Comments on: A Debate on Modern Architecture http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/06/19/a-debate-on-modern-architecture/ MP for Wantage and Didcot Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Leslie Ferris http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/06/19/a-debate-on-modern-architecture/#comment-11072 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:21:26 +0000 http://edvaizey.mpblogs.com/2007/06/19/a-debate-on-modern-architecture/#comment-11072 Good for you Ed! I totally agree. Simon Jenkins, from what I have heard, is not in favour of ANY highrise architecture no matter where it is. It is a good thing then, going on your arguments, that the Shard is not in the wrong location. After watching Peter Ackroyd's show about London the other day, it has been re-afirmed that the Shard is far enough away from any worlds heritage sites to not cause damage to cherished views or over shadow them. What IS in the wrong location however, is the Potters Fields development. If you spoke out against Potters fields, and of course the dreaded Thistle Hotel, as opposed to going on a wild goose chase against The Shard that is ultimately doomed to failure, you would gain all of my respect and support. Potters Fields image: http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/804SherlockHolmesBacksPottersFieldsCampaign_pic1.jpg Good for you Ed! I totally agree. Simon Jenkins, from what I have heard, is not in favour of ANY highrise architecture no matter where it is.

It is a good thing then, going on your arguments, that the Shard is not in the wrong location. After watching Peter Ackroyd’s show about London the other day, it has been re-afirmed that the Shard is far enough away from any worlds heritage sites to not cause damage to cherished views or over shadow them. What IS in the wrong location however, is the Potters Fields development. If you spoke out against Potters fields, and of course the dreaded Thistle Hotel, as opposed to going on a wild goose chase against The Shard that is ultimately doomed to failure, you would gain all of my respect and support.

Potters Fields image:
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/804SherlockHolmesBacksPottersFieldsCampaign_pic1.jpg

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