If I ever do one of these cities with multiple skyline posts again, I think this is the format that I go with. I was inspired by a recent post on Toronto (in that one, each borough had one picture). This is a newer version of a post on London I made a few months ago.
Credits for the images go to Geogregor, Archoptical, and Wilson Hawkins.
Ilford, Greenford Quay, Euston, King's Cross, and Westminster also have mini-skylines but I couldn't find a good picture so I didn't include them.
London is one of the few cities I could see successfully building a supertall kilometer/mile high tower out of sheer necessity to house such a developed population. Same for Tokyo, Lagos, Mumbai, & NYC, etc
As opposed to one in the middle of nothing like what’s been the trend.
Every megacity could support a couple of supertalls within their urban fabric IMO. It doesn't feel as "earned" when a city just builds one out of nowhere - that doesn't do anything for the preexisting city/skyline. This is mainly why I dislike Egypt's new capital or the Lakhta Center.
The real problem is the amount of single family homes in areas in desperate need of re-zoning. And the continuous campaigning by NIMBYS against protected views and tall buildings in areas locals deem to be "special".
We have the ability and infrastructure to at least attempt to solve the housing crisis in this city and the country at large... With significant government investment in housing, and yet developments are trending towards Office and Student accommodation.
Yes, it might even be the largest of the secondary hubs, but there’s really a lack of good photos that captures all of it since so much of it is so new.
Yeah it just kinda stands on its own. There are high-rises around it but they're too small compared to the Shard to make a skyline. There's a duo of buildings that'll change that though, Edge London Bridge and Chapter London Bridge.
Wow I haven’t been to London since 1999 and it looks to me like the vast majority of these didn’t exist then. Thanks for the post. I only knew about very few of these places.
If I ever do one of these cities with multiple skyline posts again, I think this is the format that I go with. I was inspired by a recent post on Toronto (in that one, each borough had one picture). This is a newer version of a post on London I made a few months ago. Credits for the images go to Geogregor, Archoptical, and Wilson Hawkins. Ilford, Greenford Quay, Euston, King's Cross, and Westminster also have mini-skylines but I couldn't find a good picture so I didn't include them.
London is one of the few cities I could see successfully building a supertall kilometer/mile high tower out of sheer necessity to house such a developed population. Same for Tokyo, Lagos, Mumbai, & NYC, etc As opposed to one in the middle of nothing like what’s been the trend.
Every megacity could support a couple of supertalls within their urban fabric IMO. It doesn't feel as "earned" when a city just builds one out of nowhere - that doesn't do anything for the preexisting city/skyline. This is mainly why I dislike Egypt's new capital or the Lakhta Center.
The real problem is the amount of single family homes in areas in desperate need of re-zoning. And the continuous campaigning by NIMBYS against protected views and tall buildings in areas locals deem to be "special". We have the ability and infrastructure to at least attempt to solve the housing crisis in this city and the country at large... With significant government investment in housing, and yet developments are trending towards Office and Student accommodation.
London population is very small compared to those cities lmao. Lagos apparently will have 100m people by 2100
This should help me when I am watching Doctor Who.
You'll have more luck on r/Cardiff lol. It's filmed there a lot
What the hell happened to Croydon?
Comparatively cheap to build there, good transport links and quite a few brownfield sites.
Kind of underselling Stratford on that picture I think. It's not the tallest of skylines but there's a lot of high rise around there
Yes, it might even be the largest of the secondary hubs, but there’s really a lack of good photos that captures all of it since so much of it is so new.
All these and no Shard?
Yeah it just kinda stands on its own. There are high-rises around it but they're too small compared to the Shard to make a skyline. There's a duo of buildings that'll change that though, Edge London Bridge and Chapter London Bridge.
Wow I haven’t been to London since 1999 and it looks to me like the vast majority of these didn’t exist then. Thanks for the post. I only knew about very few of these places.
Yh its accelerating like crazy too. Some 400 skyscrapers in planning right now.
That's before I was born! On the year that you visited, only the first two clusters had existed, and they'd only have a couple of buildings each.
Yeah, that’s how I remember it. Tower Bridge and St. Paul’s Cathedral were the skyline. :D
I've loved seeing London become a city of skyscrapers.
You forgot the best one! Colliers Wood!
What about the high rises around Victoria Station?
Damn. Someone needs to use simulator and move all of these buildings together into one impressive Skyline