).

If the sunset makes the sky red though it should be nice.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

If the sunset makes the sky red though it should be nice.

Yeah, well that's more what I was thinking. If you're up close to it, you can see the clouds and sky reflected as in this picture I posted earlier in thread, so I assumed the sunset would show up

 

[TitanSound]

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There's no picture TitanSound

 

[editor]

Not sure if it's a reaction the recent helicopter crash, but recently the top of the thing has been lit up like a Christmas tree at night.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not sure if it's a reaction the recent helicopter crash, but recently the top of the thing has been lit up like a Christmas tree at night.

Nah, that's been since before the helicopter crash.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I took a picture of it thinking it was a temporary thing. This was taken on 17 December. Bit fuzzy as it was early hours of the morning and it was too freezing for me to be sticking my head out the window for too long

 

[editor]

Here's a quick snapshot of how it looks now:



I need to buy a tripod!