I am genuinely amazed at how fast Heron is rising. Considering we're in a recession, this tower really is fighting!

From Liverpool Street Station:


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/1.jpg



http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/2.jpg



http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/3.jpg



http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/5.jpg



http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/6.jpg



http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/7.jpg




At the junction of Wormwood Street/London Wall:

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/8.jpg




London Wall:

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/9.jpg




The same view in 2011........... :)


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/5.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/11.jpg




Then, suddenly... :dizzy:


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/12.jpg



A bunch of animal rights protestors.

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/13.jpg



http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/14.jpg



Bonus pic of City Point:

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/15.jpg

Great photos, Will. ;)

Extra-large vertical pano:


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/pano.jpg

Another great photo, shows the sheer scale of the project and just how fast it is rising. Nice work. :)
(By the way, Will, I'm the guy from YouTube who used your render of the City 2012 skyline in my skyscraper vid and, at your request, gave you credit. :) I've not been a member here for long, so I try and fit in. ;))

Love that bonus photo of Citypoint, a really nice juxtaposition of different buildings.

I can't quite get to grips with how monumental the construction of this tower (and soon the shard) are. Yes, we've had Broadgate and Willis which where interesting in thier own right, but I really think this is landmark (literally) for the City. Not since the Gherkin back in the early 2000's is a tower going to change the skyline of the city forever.

I remember trawling the net for photos of 1CS showing construction photos of that, and tbh decent ones are few and far between. It's amazing seeing the hive of activity and sea of cranes that was the docklands back in the early 90's. The same can be said for this, although now we have a much larger group of people recording the construction of this, so in years of come we'll be able to look back at this starting as that horrible concrete office block to a gleaming skyscraper.

I'm still trying to mentally visualize this in 6 - 12 months time towering above the city, cranes braced to the side, steelwork rising, even the construction is going to have a hugh impact on the skyline.

I know the absence of a concrete core has been discussed on this thread quite a bit, but are they pouring concrete floors in Heron?

...not that I know of. The insider here said that there will be concrete around the steel sheets that go around the emergency stairwell, but I think that's it. Plus, if the floors were concrete, the weight of it all would be enormous.

great photos. Its just incredible to see it being pieced together, bit by bit. How long in the making eh? Well before I joined this forum in 2003!

It will be really visible on the horizon by the summer, another skyscraper people will love and the evening standard will have to live with, we will progress no matter what they say!

Only another 40 floors to go:cheers:

Very nice shots! Are the animal rights people complaining about elephants in circuses again? quite right! Why do we need that again!

think it was against Huntingdon Life Sciences.....they marched towards Gresham Street to protest against one of the other companies in our building....and a right racket they made.

I love how this is gradually poking its way into views all around the area :D

Video: http://www.willfox.com/videos/skyscrapers/herontower/2.wmv

...not that I know of. The insider here said that there will be concrete around the steel sheets that go around the emergency stairwell, but I think that's it. Plus, if the floors were concrete, the weight of it all would be enormous.

They usually pour a concrete topping a few inches thick onto the steel deck for each floor.

Loved the pano by wjfox. Imagined the copper on the bike saying, "move along please, nothing to see here..." Great to see panos now going vertically!

^^Indeed the excape stair blast panels will have a concrete filling inside the box section ribs. The main floor slab will be the usual 4"-6" of concrete. A lot of weight, but that's why the stability frame columns are a metre wide.

^^^^ Thats right. The concrete absorbes the noise from above that steel alone cannot. About 4 inches of concrete I think?

great video - isn't london the greatest city in the world !

I'm normally a bit indifferent to the construction process - but i find this one fascinating, it's different from every angle which makes it all very interesting.

great video - isn't london the greatest city in the world !

Yes....but its not skyscrapers that make it so....its the people and history of the city and its totally unique story through the centuries that make it an unmatched Alpha world city....no other city on the planet has shaped the modern world we live in (for good & bad) as much as London has, over the last 300yrs.

New York....Pfft!!!!, young uncultured pipsqueak, come back in 2000yrs..:lol:

Paris....dont make me laugh...style (over rated) over substance..:lol:

London....bow down, resistance is futile.

Great pics and video Will, appreciate the effort you an otehrs go to to get these to us none-Londony people.

What is the building somewhat obstructing the view of Heron in this shot, if I may ask, don't recognise it, but it seems to be bit of an inconvenience as far as the view goes:

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/heron/construction/heronpics270209/9.jpg

Oh, and what was with the animal rights protestors? Are they using worker monkeys to construct Heron? Because you must have seen 28 Days Later, you know what happens when monkeys are injected with chemicals to stimulate the brain, and animal rights protestors interfere....

What is the building somewhat obstructing the view of Heron in this shot, if I may ask, don't recognise it, but it seems to be bit of an inconvenience as far as the view goes

Broad Street House

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=2528



Oh, and what was with the animal rights protestors? Are they using worker monkeys to construct Heron? Because you must have seen 28 Days Later, you know what happens when monkeys are injected with chemicals to stimulate the brain, and animal rights protestors interfere....

As Jimbo said, they were protesting against Huntingdon Life Sciences.

Just to demonstrate how quickly this building is going up - the two pictures below were taken in roughly the same spot today and last weekend. So one week's progress between them...

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/nihildicit/29Feb09Pics004.jpg

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/nihildicit/1Mar09Pics007.jpg

Given that we haven't had many pics of this place lately ;) a few extra shots from today...

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/nihildicit/1Mar09Pics010.jpg

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/nihildicit/1Mar09Pics011.jpg

Thank you guys for all the updates.

