Battle lines drawn to protect views of old London
Battle lines drawn to protect views of old London
09 January 2013 By Martin Bailey http://www.theartnewspaper.com/graphics/mast.gif Read More: http://www.theartnewspaper.com/artic...d-London/28379 Quote:
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Fuck UNESCO.
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If anything these new structures ad to the background of these old sites, within reason of course.
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I think that Cities cannot become museums frozen in time forever, it's unhealthy for any city to have such attitudes, and counterproductive to revoke UNESCO status because something in the city changes, the UNESCO site is still important, and it should be protected, but those protections where the historic site does, anything beyond is of no concern to UNESCO.
Yes, the shard "attracts the gaze" of visitors, but the visitors are still at the tower of london, tourists aren't morons who will suddenly leave the tower of london because they saw something shiny, they're there because they want to tour the tower of london. seriously, have some faith in people. |
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The contrast may be a little unusual, it's okay. Quote:
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they should take a chill pill; there's no danger of anything being built too tall near the tower.
the shard's attracted me to go to the tower more (that and my wife's obsessed with the history of the tower). - |
The Shard is pretty visible from throughout the city. I took this shot from the 5th or 6th floor of a movie theater parking deck in Peckham, South London:
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I thought the UN wanted everyone to live in high-rise buildings and surrender their cars?
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UNESCO should move to demolish all of London and restore Ancient Rome's Londinium in its full glory. Historical preservation/recreation accomplished, and all precious views are protected.
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