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Comments about tower of londonThere are 19 comments about "tower of london"
Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters...... da man: wow ive never heard of brisbane before. it looks awesome and the setting is pretty. this just became one of my top 10 skylines. and i agree with ?!$@#, the 2IFC building in HK does...... Dunny DuNsTeR: Dawn, I totally agree. This is totally the point, Banksy's work is all about culture. I am sure if they do take it down he will come back with something equally provocative. Just as he...... jack: london is my favorite place for history. i am so into the round table and knighthood. the blitz. the tower. the greatest literature, arts and comedy, so cowardesque.... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: May I add:
BT Telecom Tower, London
A famous London landmark since the 1960s
Location: 60 Cleveland Street, London W1.
189m (620ft)
It had a revolving resturant open to the public until a bombing in the early '70's....... an impossible child: how do you guys (londoners mainly) feel about that abomination in westbourne park? (the highly acclaimed trellick tower, 'architectural masterpiece'?) ive so had issues with it from day one of seeing it. makes me want...... elaine: yeah, and bill oddie. looks like a peregrine falcon to me too, how very very exciting. they followed a pair with thier ugly chick in a quarry somewhere two years ago on springwatch, it was...... elaine: hum. west end is where the theatres and big shops are and tourists go and the queen lives. not that many people live there, but it would be good to live there if you were...... joey: did you ever notice how much the church of the latter day saints building in salt lake city looks like the tower of london... Colin: I'm not sure that the civicheraldry.co.uk web site is correct to say that the device is known as the Southwark Cross or even that it symbolises the London Borough of Southwark, without further corroborative evidence....... Mayuri: i went on london visits wiv my architecture class frm college...as we went 2 visit Gherkin...wich iz a nickname for 'Swiss Re Tower'. it was an fabulous building...it a high tech building...evry1 took photos or...... meetza: innit funny how folks that are not from london always get the tower bridge and the london bridge mixed up... elaine: i used to live just beyond the ugly hotel to the right of the last pic. i had 2 survivalist fantasies, in one i am alone and i go live in tower bridge, in the...... steelisreal: tis called tower bridge
oh and the original london bridge was bought and moved to the US, think it is in arizona now.... elaine: i am almost sick with pleasure to present to you this weblink;
[[http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/yourlondon/peregrine_falcons.shtml]]
it is a ##live webcam## of peregrine falcons nesting in a tower block in london. it is located near broadcasting house just off oxford...... elaine: also, re context, our history with high rise building is very different from the US version, cheap tower blocks thrown up postwar to house the poorest when homelessness and slum clearance became acute, so we...... elaine: I am glad. Though it may mean you are a mentalist too. Anyway I figure it is an improvement on my uncles who, when I was a kid, knew who all the actors were in...... elaine: I was recently jolted by the power of words when listening to a radio programme about how weather had influenced novels and Ian McEwan talked about how he had written the cement garden in South...... Peter: thanks for the pic! i think part of why i like it is because its the underdog as far as bridges go in london. everyone loves teh tower bridge, etc... sorta like the brooklyn bridge......
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