City talks itself up with future skyline images
By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-05-10T06:00:00
Corporation claims projections demonstrate post-pandemic confidence
The City of London Corporation has released new images showing how the skyline could look in the mid-2020s.
The majority of the tall buildings in the updated views will be in the so-called eastern cluster and will “fill in the gap” towards Rafael Vinoly’s Walkie Talkie which, despite being much closer to the Tower of London World Heritage Site than the rest of the cluster, was approved because of its “high-quality design”.
The City issued the projections with a press release arguing that the images demonstrate investor confidence in the Square Mile despite the pandemic throwing the future of the office into doubt.
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