There doesnt seem to be a 3 story internal atrium yet - do those start higher up?
And I take it from the renders, the open side will be on Bishopsgate?

all this talk of heron peeping out above the surrounding buildings is making me want to photograph the spot where it will soon appear, as viewed from aragon tower. i'll do that right now ...

Broad Street House

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=2528
Does anyone know if there are any plans to demolish this thing? Looks ripe for a new development, right in the skyscraper valley as well!

Thank you guys for all the updates.

There doesnt seem to be a 3 story internal atrium yet - do those start higher up?

The full floors are at the 2nd, 5th, 8th etc.

And I take it from the renders, the open side will be on Bishopsgate?

The open side will be to the "North", overlooking Houndsditch. It's not easy to see yet as the only place to get a view is in the narrow Houndsditch lane behind the hoardings.

Some great pics from Nihil... here are a few more from yesterday...

She's starting to appear on the skyline
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/sirstan74/P2280049.jpg

Already starting to feel tall
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/sirstan74/P2280053.jpg

Just in case we're not aware...
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/sirstan74/P2280051.jpg

Stairs...
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/sirstan74/P2280054.jpg
:cheers:

not the clearest of days. according to wjfox's render heron should rise behind the dark building in the centre of the pic. there seem to be cores everywhere, can anyone identify them?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/3318707603_188d2c9245_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3318707975_ebec246cc0_b.jpg

not the clearest of days. according to wjfox's render heron should rise behind the dark building in the centre of the pic. there seem to be cores everywhere, can anyone identify them?


^^

I think they are St Botolphs (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=32937526&postcount=242).

Does anyone know if there are any plans to demolish this thing? Looks ripe for a new development, right in the skyscraper valley as well!

Possibly. There were rumours of a development there back in 2002-3. The site is incredibly tight, though - would be hard to build a skyscraper there unless it had a "thin" footprint like 100 Middlesex.

Bearing in mind you also have a church and small park right next to it.


http://i40.tinypic.com/dr8s9u.jpg

A pretty healthy crane count, considering were are in the midst of a reccession.

Very healthy - London really is fighting this credit crunch! We've got Strata, the Pinnacle, the Shard, Heron Tower and Riverside South all U/C, the Landmark and Pan Peninsula T/O...I've probably missed some out, but just this small list gives you an idea of how much London is going for it! :)

Very healthy - London really is fighting this credit crunch! We've got Strata, the Pinnacle, the Shard, Heron Tower and Riverside South all U/C, the Landmark and Pan Peninsula T/O...I've probably missed some out, but just this small list gives you an idea of how much London is going for it! :)

Ironic considering that not much got built during the previous few years of 'boom'.

It just show's how fast steel framed buildings go up too.

Gonna be a cracker this one!

I'm amazed at how many people I know in and around Shoreditch & City are taking an interest in all the new developments. This recession will turn around in a couple of years and we'll forget all about it and marvel at what we've created. I'm marveling now.

London is rising from the ashes before the fire is out!! Brilliant.

London is rising from the ashes before the fire is out!! Brilliant.

As always!:banana:

It's why London leaves other cities trailing. It'll do the same to New York one day I bet... It's amazing. No matter how much crap it's put through, it comes back bigger and better than ever. I love it!:cheers:

No updates today? They should be starting on the 2 new floors.

I think that's next week.

I'll get a couple of photos tomorrow morning. But there won't be much visible progress. Best time to take photos is every two weeks where they actually put the frame of the next two floors up.

London is rising from the ashes before the fire is out!! Brilliant.

thats propably why when you sing 'Londons burning - Londons burning' the next persons starts the song again after the first line...there is no end to the song. What an eternal City!

I used to worry about how long it took for projects like Heron to actually be up....now I realsie there will be something exiting to look forward to (skyscraperwise) for the rest of my days :)

I used to worry about how long it took for projects like Heron to actually be up....now I realsie there will be something exiting to look forward to (skyscraperwise) for the rest of my days :)

I'm waiting to see what happens in that regard. Will the current flurry of skyscraper activity prove to be a one-off phenomenon, never to be repeated? Or will it open the floodgates to regular new towers over the coming decades. I don't think we know for sure yet.

The only thing stopping them now is the economy. Now that we know they can get PP, they will continue to be proposed should demand be sufficient. There is still a high demand for housing and when the office market picks up we'll see more IMO.

I'm waiting to see what happens in that regard. Will the current flurry of skyscraper activity prove to be a one-off phenomenon, never to be repeated? Or will it open the floodgates to regular new towers over the coming decades. I don't think we know for sure yet.

i know of at least one rather tall building for the central core of the city of london that hasn't yet gone into planning and already has a pre-let. as republica says, there is still high demand for housing, and also hotels in the right places. what we are seeing right now might be unprecedented but we're going to have things gradually go up in the future too.

I'm waiting to see what happens in that regard. Will the current flurry of skyscraper activity prove to be a one-off phenomenon, never to be repeated?

They said that as the last tower block completed in C1970 at the end of the 1960's highrise boom ;)

i know of at least one rather tall building for the central core of the city of london that hasn't yet gone into planning and already has a pre-let.

I know about it too... :)

I know about it too... :)

Pray tell foxy and gothic! Which building might this be?

I'm afraid I'm sworn to secrecy. All I can say is, it's fairly tall for the City, and very likely to go ahead.

I know about it too... :)

Oh come on!

a clue to guess the architect please :D

You shall have to tell me on saturday, James... ;)

Already had a pre let? Big firm looking for big building in london? hmm. err. Pwc?

Already had a pre let? Big firm looking for big building in london? hmm. err. Pwc?

1 Embankment Place plus 7 More London ought to be enough space for PwC in London, unless things have changed significantly since I left last year (and from what I hear, any change has been down rather than up...!).

