Well I guess that's the long and the not so long of it... Bob Sullivan wrote: > 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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