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PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> Love it. Can see the beginnings of it from my flat

> already I think! (It may be something else!)



It has MACE at the top of the current structure


I think it will look fantastic and it certainly better than the Guys tower that is next to it

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zephyr Wrote:

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> PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> I think it will look fantastic and it certainly

> better than the Guys tower that is next to it



yeah, it will look best fromt the angles where it blocks out the Guys tower which could spoil any skyline

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Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> I was there last week (in the coward's dental

> department) - the views from the tower are

> exceptional.



I had a 2 hour root canal and removal in there... me, student, assistant, "boss", we felt like a team.

Great views though.

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You can view the groundworks from the walkway from LB over to Guys.

Before they actually started laying the steel they have spent many months, maybe more than a year, setting the ground with piles etc and I been watching with me mate before beers - sort of big boys toys interest, it's a serious science getting to the point where you can actually start the works above ground !

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It will be at the 72 floor by October so twice the height of Guys.


It is great that there will be a building in London at last with a public viewing platform.


Apparently Guys Hospital is going to be reclad but I?ve heard rumours that this is a bit half arsed and won?t do much to enhance the block.


Some webcams

http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer64.jpg

http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer120.jpg

http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer95.jpg

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Don't...


Get me wrong, I like shiny new modern 21st century architecture very much


But, is it me or does "The Shard" look like a regular tower block, with some pointy bits leaning up against it


I will probably grow to love it like the "The Gherkin" which I thought looked more like a "Butt Plug" at first

There again it still does, though we all know it is the "Butt Plug" we go along with "The Gherkin" name out of politeness, for tourists & the like


Imagine going into a chip shop & being served a real "Gherkin" that shape; come on please, what would you think


"Butt" & "Plug" first, then maybe "pickled/brined cucumber" second, wouldn't you..


Really ?



W**F



(It's OK , I know your answer already)

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Paul Wrote:

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> Thanks Philip - wonder if it will affect prices in

> ED what with it being a very easy commute if

> you're going to be working in it.


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Oh snore....



That old " dinner party " Chesnut rears it's head


Do you have a golf handicap too ?



W**F

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I can see the Heron Tower from my flat and from our perspective it is behind and to the right of the Gherkin which is a shame as I like seeing the gherkin standing out on its own. Anyway, The heron tower is the tallest till the Pinnacle gets going, then the Shard will overtake the lot. The Pinnacle I like too, it's by the Gherkin and Lloyds and replaces an old block which was taken down from the bottom up leaving the steel core in the middle. We were taking friends round last weekend. Took great construction shots!
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Paul Wrote:

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> Sorry, I forgot - you're more interested in "Butt

> Plugs". I 'll be sure to mention something similar

> so as not to bore you next time.

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> C**K

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Pauline....



Now were talking


When IS your next .....ahem..."dinner party"



I'll be there


Are you a size queen ( like me ) ?



W**F

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> Apparently it 'tops out' towards the end of the

> year.


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What...



Will they be drinking at the " Party " ?


( oh this hurts me more than it hurts you, I promise )



" Shardonnay "



( unreserved apologies )




W**F

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Some pics I took over the weekend -


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57357737&postcount=2760


The core has reached level 28. It will have 87 floors when finished. It's difficult to overstate the impact it will have on the skyline... this building will be taller than the Eiffel Tower. B)

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