London is a little short on tall buildings. Bob S. On 3/11/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I walked across Waterloo Bridge today and as usual the view > reminded > > me of a picture by Roger Fenton, taken in about 1858 when > > the House of > > Parliament were under construction. So almost 150 years > > later, here is > > how the view has changed. > > > > This is a flash gallery, to make the comparison easier: > > > > http://www.web-options.com/HP/ > > > > Bob > > > > > > =========== > > That's very interesting, Bob. Significant things on the > > skyline haven't > > changed. > > > > Thanks for sharing. > > > > Thanks. The skyline is likely to be protected soon, too. For several > years the mayor (with whom I agree on many things, but not this), has > been pushing to build very tall skyscrapers in London, in the face of > much opposition. Recently the UN has smacked the UK's wrists for not > protecting our World Heritage sites properly (I live in one!) and > legislation is due which will protect the skylines of these sites. > Hooray! > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
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