July 2008
9 posts
Crossrail- At Last
Thank God that Crossrail has finally been passed. London is apparently projected to grow to 9 million by the 2030s. Thats nearly two million more people than present.
Already transport feels painfully overcrowded. It is, by necessity, antiquated. The streets of London are tight, the Underground infratsructure is Victorian at its oldest, comprised of small corridors and crammed rolling stock not...
Future on Hold Due to Cash Flow Crisis
Credit crunches- good for making property cheaper, bad for building soaring, costly skyscrapers. Just as London’s frankly unspectacular skyline was in line for a radical overhaul the global liquidity problematic could pull the plug on these nascent masterpieces.
London may be more steam than cyber for a couple of years, largely, one has to say, because of the very bankers who will now miss...
London Stock Exchange
Absent The Source, an intriguing kinetic sculpture from artist collective Greyworld that physically maps market movements, and the London Stock Exchange is underwhelming. I was there for a conference last Thursday and was thoroughly, and slightly unexpectedly, uninspired. This grand old institution that grew out of the East India and Muscovy Companies, grew out of coffee houses, weathered bubbles...
Greenwich
The view from Greenwich is one of the most impressive in London, indeed perhaps the only view from which Canary Wharf could be said to look attractive.
What appeals so much is the collision of history. Elizabeth I’s palace, later rebuilt as Queen Anne’s House, the awe inspiring symmetry of Wren’s epic Royal Naval College, creatively bisected to allow river views from the House,...
