I don't like it. I sticks out like a sore thumb.Originally Posted by Agnetha
I think I can even see it from my desk in the City on the other side of the river.
A normal person must
Dismiss you with disgust
And weep for those who trusted you.
oh I kept seeing this on my way to and from Canterbury.
at first I thought it was just another generic lipstick building until those turbines started going up.
I think it looks great, especially for E&C.
that HUGE block of flats around the corner needs blowing up like right now though.
they're just sitting there with nobody in them, and apparently won't be demolished for some time, for whatever STUPID reason.
I surrender to every word you whisper
The Bakerloo line has been extended up and the Met line has been extended Watford way to link up with it
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Oh I love the Strata Tower
(that's all I'm contributing)
I dislike the Strata.
I think it already looks dated, and I hate the way I can see it from work all the way near St Pauls.
A normal person must
Dismiss you with disgust
And weep for those who trusted you.
So the Velodrome is done. I find the most interesting fact that it was finished on time AND on budget
Gloss rhymes with hair!
Although I will probably go past on Friday, anyone got a clue as to how the Shard is looking?
Tall and concretey
A normal person must
Dismiss you with disgust
And weep for those who trusted you.
I just started looking but ended up on the fucking Daily Mail gossip pages... Ahhh!
EVERYTHING in E+C needs demolishing.
A little out of date, but should give you a pretty good idea:
http://turoaviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/shard-watch.html
From last Saturday:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdunagan/5464098947/
Gloss rhymes with hair!
I think I'd forgotten it wasn't in the actual City Mile. It's REALLY BIG.
The skyline really isn't going up as projected. Pesky recession. I was looking forward to London having a landmark skyline...
There's a new building that's blocking the view of the Gherkin from Liverpool Street. Dunno if that's the can of ham one or that twisty one or the one that looks like a cartoon building... But will try and get a photo on Friday, since I've suddenly developed a love of photography...
I need to get to Liverpool St the next time I'm in London. I didn't realise there was a Richard Serra sculpture apparently right by it. Don't think I've ever noticed it, but then I only ever leave by one exit and usually head straight to Spitalfields. It's called 'Fulcrum'. Does anyone know exactly where it is?
Go out of the west exit towards Moorgate (turn right as you leave the train platforms), and it's right there.
If being myself is what I do wrong
Then I would rather not be right
That's the opposite exit to the one I always use on to Bishopsgate then, isn't it? That's a relief. I was worried I'd gone past it a dozen or so times in complete ignorance.
Yeah it's somewhere near Liverpool Street station isn't it? Apparently my dad helped transport the bits back in the day.
Is the Shard somewhere near Moorgate? I was there for work and saw a massive building going up
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Yep, out the other side. I've walked past it (and possibly through it) many times but never really stopped to look at it.
If being myself is what I do wrong
Then I would rather not be right
How long's that been there? I think that's where I have my traditional FAG.
The Shard's next to (and partially on top of) London Bridge station. Not sure what the massive building by Moorgate would be, most of the construction is to the southeast of there.
If being myself is what I do wrong
Then I would rather not be right
Maybe it was an apartment block. Diddy lives in the provinces.
A normal person must
Dismiss you with disgust
And weep for those who trusted you.
I LIVED IN AN APARTMENT BLOCK
Ag, it's been there at least 15 years (you mean that sculpture right?), I remember him pointing it out to me when I was about 10
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Since 1987, apparently!
Standing outside Liverpool Street Station, Richard Serra’s Fulcrum is the most under-observed 17 metre tall sculpture in the city.
Serra is an American minimalist sculptor who is best known for his enormous works made out of thick slabs of steel: perhaps most famously The Matter of Time at the Bilbao Guggenheim and Tilted Arc, which was installed in New York’s Federal Plaza before being dismantled after huge public controversy.
