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Personally quite like, and can see the value/use of, the dense mixture of old and new architecture in such a central/busy location. And endlessly prefer London'
by willmw101 7y ago
Personally quite like, and can see the value/use of, the dense mixture of old and new architecture in such a central/busy location. And endlessly prefer London's route of having most of its skycrapers in the concentrated, central areas, leaving the rest of the city's skyline low and non-oppressive for the majority of the nicer residential post/area-codes. So much easier to escape the steel/concrete/glass sun blocking monoliths in London than in say New York
- pmlnr 7y agoMy problem is the lack of breathing space. I love the Barbican, but that was designed knowing that if you don't leave some green and space here and there, it'll crush you. The newish ones - eg 22 Bishopsgate, The Scalpel, The Cheesegrater, The Walkie-Talkie - are BIG in every dimension. They dwarf the Heron, despite the fact that the Heron is taller. I've never been to NY though.