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I just took a (dodgy) cab ride from Piccadilly Circus to home. Going that way past all those lovely stone buildings. I have to admire the masonary - I mean, these days, we wouldn't make it as intricate. The palace of Westmister (Houses of Parliament) are the same...
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Oh man, we don't build stuff like that anymore. Going over the bridge, we see the London Eye. A lovely building, and I think a nominee or winner of Building of the Year. It was nice - illuminated with blue and white, very nice. Still, relatively ordinary buildings along the way up to the bridge are lined with lovely stone that is very aesthetic, and will be here far longer than the Eye or the Gherkin.

The stone buildings of London are only a few storeys high. They're not space efficient, as far as a modern city goes. Yet, even still, the real thrust of growth is elsewhere. The highly prized areas are actually not where the history is. Everyone wants to be near the history, but since no one can build there, it's off-limits. A strange paradox. I wonder how London will evolve - the East End (not seen as "the place to be") is devoid of the history of the west, so perhaps it'll get more attention. The same is true of North and South of the river. The south side is starting to get some attention. As I say, I wonder how it'll work out in the end...

Submitted by coofercat on Fri, 2003-10-10 05:06