The tall tower on the left is not there -- yet. At this time it is only a proposed tower but it has cleared every hurdle tossed in its path. At 40 storeys, the tower will be the tallest building in London and a side benefit of its size may be that it will also possibly be the most hated building in London.
Some of the oldest heritage buildings in the city are owned by the same developer and stand immediately beside the proposed tower. The developer claims the new structure will respect the much smaller, 1800s structures. Heritage activists find this claim hard to believe.
Many also say that the new tower will be built partially on floodplain. This is a strict no-no but it appears the tower is being given a waiver.
Although it is hard to see in this illustration, the tower overlooks the Forks of the Thames in London's core. A number of nearby high rises will have their lines of sight to the forks blocked or partially blocked by the new, proposed tower.
And then there are those who find the new tower design just plain boring and that in itself is enough not to build the monster in such a historic and valued site. The Forks of the Thames deserves something much better architecturally.
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I despise developers in general. This is one more reason.
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