London
There is no nice way of putting this, but the skyline of London is being screwed. There are now, built and in the pipeline, at least 30 towers, typically in a height range of 150-200 metres (or 490-650 feet. The BT tower is 177 metres high and more slender than anything now proposed).
How a high-rise craze is ruining London's skyline | Art and design | The Observer
The East End tenants facing eviction during the Olympics | Money
Across east london near the Olympic site landlords are attempting to evict tenants and cash-in on the Games, says Shelter. Photograph: Anthony Charlton/AFP Three years ago two junior doctors, both working in East End hospitals, found a flat in a new tower block near the Olympic site in Stratford.
'Boris Island' estuary airport idea gets off the ground | Politics
Foster and Partners' artist impression of the Thames Hub, a four-runway airport.
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The Silicon Roundabout... in East London
London: an urban neo-Victorian dystopia | Business
The City of London in 2011 was protected from the Tobin tax.
An artist's impression of the London 2012 Olympic stadium. Photograph: Press Association
Olympics will leave east London an open space to rival Hyde Park | Sport
East End Newham and the game-changer games | UK news
Photograph: Handout/PA
Newham mayor fears budget cuts will endanger regeneration and produce the same effects as Docklands did in Tower Hamlet by Oct 3
A saisir à Londres : parc olympique, état neuf
Il faut parcourir à pied le parc olympique de Londres pour avoir une idée de son gigantisme.
A dog stands on Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, with the uncompleted Shard building dominating the London skyline. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
The Shard is a broken society's towering achievement | Jonathan Jones | Comment is free
Origin of the name Isle of Dogs