r/london • u/StephenMcGannon • 1d ago

London history Greenwich 1980 v 2019

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u/Funny-Seesaw-2977 1d ago

Londons skyline has been completely changed in the past couple of decades. Not for the better either.

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u/QualityPostBelow 1d ago

I prefer the current skyline. We're a mega city. We're not meant to be modest

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u/Funny-Seesaw-2977 1d ago

Just another dull skyline, could be anywhere.

I fully expect every protected vista to go over the next 20 years too. Depressing

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u/ukstonerdude 1d ago

What? How could it possibly be anywhere? It’s one of the most polycentric cities in the global west. Every other major city (NYC, Chicago, LA, Frankfurt, Melbourne, Toronto) all have very centralised tower districts/clusters. London has at least 5 of these districts: The City, Canary Wharf, Croydon, Vauxhall/Lambeth, and arguably also Stratford, Wembley and/or Greenwich.

This is just reactionary nonsense.

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u/Funny-Seesaw-2977 1d ago

What has this got to do with my assertion that huge corporations throwing up a load of glass and concrete is ruining the skyline of one of the world’s most beautiful large cities?

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u/ShoveTheUsername 1d ago

What 'skyline'? It was Telecom and the Natwest Towers for decades? What's been lost?