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[morwen]

swiss centre demolition has properly started. they've got rid of the cooling tower on the lower roof (the building is a three storey or so long building, with a skyscraper poking out of part of it), in bits, with their giant crane. they also used their giant crane to move a JCB onto the roof, which was today hacking at concrete. maybe the JCB will cut a big circle in the concrete and then fall inside the building?

yet they still sell tickets out of it.

Comments

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

Cool. Photos?

What are they going to replace it with?

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

/me likes building nerding.

http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/swisscentre_draft_planning_brief.pdf

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

Planning permission for the demolition (http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/planningapplications/currentsearch-details.cfm?CASENO=06%2F01330%2FCAC)

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

I treasure the thought that the kitsch clanging clock will be upgraded to feature shovel-wielding irishmen and Poles with jackhammers in place of the Julie Andrews lookalike figurines.

[grim-tim.livejournal.com]

So the net realisation for the cinema would have been £135,047,317 MILLION?
Some mistake surely?

/pedantry