Deloitte have been the fastest growing PS firm over the last few years, are they looking to centralise a bit more maybe?

Already had a pre let? Big firm looking for big building in london? hmm. err. Pwc?

Nah - it's residential and I've bought the penthouse :)

I'm afraid I'm sworn to secrecy. All I can say is, it's fairly tall for the City, and very likely to go ahead.

Can we get a rough date too? :lol: Sounds good though.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3328051421_f5aa01b309_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/3328051421/in/datetaken/)

Not much progress to see. But here are the rest of the photos I took over an hour ago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/archives/date-taken/2009/03/04/

^^ Thnx, can't believe how quickly this is progressing, certainly prefer steel builds to concrete cores!

i know of at least one rather tall building for the central core of the city of london that hasn't yet gone into planning and already has a pre-let.
I know about it too... :)
You're both cock-teases! :tongue3:

And yet we all come back for more! :yes:

You're both like the girl on the tube train with the really short skirt, who sits opposite you and keeps crossing and un-crossing her legs:nuts:

I bet they don't know..

Perhaps completely irrelevant but I keep seeing lorries with bit of this tower driving towards the site through where I live in Hackney, I find this quite exciting and decided to share.

Get a pic! ;)

I bet they don't know..

haha, you gonna loose that bet. :)

If anybody knows stuff about skyscrapers in London that nobody (or at least hardly anybody) else knows about yet it's those two guys!

So here comes an anticipative dancing banana: :banana:

That's incredible isn't it, lorries with bits of the tower, I wonder if in Dubai, they have rows of camels carrying the whole skyscraper, then they give them quick swift kicks up the backside along the line, to kind of flip the tower into place. Just a thought, anybody know?

I'm afraid I'm sworn to secrecy. All I can say is, it's fairly tall for the City, and very likely to go ahead.

Taller than the Gherkin or T42? Come on you know you want to tell us :lol:


(or you can screw everyone else and PM me ;))

haha, you gonna loose that bet. :)

If anybody knows stuff about skyscrapers in London that nobody (or at least hardly anybody) else knows about yet it's those two guys!

So here comes an anticipative dancing banana: :banana:

Usually people who come out with things like that then turn around and say 'sorry I can't say anything' are talking total bollocks.
What's the point in making everyone agitated over something they're not allowed to hear about?

Just curious, are you the same Dan 87 who vanished ages ago?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=8246

Usually people who come out with things like that then turn around and say 'sorry I can't say anything' are talking total bollocks.
What's the point in making everyone agitated over something they're not allowed to hear about?

I assure you, there's a new tower planned for the main City cluster. I've been contacted by a reliable source directly involved in the project. I can't reveal any more details because my source wishes to remain anonymous!!!

Thanks for the update, it already looks as tall as Kempson House, the taller of the two building previously on site. I'm intrigued about news of this tower in the central core, I can only assume it'd be somewhere around Leadenhall Street or Houndsditch as I can't think of many subtable sites in the City core west of Bishopsgate, can anything be said of the design in the most basic terms? Does it compare favourably with the likes of 122, the Pinnacle and Heron for example?

dunno if its been mentioned but there was a page article in the standard about all the 'scrapers 'on hold' or scrapped.
Whats interesting is that none of the '21' mentioned are on this forum as going ahead,;IE they are all known to be on hold or scrapped.
No suprises.
So be happy gents .

I assure you, there's a new tower planned for the main City cluster. I've been contacted by a reliable source directly involved in the project. I can't reveal any more details because my source wishes to remain anonymous!!!


Is it Jef?

Is it Jef?

You mean the guy we keep banning? Er... no.

Its not the Dan87 who left ages ago, I know that guy and this is most certainly not him.

You mean the guy we keep banning? Er... no.

Relax I'm taking the piss.

Usually people who come out with things like that then turn around and say 'sorry I can't say anything' are talking total bollocks.
What's the point in making everyone agitated over something they're not allowed to hear about?

well, what you missed is that we are just not allowed to hear about it YET so it's a bit like being told you gonna have a present just not yet what it will be - often the anticipation of the present is more fun than the present itself!

And as a newbie you cannot really know but without wjfox the London forum wouldn't be the same and without gothic the whole forum wouldn't even exist - that's why what "usually" is true for "people" doesn't apply here!

I assure you, there's a new tower planned for the main City cluster. I've been contacted by a reliable source directly involved in the project. I can't reveal any more details because my source wishes to remain anonymous!!!

That's fine if your source wants to remain anonymous, but could you give us any clues as to when this project is going to be announced, if at all?

Being tall though and saying it will probably go ahead, means that it will be disliked by EH and ANOTHER public enquiry will most definately happen, I do hope this is not the case but look at the evidence.

I am at a loss as to why this subject was raised at all!

If I was told not to mention anything the last thing I would do is hint at it on a forum where there are enough sensible people to come to the right conlusions and therefore it would no longer be a secret!

Perhaps the developers expected as much would happen and told the right people knowing they couldnt keep their mouths shut...just to test the water you see ;) :lol:

I am at a loss as to why this subject was raised at all!
If I was told not to mention anything the last thing I would do is hint at it on a forum where there are enough sensible people to come to the right conlusions and therefore it would no longer be a secret!

Perhaps the developers expected as much would happen and told the right people knowing they couldnt keep their mouths shut...just to test the water you see ;) :lol:

Just to show off

What thread is this again...no seriously, I'm getting lost :dunno:

More piccies!

i'll get some on saturday

I am at a loss as to why this subject was raised at all!

That's exactly my point.

Anyway, I admit I don't know about the people who posted about a new project just I've seen it plenty of times before, where people start rumours like that on an internet forum just to stir some excitement.

