LONDON | Heron Tower | 807 FT / 246 M | 47 FLOORS | T/O - Page 3

Surrealplaces · #41 Posted **Apr 28, 2008, 9:40 PM**

Some really interesting buildings going up in London.

wjfox2004 · #42 Posted **Oct 3, 2008, 3:07 PM**

She rises!!!!!!!!!!!!

Photos by chest, of SSC.

FrancoRey · #43 Posted **Oct 13, 2008, 5:59 PM**

Slob.

Now if only you fiends could get the Leadenhall, Bishopsgate, and Shard towers to go up. Stupid credit mess.

george · #44 Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 11:26 PM**

I like this tower. It has a clean, international sense about it. A great addition to one of the more bizarre modern skylines of a major, world class city. I've always felt London could do much better in it's choice of modern towers. I love the featured enclosed stairwell as a focal point.

wjfox2004 · #45 Posted **Jan 20, 2009, 10:07 AM**

After a pause of several weeks - caused by additional basement/ground level works - this tower has started rising again.

Pics by JohnB of SkyscraperCity:

clubbernut · #46 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 2:22 PM**

Very speedy progress now, popped by at lunchtime and the steel is flying up!

Jibba · #47 Posted **Jan 21, 2009, 5:45 PM**

Solid choice for London. The mix of highly-modern skyscrapers against London's sea of classic mid-rises is going to look fantastic with the addition of this tower.

wjfox2004 · #48 Posted **Jan 24, 2009, 9:51 PM**

A rendering of my own:

wjfox2004 · #49 Posted **Jan 31, 2009, 7:29 PM**

Pics by DarJoLe of SSC:

wjfox2004 · #50 Posted **Feb 13, 2009, 7:41 PM**

This seems to be rising by about a floor per week. Couple of photos by fitz44 of skyscrapercity -

scalziand · #51 Posted **Feb 13, 2009, 8:00 PM**

Uh, how tall are the cranes? It seems like they're a bit taller than they need to be.

Swede · #52 Posted **Feb 13, 2009, 10:52 PM**

^Not for long tho. That tower is rising fast. I'm glad the City is seemingly not crashing in the amount of construction going on. Slowing down, yes, but not crashing like I thought it might.

wjfox2004 · #53 Posted **Feb 27, 2009, 8:00 PM**

I was in the City today...

From Liverpool Street Station:

At the junction of Wormwood Street/London Wall:

London Wall:

The same view in 2011...........

Then, suddenly...

izzy:

A bunch of animal rights protestors.

Bonus pic of City Point, former headquarters of British Petroleum:

wjfox2004 · #54 Posted **Feb 28, 2009, 10:30 AM**

A short video I made: http://www.willfox.com/videos/skyscrapers/herontower/2.wmv

wjfox2004 · #55 Posted **Mar 20, 2009, 9:32 PM**

Beginning to rise above the surrounding buildings. These are by Rickster2K on SSC -

samoen313 · #56 Posted **Mar 20, 2009, 10:24 PM**

Thank you for the extensive coverage of the developments and construction of this and other London skyscrapers, Wjfox. If it weren't for an Atlantic Ocean between most of us and London, you might not have to be the sole updater of this thread. But your thorough contributions are much appreciated from those of us who love the city but don't live there. I suppose we could just click on over to SSC, but whatever. We're lazy. Thanks again!

wjfox2004 · #57 Posted **Mar 24, 2009, 11:55 AM**

^ No problem.

Here's a couple more pics, from Sunday. These were taken by wawd:

chex · #58 Posted **Mar 24, 2009, 5:50 PM**

very nice pix! its coming along very fast...
i miss the city!

wjfox2004 · #59 Posted **Apr 10, 2009, 2:25 PM**

It's tall enough to be a midrise now... yet still barely a quarter of the way up.

These pics are by DarJoLe from SSC:

NYC2ATX · #60 Posted **Apr 12, 2009, 8:34 AM**

Um, what's with the white steel? Pre-fireproofed...?