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Pavements in the sky (part 4)

This is the last part of a hunt for the remains of the London Pedway system that was proposed by architects and designers in the 1970s. You can find the preceding parts here. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 So, in part 3 I found that remains of what was known as the Bishopsgate system…

Tall

One Word Sunday Tower 42, formally (and more friendly) the Nat West Tower. It was at one time the tallest building in the UK, but has fallen to only 15th on the list of tallest buildings in London, some 400ft shorter than the Shard.

Pavements in the sky (Part 3)

The continuing hunt for the remainder of London’s abandoned pedway system. If you’ve made your way here via part one and part two, thanks for sticking with it. In part two I wandered around the Barbican, which is the area with the only properly functioning pedway remaining. At the end of the piece I had…

Pavements in the sky (Part 2)

So, hopefully you’ve arrived here from the first part of Pavements in the sky and have watched the video? If not, part two isn’t going to make much sense. Make yourself a nice cuppa and sit down for thirty minutes and catch up on the video and then come back here. London is always changing,…

Pavements in the sky

I’ve been wanting to write on this subject for a long time, but never managed to find the time to do so, however I find that it’s too long for just one post, so will have to break it down into separate parts. Lets start at the end of the Second World War. The City…

Brutalism and nature hand in hand

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Criminals, Vandals & Visigoths!

It’s a pity that Town Planners can’t be in some way held responsible for the decisions that they make. There are very few instances of architects or planners being held to account for shocking decisions. If in my fantasy world there was a supreme court for atrocious planning decisions, then the first defendants in the…