And no I'm not anyone who used to post, just a total newbie.

dan, you're going to be pleasantly surprised :)

Its not particularly good for people who are not in the know for people to see several posts from different people about what might be coming.

Fair enough one person mentioning somethings in the pipeline but can't say yet but for others to pop on & continue with it is just frustrating for everybody else.

Can we please start a new thread so those of us less informed can speculate on this potential city building and leave this thread to the wonderful Heron tower?.... (personally I'd guess at a 180m Donald Trump 6star hotel filing the gap between 20FS and the main cluster...)

Cheers in advance, looking forward to the pics, still waiting for the chance to get down there to see it myself while its still early days.

And so she appears.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3335792166_c1b2d3abc8_b.jpg

That's great, not even the red man on the crossing can stop this one rising. There's going to be a great view of this growing from that perspective.

Work on floors 7/8 apprears to have started.

There were hoisting the T-sections into place today...

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/07Mar2009003.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/07Mar2009004.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/07Mar2009005.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/07Mar2009006.jpg

A couple more floors after that and it will start to make an impact on the skyline.

Nice pics everyone, thanks. It's nice to see those close up shots. It's not everyday you see workman actually doing some work.

I think this has been/ and is the most satisfying build to watch of all scrapers in London of recent times, not least because of the time it has taken to see the light of day. Hats off to Ronson and Heron for flying in the face of the downturn and recognising that the will be light at the end of the tunnel economically. Just wish British Land would take note with Leadenhall! Are there any pre-lets yet, does anybody know. And is the fish tank staying?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/eddyk2/017.jpg

I took a pic of the same thing today.

I was there around 11:30am

11.30.... thats about the time I was there :\

Nice pics everyone, thanks. It's nice to see those close up shots. It's not everyday you see workman actually doing some work.

... bit unfair really ... if these guys didn't work their ass off the thing wouldn't get built. Would it?

11.30.... thats about the time I was there :\

me too!


http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7564.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7573.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7576.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7578.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7579.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7580.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7581.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7584.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7586.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7587.jpg

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7588.jpg



i would just like to thank the metropolitan police force for not stopping and searching me this time! presumably they had something worthwile to do yesterday. :|

great updates everyone.

http://www.nickgrayson.net/ssc/7%20march%202009%20london/heron%20tower%20construction/IMG_7573.jpg

^ two things: 1) is it just me or has the demolition of that drab block and erection (careful) in its place of heron given a new lease of life to that medley of old buildings facing the station (a couple of which could do with a good clean)? 2) reminds me just how congested it gets outside that part of LFC street station - rush hour is going to be madness when heron empties out.

i agree, a good skyscraper will improve the desirability of the area around it and encourage landlords to smarten their buildings up as they will become in more demand.
a 6 storey 80s pomo piece of rubbish however isn't going to improve the area's desirability and certainly isn't going to bring life into the city at the weekend. with enough good architecture in the city perhaps one day it will be full of life after hours and some actual half decent shops and venues will open? the only way i see to keep bringing good architecture to the city is by building upwards. it's the only cost effective way.

"i would just like to thank the metropolitan police force for not stopping and searching me this time! presumably they had something worthwile to do yesterday"

You could thank the Met, but it's not our ground, Bishopsgate is policed by the City of London police, and I doubt they had anything better to do!!!

That big red brick gabled honker in the middle of Comdot's pic isn't exactly easy on the eye. 80s rebuild?

:lol: then i will give thanks to all the police of london for leaving me alone from shoreditch to bishopsgate to the docklands :)

a 6 storey 80s pomo piece of rubbish however isn't going to improve the area's desirability and certainly isn't going to bring life into the city at the weekend. with enough good architecture in the city perhaps one day it will be full of life after hours and some actual half decent shops and venues will open?

I think for that to happen residential and hotel space will have to start encroaching on the City, to get people in to give pubs and clubs people to serve. But the CoL are finally beginning to relax their anti-residential stance slightly, it seems, and with this comes the chance to turn the City into a more vibrant place, give it some soul. The CoL is of course opposed to the erosion of office floorspace in favour of other uses, but if the general density in the city were to increase significantly it would allow this to potentially happen. Now of course i'd like to see this increase come in the form of more soaring towers (personally for example i'm not the biggest fan of the Pinnacle in the world in its finalised design, and would like to see something with a little more wow factor take the crown in the future), but just a general City-wide replacement where practical of a few generic 4-8 storey buildings with 12-15ers would allow the inclusion of a bit of hotel/residential while maintaining or increasing the amount of office space, and generally make it more profitable for entertainment providers to locate there, and extend opening hours.

I love the architecture of the City, but I do wish there was a bit more life in it. Plus having the experience of staggering out of a pub at 12 into a sea of skyscrapers and light is quite an experience...though CW does offer that opportunity :D

@ Ismail...But you ARE the law ;)

:lol:@ Ismail...But you ARE the law ;)

Heron is now visible from my office.

I work in a 10th floor office in the West End. I can see it rising on the skyline with T42 and SwissRe. :cool:

I'll post a photo later.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1175/sta70242.jpg
From the top of St Pauls i think you can just see it popping out, to the left/bottom of the brown building. Drapers Gardens redevelopment not looking that great.

Drapers Gardens redevelopment not looking that great.

Ha, somewhat of an understatement.. it looks utterly ghastly! Thank god it's not any taller. Seriously, I mean, did they even employ an architect?!

Still..I think the windows have a covering that is to be removed.

The more beautiful skyscrapers of London!

It's great to see that Heron already matches the height of most of its surrounding buildings.

