If you have been to London recently, you will be familiar with the buildings that are known as The Gherkin, The Cheese Grater, The Shard and the Walkie Talkie. Next year, there will be more tall buildings to add to this list! Want to see some photos of what is to come? You may see them just here! The piece is entitled "The skyscrapers that will change London's skyline." What do you think? Amazing, aren't they? Can't wait to see The Scalpel!
Cheese Grater Building on the left and the Walkie Talkie on the right. (Of course, their real names are The Leadenhall Building and 20 Fenchurch Street.) Those Brits, you have to love the simple but oh so perfect words to describe the buildings. When you hear those nicknames you know exactly which building they mean!
Richard took that photo the last time we were in London, September of 2016. I think it is very good, don't you?
I suppose these buildings are, like all modern architecture, being viewed very differently. Some would call them ugly, others works of art.
ReplyDeleteMuch as I like picturesque little stone cottages, I understand the ever-increasing need for space to live and work, and in a place like London, the only way is up!
(Now I've put that song in your head, haven't I? :-) )
Modern skyscrapers...I like some more than others. The Shard, for example, I didn't think I would like it, but it is really amazing and beautiful to me.
DeleteI first saw London in 1981 and it has changed so much over the years. Of course, it changed much more from the days when Richard's grandfather lived there in 1908! (We found a post card of his that a friend sent to him at his address in London, and we were thrilled to make out the date of 1908.)
Let's see...if you are thinking of this song..."Hey, look me over, lend me an ear. Fresh out of clover, mortgaged up to here. But don't pass the plate, folks, don't pass the cup. I figure whenever you're down and out, the only way is up!"
If you mean that one...yes that came straight to my mind! You know I know all the words!
It's a lovely photo, although i'm not so sure i like all of the changes to London. To me, it was perfect, but i never lived there, just visited, and the ones who live there have the last say.
ReplyDeleteI love London. First time I saw it, I fell in love and that has never changed even with all the changes.
DeleteI find it interesting that so many more new buildings will come soon and I just wanted to share it here. You saw it here first!
A good friend of mine flew off to London today (by plane, of course!), after spending some time there, she's off to spend a few weeks, including Christmas, with friends in Austria.
ReplyDeleteLondon, and then, Austria! AH, must be nice!
DeleteAre you sure she flew on a plane? Maybe she is an angel who has earned her wings! HA!
Those nicknames for these buildings fit perfectly. Nice to see some sights of other places I've never been to and thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThe names tickled me, they all call them that. x
DeleteOnward to The Future!
ReplyDeleteStraight on till morning!
DeleteKay, I am just not a fan of goofy looking buildings.The little greek looking building at the bottom of your picture is more to my liking. But I must say the silly names fit. LOL. Blessings, xoxo, Susie
ReplyDeleteI am also not a huge fan of modern buildings but there are so many old buildings in London that you would love and even some of the modern ones are so striking that you can't help but admire the design behind them.
DeleteDon't get me started on Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's and the House of Parliament. I love them!
Change is not always easy for me to accept. I know that about myself so I have learned to roll along and wait. In time I grow to like most changes.
ReplyDeleteI am so old fashioned, I am the worst one to like change.
DeleteStill, we have to grow with the times and adapt, and I really do try!
Beautifully creative buildings, thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteHey John! Glad you liked this share from the BBC.
DeleteI love hi rise buildings. Over 100 new ones still to come in London that have been proposed for the next ten plus years. Mainly bought by foreign investors though as bricks and mortar commodities to be traded, often unoccupied, as they can double their money every 5 years given the UK's demand for housing and London's golden bubble effect of ever rising house prices. Beats putting money in a bank or into shares if you are a millionaire/ billionaire and a lot less risky. Looks an impressive skyline though.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to walk around London and to see the skyline now. The fact that there will be these new buildings to see soon, well that merited a mention on my blog!
DeleteMillionaire/ billionaires will always find a way to make more money.
Ha ha on me, I guess that on the left was the walkie talkie and on the right the cheese grater.
ReplyDeleteHey Terra!
DeleteI could have it wrong, I get things wrong all the time, but I think it is the cheese grater on the left and the walkie talkie on the right. (The walkie talkie looks more like a man's shaver to me!)
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I can admire these new buildings as works of art but I much prefer the older, historical buildings, they have such dignity and lasting beauty.
ReplyDeleteAmalia
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The first large city that I ever saw was London and I am still in amazement over it. It was very different in 1981, lots more older buildings then!
DeleteThe last time I was in London (but not the last time in England) was 1967. I imagine I would be surprised, to say the least. And I am not crazy about change, nor cities with lots of radically different architecture. But I am intrigued.
ReplyDeleteThere is such a mixture in London, a blend of the old and the new but somehow, it all works together.
DeleteMust have been fun to have seen London in the swinging 60's! :-)
Excellent photo. I do love London.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lynn! I will tell Richard you said so.
DeleteWish I was in London right now!
Hi Kay - there's lots of building work going on in London at the moment ... I hadn't taken cognisance of the various buildings though - the skyline is certainly changing. By the time I return it will be very different - and by the time you see it again - also different - yes Richard's photo is good - cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteI had to share these future buildings in London on my blog, I hope to see them myself!
DeleteAlso, hope you are able to cope with all things American...be careful crossing the street!