In contrast to those horizontal works, Serra had to work vertically to create Fulcrum, as the Broadgate space is tightly enclosed by several tall office buildings (he used a similar strategy for his 2008 Promenade exhibition in Paris, when faced with the enormity of the Grand Palais). But somehow, the crowded nature of the space combined with the height of the sculpture means that the full force of the work can easily be missed if you don’t stop to take a proper look.
Constructed out of his trademark COR-TEN Steel, which weathers to create those intriguing, rusty textures, each enormous component piece is (almost unbelievably) free-standing, angling precariously inwards. Yet each is balanced by the others, preventing a terrible mess being made of the commuters below, and resulting in a wonderful tension between the brute physicality of those huge pieces of steel, and the poise and balance of the sculpture.
It has always seemed a shame to me that tens of thousands of commuters pass one of my favourite pieces of public sculpture every day without stopping to appreciate its vertiginous power. So next time you’re at the station, take a seat on the nearby steps and give this terrific work by one of the world’s pre-eminent sculptors a few minutes of your time.
I have either totally ignored it or that's not where I have my fag!
Probably the former, it's very easy to ignore!
If being myself is what I do wrong
Then I would rather not be right
Does it smell of piss inside?
I'll let you know as soon as I possibly can on Friday. It's a shame I can't post from Forum Runner, as I could let you know LIVE.
Yeah WHAT? I didn't know the exact years? Im not claiming to be 25
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this thread still gets me hard
I've seen another tower go up next to the gherkin, and I know they're working on the Pinnacle (twisty one) but I'm pretty sure that's only half way finished. Cranes everywhere again around the city so I'm hopeful we'll be geting a few more of the promised towers. Although the latest thing seems to be gutting entire blocks from the 60s and rebuilding them to look like classic London buildings from the golden era. Can't say I disagree with that; what they're doing around the West End area with that is QUITE amazing. In fact in some places (Fitzrovia for instance) they're flattening entire blocks and replacing them with PARKS. I never thought I'd see the day.
On the downside, Crossrail has become a mighty ARSE. Oxford Street is now fucked for 2 years, and it was hardly fun and games navigating it at the best of times. It's not like I can avoid it as it's my route to work, but it essentially rules out another form of transport to work. Time to get WALKING AGAIN then. Thank fuck winter is almost over.
As for Tottenham Court Road, what a WARZONE. The only thing that is helping me deal with that MESS is how amazing the plans look for the finished thing. A tube entrance in Soho? MARVELLOUS.
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That all sounds rather FABULOUS. I assume by Golden Era you mean everything pre war... And more parks in this day and age? Bring it on.
A tube station in Soho is WELL OVERDUE.
Which station is the entrance going to connect to? And where in Soho? I'm guessing something leading to Tottenham Court Road, but don't have any real idea...
It's going in Dean Street. It's the Oxford Street end to be fair, but it's still better than having to choose between Oxford and Tottenham on a gay night out (or getting to work in my case). PLus it'll dilute the human traffic at the crazy busy Tottenham Court road interchange. CLEVER.
They're also adding another entrance to Bond Street, but I'm not sure where that one is.
The park in the middle of Fitzrovia is MASSIVE and is being named "Noho Park" as in North of Soho. Not that we want to copy New York, or anything. It might be open now, haven't been that way in a while.
Pre war yes. Like the buildings along Regent Street and in the City. They put a lovely one up at the end of the Strand connecting to Aldwych and there's a few more dotted about being gutted at the moment. I like what they did in Baker Street where they flattened an entire building except for the clock tower, and built around it:
that one is a little less pre-war, but still.
this is Noho Square at the moment:
artist image of Noho Square
To think pre the Gherkin nothing had really changed in London (at least to these eyes) for years. The odd tower block here and there... I guess the Olympics have helped push London's re-development. I could happily see them tear down EVERY 60s building (The Barbican aside, which I am oddly fond of) and give us something spectacular.
What was there before?
Noho Square used to be Middlesex hospital. Can't remember what it looked like but I imagine UGLY.
THis is the "Western ticket hall" for TCR, no doubt soon to be renamed the GAY entrance...
it currently looks like this
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