Taken ~8.20am today. They've started on the next 2 floors.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/3348134645_7d4c82a2d0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/3348134645/)

Others taken today

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/archives/date-taken/2009/03/12/

Thanks for the update ghost101.

Also great Flickr album! Nice work. :)

They were lifting a big red nose on it when, i walked past earlier today, it's now stuck to the front of the building on the 5th and 6th floors.:lol:
Almost everyone walking past looks up and chuckles

^^excellent. someone get a pic please!

They were lifting a big red nose on it when, i walked past earlier today, it's now stuck to the front of the building on the 5th and 6th floors.:lol:
Almost everyone walking past looks up and chuckles

Not so much red nose, red pineapple IMHO. But still worth a chuckle...

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/13Mar2009014.jpg

A few more pics from today.

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/13Mar2009016.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/13Mar2009017.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/13Mar2009015.jpg

We've all waited so long for this it's amazing how quickly it is finally rising :cool:

The cranes will need to be tied in and increased in height soon.
I think they are already as high as they can be without being secured to the building.

taken from a bus two days ago

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3350827902_79e566ec95.jpg?v=0

And a few from me;

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/130309021.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/130309030.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/130309028.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/130309029.jpg

Its clearly visible from Liverpool Street now. A lot of people will begin to know about the building now.

A shame we can't get this thread to the top of google. Not even on the first page and yet somehow skyscraperpage's dormant thread is.

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/fit3xl/130309030.jpg


Now that really shows just how high this tower already is!

That second shot, Fitz.. crikey!!

8 floors and already looming over its neighbouring area, and 100MS for an added bonus!

a lot of 'to let' signs up london wall there

It'll be as high as St Helens soon.

portsmouth's own baby heron! :)

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2032

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/2032NumberOnePortsmouth_pic1.jpg

:happy: awwww

That second shot, Fitz.. crikey!!

8 floors and already looming over its neighbouring area, and 100MS for an added bonus!

It's a breathtaking piece of construction - great credit to everyone involved!

She's flying up like a rocket! Nice pics.

It's finally beginning to get really exciting. No doubt it will be about the same height as 99 Bishopsgate in around late May. When is cladding scheduled to start?

:happy: awwww

I know I love tiny weeny babies too...such cute little toes;)

very nice pics indeed. i would also like to know when they're going to start on the cladding. now THAT is going to be exciting.

Wolverhampton's own baby Heron! :happy:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j129/van_heckler/8-14.jpg


(still u/c obviously!)

^^ It looks like a concrete core with loads of portacabins stuck to it!?!?

Anyway re: Heron, what height do we reckon this is now? I guess about 40m

^^ It looks like a concrete core with loads of portacabins stuck to it!?!?

Got it in one! These "portacabins" will be further cladded in timber by the looks of it and will stretch all the way up the 75m tower. O/T, so here's the thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=639676&page=13)

How bizarre! Looks horrendous at the moment, but the renders look a bit more promising. I just hope there isn't gas in the building because 1 explosion and it looks like it would come down like a pack of cards!! Whereas Heron looks like it would withstand a H-bomb (just keeping my post on-thread there)

Herons not even 30 meters yet, and it's already looming over it's neighbours.
it looks huge in it footprint

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN COULD I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1151/526610304_89796e914b_b.jpg

Courtesy of DarJoLe, who remembers this? It's been a long time but we're getting there slowly!

I cannot believe heron is already taller than most of the near low rise buildings! Sorry, how many floors is it? I looked at the picture but I do not know if they are counting the wider gap between the ground floor and what looks to be the first floor off the ground as two floors? I'm guessing nine floors looking at the first of the latest posts of heron so far (counting the wide gap just off the ground). Liking those baby herons also :)

well by the looks of it heron is the equivalent to twelve floors now... so more than 30 metres, more like between 40ish and 50ish. it's a little under quarter done in terms of height :)

They seem to be on the actual 8th and 9th floor, but with the high first floor definatley more than 30m as Gothic says

Ah ok cheers for that :). Well either way I'm impressed, because its quite beefy as well as the height its going to be.

Anyway re: Heron, what height do we reckon this is now? I guess about 40m

Currently erecting levels 9 & 10.

The lobby to level 2 is 12m high and each floor above this is 4.1m. So a good guess would be about 45m.

Yeah, I'd say around 40m. And if we just say that the main structure is 200m (actually 202) this is probably around 1/5 of its height at present, which is pretty good progress. :)

These latest 2 floors have really pulled Heron above the surrounding buildings

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/sirstan74/DSC_0078.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/sirstan74/DSC_0080.jpg

......

We will have by the end of 2005 51 lime st (althogh not that tall - will still be the 4th tallest in the city & at present something like the 3rd tallest inconstruction in the UK), NPW, Pan P & Broadgate. I daresay a few more will be rising this time next year , epeccially if the towers inSouthwark dont get called in for PI's due ot sightlines.

Theres definately a group of forumers who always see the glass as half empty & then thers another group who see it as half full all the time- Which is good as otherwise the forum would get dull ;)

Hmmm yes! Good predictions compared to some of the negative stuff at the time.

Worth a quickie off the wrist reminder while we're looking



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/BishopsHouse.jpg

Here's some closeups of the structure:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/HeronandHeronPlazatransparent.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/StructuralBracingandVillages.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/UpperpartofthetowerfromLiverpoolStr.jpg

An of the foyer, the restaurant bar:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/HeronFoyer.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/HeronTowerRestaurantBar.jpg

Here's some fascinating information about the lighting scheme and the solar panels:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/HeronfromGracechurchStreetatnight.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/HeronTowerlightingdetails.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/MoreLightingInfo.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/HeronTowerSolarinfo.jpg

And wireframes of how all the approved projects will look. This will be of benefit to Will as it has more accurate impressions of how tall the Willis Building will look from Waterloo Bridge.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/ConsentedDevelopment.jpg

And from Somerset House and the Embankment:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/FromSomersetHouse.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/FromEmbankment.jpg

Here's the Gantt Chart:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/GanttChart.jpg

The Gant chart suggests the curtain walling/cladding should be starting very soon - the superstructure was if anything ahead of schedule.

