From Dubai-on-Thames:
The tallest skyscraper in London that will rival the Shard is set to begin construction next week.
Planning for 1 Undershaft began eight years ago but today City Corporation planning officers have finally recommended it for approval ahead of a committee meeting next Tuesday.
Towering at 74 floors, the architectural masterpiece would be built between other east London landmarks, the Cheesegrater and the Gherkin.
Apparently it’s not quite a done deal:
It will still need final sign off from Mayor Sadiq Khan and the next Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary.
“Levelling Up”? What kind of fucking title is that?
Never a radical Muslim asshole with a stolen airliner when you actually need one, is there?
‘Levelling up’ was Boris Johnson’s piece of puffery.
The sky scrapers of London are utterly horrendous. It’s like they’re letting Jackson Pollock touch up the Mona Lisa or some other work of great art.
Perfect.
I’m not an architect connoisseur, but the names (the Shard, the Cheesegrater, the Gherkin) tell me all I need to know about their visual appeal.
At least they had the good grace to call it the gherkin instead of the butt plug, which is what it looks like.