For a seafaring nation with such a coastline, it seems that our desire to bury the Thames beneath a wide-span artificial park (“TfL prepares to spend £4m taking Heatherwick bridge to planning”, July 12) belies the potential of the water as the most natural and readily available recreational amenity for central London.
This remains the city’s largest and most poetic untapped public realm. The river is not a barrier to be overcome, or a void within the heart of the city, but the
most fantastic spinal space left within central London. In large part this establishes the character of our city.
What crisis of creativity and lack of imagination is it which sees us so averse to engaging with the water of the river that we seek to bury it?
Walter Menteth
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