See the spokes for the stairs

These latest 2 floors have really pulled Heron above the surrounding buildings

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/sirstan74/DSC_0078.jpg

See the spokes for the stairs

These latest 2 floors have really pulled Heron above the surrounding buildings

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/sirstan74/DSC_0078.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/HeronTowerSolarinfo.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/HeronFoyer.jpg

thats the first time i've noticed the aquarium in the foyer.. wowsers (that's if they still go ahead with it in this economical climate..

if they do go ahead with it, i can imagine a lot of people standing outside watching.. certainly wouldn't be bored as a receptionist, either!

thats the first time i've noticed the aquarium in the foyer.. wowsers (that's if they still go ahead with it in this economical climate..

if they do go ahead with it, i can imagine a lot of people standing outside watching.. certainly wouldn't be bored as a receptionist, either!

I've seen the footprint of the aquarium in the concrete slab on site, although on my last visit it was covered up with materials. My only question is how do they intend to clean it?

I've seen the footprint of the aquarium in the concrete slab on site, although on my last visit it was covered up with materials. My only question is how do they intend to clean it?
My thoughts too .. will passers by be treated to a scuba diver scraping algae from the glass. (Will avoid comparisions about big fish eating small fish .. or big cats perhaps!)

Seriously though, a fresh water tank won't be *too* bad. A marine tank will be really impressive though - half the basement will have to be set aside for filtration equipment.

looky looky

lovely day for it:

appearing from up Bishopsgate
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8972/img2578.jpg

Cranes going upwards
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7624/img2579.jpg

a solid beast
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1456/img2581x.jpg

old spire and new spires
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3778/img2582.jpg

nearly ready for more floorage action
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2655/img2583ihc.jpg

new section of the stairwell in
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3815/img2584d.jpg

many more of others to follow later today :)

Ooooolala look at it poking above the rooftops down Bishopsgate - to think just how long we've waited for a moment like this (i feel a bad song coming....)

Looks like there are ready to jack those cranes up.

Half the size of St Helens already! Cor blimey.

I think it's more like 40m. And St Helens is 118m so it's about one-third of that now.

Today
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/DSC01981.jpg

A view from The Monument today.

Finally breaking into the skyline.

:)

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/15Mar2009011.jpg

here's a few more details ...

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv339/BorderBoy3/heron2.jpg

up, up and away

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv339/BorderBoy3/heron1.jpg

crane adjustments

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv339/BorderBoy3/heron3.jpg

A view from The Monument today.

Finally breaking into the skyline.

:)

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/15Mar2009011.jpg

what's it like at the monument these days?

Earlier today in sunny london:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/archives/date-taken/2009/03/16/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3358956121_726a86e32a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/3358956121/in/datetaken/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3359770594_cbee86405f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/3359770594/in/datetaken/)

Cheers for them, looking gd!

just went to have a quick look at the building as i work nearby.

in my opinion it looks bigger in the photos. doesn't seem mammoth in real life.

just went to have a quick look at the building as i work nearby.

in my opinion it looks bigger in the photos. doesn't seem mammoth in real life.

I agree. I think it's the small footprint. The positive side of this is that it's going to really seem to soar :)

what's it like at the monument these days?

Despite having lived in central London for over 9 years, I'd never been up the Monument until now - and given that it has recently been refurbed, last Sunday seemed like an ideal opportunity to check it out.

The view from the top is great. However, as someone else has mentioned recently on this forum, rather than use a cage or something similar to enclose the viewing platform, they have used narrow gauge wire mesh (with holes c.40mm in diameter), presumably to reduce the visual impact from a distance. However it means it's extremely difficult to take unobstructed photos using a decent SLR camera, or anything with a lens that can't be poked through the holes in the mesh. (It's not like people will want to take photo's while they are up there.... doh!)

Other than that, it will be a great vantage point to view some of the latest additions to London's skyline and is well worth a visit on a sunny day.

Despite having lived in central London for over 9 years, I'd never been up the Monument until now - and given that it has recently been refurbed, last Sunday seemed like an ideal opportunity to check it out.

The view from the top is great. However, as someone else has mentioned recently on this forum, rather than use a cage or something similar to enclose the viewing platform, they have used narrow gauge wire mesh (with holes c.40mm in diameter), presumably to reduce the visual impact from a distance. However it means it's extremely difficult to take unobstructed photos using a decent SLR camera, or anything with a lens that can't be poked through the holes in the mesh. (It's not like people will want to take photo's while they are up there.... doh!)

Other than that, it will be a great vantage point to view some of the latest additions to London's skyline and is well worth a visit on a sunny day.

thanks :)

i saw a pic of the new mesh, wasn't sure how fine it is. looks disappointing compared to the old iron bars which i know a lens could fit through. i've never been there though. i don't think i am particularly excited about going up there now thanks to the mesh. i reckon it might be safety reasons. oh joy!

wonder, did they have ... Ye Olde Healf and Safetie regurlations ... in 17th Century

wonder, did they have ... Ye Olde Healf and Safetie regurlations ... in 17th Century

^^

:lol:

still no sign yet from aragon tower, should be any minute now... (taken saturday 15th march):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3607/3362938309_ff50027b8e_b.jpg

It will appear there no doubt with the next two floors.
What are those blue cranes constructing ?

nice view matey, and I guess a rather fine zoom lens?

it's got a fine range but is by no means expensive or professional. it's a panasonic lumix fz-18. glad you like the view - you should come to the aragon tower visit ...

