Its A Tall As The Eiffel Tower & Being Built In London...

[Vipers]

TheTardis said:

Vipers said:

A shot from my hotel room, any guesses which hotel I am in?



BTW, the rain has stopped.

A cheap one ?

No it's not the Travel Lodge.

[ALawson]

Colleague at work had a helicopter charter for his birthday, so took this of the station we are working on.

Edited by ALawson on Monday 1st September 08:39

[mcdjl]

I fear my photo isn't up to the standard of many on this thread. Sorry.

[Blib]

Spidey sure lets himself go between movies.

[furtive]

Have a sleepover at the top this weekend:

http://www.designmynight.com/london/whats-on/exper...

Single people only!

[Puggit]

furtive said:

Have a sleepover at the top this weekend:

http://www.designmynight.com/london/whats-on/exper...

Single people only!

Great idea - and the fact they have had to discontinue female tickets to help even up the numbers means all single male PHers should be up there like a rat up a drainpipe!

[mcdjl]

furtive said:

Have a sleepover at the top this weekend:

http://www.designmynight.com/london/whats-on/exper...

Single people only!

It was 50 of each originally. I'm surprised it didn't sell out but hey ho.

[schmunk]

furtive said:

Have a sleepover at the top this weekend:

http://www.designmynight.com/london/whats-on/exper...

Single people only!

Floor 69, eh?

[croyde]

furtive said:

Have a sleepover at the top this weekend:

http://www.designmynight.com/london/whats-on/exper...

Single people only!

Reading that gave me uncomfortable memories of parties back in the 70/80s when everyone had paired off apart from me. I would just have a big joint and a can of Watney's Party 7 for company

I could just see that happening again.

Edited by croyde on Friday 10th October 08:34

[croyde]

Oh! and we've been getting the height of the Shard wrong all this time as according to the London Evening Standard, Lisa Snowden lost a bet and had to clean the windows of the Shard suspended 800 METRES above the city.

Based on the fact that she wasn't quite at the top I now reckon that our dear Shard is 1000 METRES high thus making it the highest building in the world, easily beating the former highest, The Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

[Blib]

It has been looking taller recently.

[mickk]

Blib said:

It has been looking taller recently.

You're moving towards it.

[Blib]

mickk said:

Blib said:

It has been looking taller recently.

You're moving towards it.

[Blib]

Travelled to town to see the poppies at the Tower this afternoon. On the way, for old time's sake and to keep my eye in, I captured this:

[kiethton]

From a few weeks ago:

[AmitG]

Question, how long do people think the Shard will be around for?

Will it become a permanent fixture like St Pauls Cathedral or the Lloyds building (now grade 1 listed I believe), or will it date quickly?

I reckon it will be around for 25 - 50 years and then get demolished. I admire the engineering that went into it, but I don't think the design has staying power.

[nelly1]

We had the largest ship ever to sail up the Thames at London Gateway today - see here...



She is 397m long.

The Shard is 306m high.

The scale of both amaze and astound me.

[vonuber]

AmitG said:

Question, how long do people think the Shard will be around for?

Will it become a permanent fixture like St Pauls Cathedral or the Lloyds building (now grade 1 listed I believe), or will it date quickly?

I reckon it will be around for 25 - 50 years and then get demolished. I admire the engineering that went into it, but I don't think the design has staying power.

I'm working on a building that is being demolished after only 10 years, so who knows?

[Blib]

vonuber said:

I'm working on a building that is being demolished after only 10 years, so who knows?

I'm hoping that building is the Arsenal Stadium.

[jammy_basturd]

AmitG said:

Question, how long do people think the Shard will be around for?

Will it become a permanent fixture like St Pauls Cathedral or the Lloyds building (now grade 1 listed I believe), or will it date quickly?

I reckon it will be around for 25 - 50 years and then get demolished. I admire the engineering that went into it, but I don't think the design has staying power.

That's just crazy talk. No way would a landmark (iconic yet or not) be demolished after such a short span of time. Can you think of any comparative building in the UK or a major city to have suffered the same fate?