Sunday 7 July 2019

The march of the towers

In London towers are proliferating. During the past few years I have particularly noticed the march northwards from the City. Three have been built in the past few years in the City Road/Old Street area, a location where Islington meets Shoreditch and Farringdon. The most recent is the rightmost building above - the Atlas Building - a structure that is over 400 feet tall and towers over its neighbours. None of these enhance their location, dwarfing as they do the earlier streetscape. And, by the look of them, none of the other nearly completed blocks do much for the area either.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100