It's crane city out there!

It's crane city out there!

It's cranes in every direction at the moment...

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/15Mar2009017.jpg

it's got a fine range but is by no means expensive or professional. it's a panasonic lumix fz-18. glad you like the view - you should come to the aragon tower visit ...

I use the same. Bloody excellent camera.

^^ indeed it is. i believe chest has this camera too.

just went to have a quick look at the building as i work nearby.

in my opinion it looks bigger in the photos. doesn't seem mammoth in real life.

It depends on where you view the tower from. Walking down Bishopsgate towards Liverpool st station, the view really makes this building big and bulky.

http://i40.tinypic.com/wl2mn6.jpghttp://i44.tinypic.com/161nyj9.jpg

Noon today.

What's kinda nice and that I have just noticed myself is that this building forms almost one of a terrace and is flush up against the street. In this respect it will add to its soar and just sits alongside the older buildings on the street in a new yorkesk kind of way.

I agree. I think Tower 42 would be more spectacular if it was right on Bishopsgate rather than set back on the podium.

the podium is soooo last year :)

What's kinda nice and that I have just noticed myself is that this building forms almost one of a terrace and is flush up against the street. In this respect it will add to its soar and just sits alongside the older buildings on the street in a new yorkesk kind of way.

I take it this will still sadly have bollards in front of it and have a neutral area rather than be totally flush against the road?

Sad, but inevitable in today times.

^^ Nice wide pavements. (That's what I tell myself every day as I negotiate the "streetscape improvement" works on Whitehall...)

An idea as to how much progress there has been so far & how much there is still to go.Its gonna be one big bastard :)

http://i39.tinypic.com/6pn39e.jpg

BTW -Skanska have updated their project website for the first time since November with some exciting news.

http://www.skanska.co.uk/en/Projects2/Heron-Tower/News-updates/Red-Nose-Day-2009/

Glad to see they are putting such effort into updating their informative website ;)

Awesome. :)

It's going to be a strange sight to the average person though - a massive f**k off skyscraper rising in the middle of a deep recession, with all these banks being bailed out. This tower will be hated by the public, I imagine.

Glad to see they are putting such effort into updating their informative website

Bit pathetic isn't it. And they can't even put a webcam up.

http://i44.tinypic.com/161nyj9.jpg
Whoa! Best shot of the thread so far...possibly! Nowhere else in the entire world can you see such a street scene as this, the old styles from different ages combining in harmony right next to the very latest bit of 21st century architecture! Love it! Between this and LBTs piles it's turning out to be a great first quarter to 2009!

This tower will be hated by the public, I imagine.
You know what, screw the public! I've only been around on this site for a few years now, but in that time I've seen numerous articles and press statements from people bashing some wonderful skyscrapers, both proposed and already built, and I've often let it rile me up at their ignorance of great architecture (freedom of speech aside...), but I realise now that after all this time, Heron IS being built, the Shard IS being built...the Pinnicle IS being built (pretty sure anyway... ;) ) and there's not a dam thing they can do about it! They will either love it or lump it, if they cannot appreciate quality, it's their loss, it doesn't make them bad people, it just means they won't have a seat reserved at God's special table!

This tower will be hated by the public, I imagine.

Why do I get the feeling that people on here believe that Joe Public thinks tall buildings are the enemy and shouldn't be going up?

I don't think your average Londoner on the street will give much of a hoot about this building - the Shard might make a blip on some people's radar, but that's about it. Sure, some will moan and complain, but in my experience most Londoners are oblivious to new buildings unless they're in the area they live in.

Council Tax, Crime, Education, Health....these are things the mass public have strong opinions on (vocal NIMBYs and 'local' opposition groups make up a relatively small part of the population)

Exactly, if anything people will be interested in what's going up, up and up around them.
Some people won't like them, some people won't give two steamy shits and others will love it, same with most things. It's not a them against us situation like some posts have made it out to seem.

I think the average Londoner feels affection for the Gherkin. We've got to remember that whilst yer man in the street doesn't think about these things in massive detail, they do care about how the city looks. Of course, if all the views are from strange, untravelled spots or helicopters or whatever, they won't care. This building probably goes about its business too quietly to make a real impact but people will sit up and take notice of the shard. Maybe they won't "care" in the same way they care about immigration or whatever but they will have an opinion.

I think once it's complete The Shard will become a much loved landmark - but it will be interesting to see how people react to it whilst it's under construction. Heron, on the other hand, is a fairly conservative design, and is already tucked in amongst some other talls - i actually don't think many people who live away from The City will even notice it.

I think so too the building probably won't be controversial because its design is somewhat tame compared to the Gherkin but will add much needed height to the cluster until the Pinnacle rises.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/eddyk2/heron.jpg


Made this as an idea of how it will fill the skyline out from CW.


P.S
I know the tower is the wrong away around.

^^ Nice wide pavements. (That's what I tell myself every day as I negotiate the "streetscape improvement" works on Whitehall...)

They are all about putting in barriers to stop truck bombs, notice how around the treasury they wall sits in the middle of the pavements, just taking up space.

Awesome. :)

It's going to be a strange sight to the average person though - a massive f**k off skyscraper rising in the middle of a deep recession, with all these banks being bailed out. This tower will be hated by the public, I imagine.

I can already hear the press articles bleating on about 'will it be filled' and Simon Jenkins jumping up and down about 'how uneconomical skyscrapers are'.

