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Platial | Who and What's Nearby
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Tower 42 (1970-81), Old Broad Street
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City of London, Greater London, EC2
http://www.tower42.co.uk/
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Tower 42, or NatWest Tower as it was originally known, has long reigned over of the City. At 52 storeys and 183 m, this was Britain's tallest building for a decade, before the arrival of the Docklands skyscrapers. Familiarity leads most of us to view this building as rather bland, though that's not entirely fair. The tower is novel for several reasons, and is certainly of a more striking design than the majority of the City's tall buildings. NatWest moved out following a terrorist attack in 1993, but its hallmarks are very much in evidence. View the tower from above, and the three overlapping hexagons are intentionally similar to the NatWest logo.
We may have uncovered another curious feature programmed into the building's design. If you look at aerial views, the three lead faces of the hexagons point with near-perfect alignment towards London's three great markets at Spitalfields, Old Billingsgate and Smithfield. Coincidence? Or symbolism that banking is at the heart of commerce?
If you want to ponder such things from the best of all perspectives, you can attempt to reserve a table at the very top. The Vertigo Bar (http://www.vertigo42.co.uk/index.html), on floor 42, is higher than the London Eye and very, very pricey.
Tower 42, or NatWest Tower as it was originally known, has long reigned over of the City. At 52 storeys and 183 m, this was Britain's tallest building for a decade, before the arrival of the Docklands skyscrapers. Familiarity leads most of us to view this building as rather bland, though that's not entirely fair. The tower is novel for several reasons, and is certainly of a more striking design than the majority of the City's tall buildings. NatWest moved out following a terrorist attack in 1993, but its hallmarks are very much in evidence. View the tower from above, and the three overlapping hexagons are intentionally similar to the NatWest logo.
We may have uncovered another curious feature programmed into the building's design. If you look at aerial views, the three lead faces of the hexagons point with near-perfect alignment towards London's three great markets at Spitalfields, Old Billingsgate and Smithfield. Coincidence? Or symbolism that banking is at the heart of commerce?
If you want to ponder such things from the best of all perspectives, you can attempt to reserve a table at the very top. The Vertigo Bar (http://www.vertigo42.co.uk/index.html), on floor 42, is higher than the London Eye and very, very pricey.
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