citizenED Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Anyone else impressed by the new tower block at Elephant and Castle. Watching it going up over the past year has been great. Apparently it is called Strata and is "the tallest tower block in Central London" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 The one with the fans in the top..?Yes we love itGreat to see it going upW**F Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminty Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 yep been living in Borough last 6 months and can also see it from my office. do love it and reminds me of an owl ... not sure why Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I love itbut it does look like saurons tower Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 This... is it ....though from some angles it looks like a "pen" don't you think ...?http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3457/3789545488_b77f87a498.jpgor is that me on having a flashback..?W**F Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 It looks great and every time I see it I'm disappointed they haven't fitted any propellers yet... Flats are a bit dear though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
giggirl Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 No, not impressed. It's ugly. Not as ugly as the shopping centre though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 I love it. View from our window means we can now ID exactly where E&C is. We can see Wembley Arch and I think we can see the stub that is the beginnings of Shard. But I love the Strata. And there is a sort of little mini stub Strata next to it which looks weird. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmora Man Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Like Peckham Rose I can see it from home and like what I see. A major downside tho' was the loss of Pizzeria Castello that was a regular haunt of mine, along with the original Firkin pub "Fox & Firkin(?)" in the mid 80s when I was slowly renovating my first flat in Kennington. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 The original Firkin was called the Goose. It was on the junction of Southwark Bridge Road and something else by the railway bridges. Dogbolter. Oh I Loved That Beer. David Bruce had a job and made beer in his bath in his spare time, so the story goes. He got made redundant and opened the Goose with the redundancy pay. The 80s were good for some folks! The beer was marvellous and all the names of the pubs were either F or Ph, except the first, the Goose. Happy to be corrected but that's the story as I understood it. Anyway, how is that pub being affected by the Strata? (I think it closed down tho, didn't it? The Firkin still is called the Firkin in Lewisham I think, but Friary Meux bought the chain and then sold it on to someone else.) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophiesofa Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Isn't it referred to as the lipstick or is that a different new one, or maybe I made it up entirely? I don't like it - bit ugly but you can't please everyone. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 giggirl Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> No, not impressed. It's ugly. Not as ugly as the> shopping centre though.I agree with you , I think its effing hideous and resent the fact that it dominates the bloody skyline from wherever you ha[ppen to be in a lot of south east London ... the shopping centre is ugly too , but at least its not sticking up into the sky modernity ... pah! thats what I say . Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
genwilliams Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 I was unimpressed until the top went on recently - that sort of shield shape at the top is fantastic. Didn't realise the circles were fans - I thought they might be huge satellite dishes or something equally Bond-esque. Either way, it has now started to interest me. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 I passed it today...I realised it actually looks more like a giant "cigarette lighter" than a pen or a lipstick Which is nice...!W**F Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr De Soto Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 It's been nicknamed locally "Hedwig House" because of its resemblance to an owl. That's how I'll refer to it from now on. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie1997 Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 I like that - me too. Cheers for the info. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Yes...I shall now think of it like this...."yes....ha...."http://thescope.ca/photos/oct0809/owl.jpgFMSW.....W**F* bangs head against painted breeze block wall * Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie1997 Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Chill out dude B) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Ok...http://images2.cafepress.com/product/414844032v3_480x480_Front_Color-White.jpgW**F Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I think it mings.So there. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Reminds me of an owl with three eyes, but I don't like it much Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
titch juicy Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 obviously gonna split opinion, but i think it looks greati think those giant 'fans' are wind turbines and will provide all the electricity for the complex Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 I also assumed they were wind turbines.God knows who's going to pay 400k or whatever to live in E&C though. Maybe buyers will see it as a long term investment or something. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Pizzeria Castello is still available - it's down Bermondsey now and still does OK grub. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmora Man Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 KidKruger Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Pizzeria Castello is still available - it's down> Bermondsey now and still does OK grub.Hey great - where in Bermondsey. I miss their garlic bread - it could knock over an elephant at a 100 paces. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10705-that-tower-block-at-elephant-and-castle/#findComment-312635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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