Traversing the City of London’s Cluster of Towers Walk
Traversing the City of London’s Cluster of Towers Walk
Saturday 10 September 2022
Start time/place: 11 am/Liverpool Street station forecourt, beside the Kindertransport Memorial and MacDonalds
Finish time/place: 1pm/Tower Hill
Our expert Alec Forshaw will lead a walk starting at Liverpool Street and finishing at Tower Hill, this walk will cross the eastern part of the City of London, dominated by its ever-growing concentration of tall office buildings.
The cluster of skyscrapers in the eastern sector of the City has become a dominant feature of London’s skyline. This walk will traverse this extraordinary concentration of tall buildings from north to south, looking at some that are now familiar landmarks such as the ‘Gherkin’, the ‘Cheesegrater’ and the ‘Walkie-Talkie’.
We will also look at recently completed buildings, such as 22 Bishopsgate, some currently under construction and several proposed projects that may now not happen. Time and weather permitting it is hoped to include the Rooftop Garden at 120 Fenchurch Street.
Alec Forshaw, town planner, conservationist and writer, is the author of ‘New City: Contemporary Architecture in the City of London’, and has recently been involved in the Public Inquiry over the future of the Custom House.
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Above: Lloyds Building Photograph: RSHP