[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by itinerant

There is a good comparison of before and after on this project (Bing Thom design versus what we have now) at PriceTags: http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/what-happened/

It is so sad and infuriating to see what the viewcone laws (and the UDP) have done to our city, i.e., how they have suppressed architectural daring, boldness, integrity and the ambitious spirit.

Many, many years ago, we were a city that proudly built the tallest (and most forward-looking) towers in the British Empire.