Given that the last major skyscraper to be built in the city was the gherkin, I think the public will feel a bit let down with Heron. They'd have probably expected something more fancy - show-off architecture rather than a glass money-making box.

Google street maps out today. You can get a real sense of the space that the tower is consuming see it http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=heron+tower&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=17.654694,39.550781&ie=UTF8&ll=51.516324,-0.081392&spn=0,359.998793&t=h&z=20&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=51.516402,-0.081322&panoid=RKRBSxcYdXmTMmUs3Y1nPQ&cbp=12,93.59499651384918,,0,15.200000000000005

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/eddyk2/heron.jpg
.

nice one.....but you seem to have run over the top with your pen....

...oh yes sorry thats the spire/kneedle/pole/prick that makes it 246m

;)

Google street maps out today. You can get a real sense of the space that the tower is consuming see it http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=heron+tower&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=17.654694,39.550781&ie=UTF8&ll=51.516324,-0.081392&spn=0,359.998793&t=h&z=20&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=51.516402,-0.081322&panoid=RKRBSxcYdXmTMmUs3Y1nPQ&cbp=12,93.59499651384918,,0,15.200000000000005

lol, i love the random floating cherry picker :lol:

good work eddyk, can someone add the pinnacle - oh please :)

Awesome. :)

It's going to be a strange sight to the average person though - a massive f**k off skyscraper rising in the middle of a deep recession, with all these banks being bailed out. This tower will be hated by the public, I imagine.I think it will give the public confidence to see this rising - a visible symbol of London's economic resilience and recovery.

exactly - New Yorkers have been arrogant since 1924 :lol:

Google Maps provides a great street level view of the site and surrounding area. Check it out -

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bishopsgate,+London&sll=51.504441,-0.018012&sspn=0.008922,0.01766&ie=UTF8&ll=51.521348,-0.077012&spn=0,359.974186&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=51.516872,-0.081088&panoid=SiTwqc4_dCIbNTpTqoHIOA&cbp=12,179.0903279933268,,0,-7.568578553615957

Click and drag to zoom in/move around.

:lol: always first with the news

I forget what an utterly appalling state that part of the actual street is in.. it's an awful mess!

still no sign yet from aragon tower, should be any minute now... (taken saturday 15th march):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3607/3362938309_ff50027b8e_b.jpg

Cheers for the pic, but what is the blue building in the background? Its near the centre of the pic but to the left slightly, only the clad looks a splitting image to the still under construction one new york street in Manchester.

Ropemaker Place.

Not ropemaker but thingymagica, the reclad job with the random cladding.

Not ropemaker but thingymagica, the reclad job with the random cladding.

Dashwood House

Ah ok cheers, really looks like 1 new york street though, just thought I'd point it out.
And to the topic, really impressed with the current progress of Heron so far. Going to be fun watching it suprass every current building in 'the city of' london.

:lol: always first with the news

lol - I missed hardhatty's post. I was reading the previous page and replied before I saw it.

A selection from todays photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/archives/date-taken/2009/03/20/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3370114681_8b97c0369a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/3370114681/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3370129145_8c3002b37d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/3370129145/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/3370125113_688ebcb7d8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/3370125113/)

Whats this? They've started the next two floors already? There goes the 2 floors a fortnight rule.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3370121793_ea3e071f3a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28418222@N02/3370121793/in/datetaken/)

I saw it today for myself, it's looking great - although i must agree with the person who said earlier on that it currently looks taller in the pics than in real life, i think because the massing fits in quite well with the existing buildings

Do we know the date when cladding begins?

I saw it today for myself, it's looking great - although i must agree with the person who said earlier on that it currently looks taller in the pics than in real life, i think because the massing fits in quite well with the existing buildings

Stand right next to it and you get a better sense of the scale. I thinks its because the floors are actually quite big. Look at the workers on the floors. I'd say its 40m now with the 2 new floors.

Yes, I too thought that might be the case even though I havent seen it myself, because from looking at the pics it DOES look so wide, once its about double the current height, I reckon then it really will look very high.

I wasn't expecting floors 11 and 12 this soon! Wow!

Wow, so the actual structure is almost one quarter complete in terms of height! :)

talk about 'giving evils' in that last pic :|..

What a beast (the tower, that is!)

Just noticed in the latter 2 pics you can see people with orange jackets. Look at the thing on a pulley system. They look like ants.

Was in London the latter half of this week on a course so managed to get into the city after work. Took dozens of photos of Heron but here are some of a selection. The project is really something everyone should get to see, it's really quite amazing seeing it in the flesh, although it's a massive project in itself the actual tower footprint is very small and it's very boxed in on it's little island. This should make it really soar.

It seems to be shooting up, new steelwork arriving and lots of noise on the site, and to think this is barely a quarter of it's full height.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6963/dsc0011tag.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4843/dsc0017nmm.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3168/dsc0023k.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2247/dsc0032msp.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4654/dsc0033wlr.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1388/dsc0034q.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1973/dsc0086g.jpg

Here's a couple of photos of Heron that I took on Thursday morning. The first was before the Vertical Rush charity event, and the second was after I'd finished at the top of the NatWest Tower at Vertigo 42.

It is growing very quickly. I expect that by the end of Spring time it may well be visible from Waterloo Bridge.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/HeronTowerunderconstructionfromLond.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/dominiccherry1/55Bishopsgate.jpg

^^

Great pics.

Where was the last one taken from???

Is it just me or has Crane 3 been jacked up?

Where was the last one taken from???

Er... isn't it obvious?

Great pics Dom! I think Langur mentioned he was doing that run - were you with him?

Edit: I've just noticed your thread in the Skybar. :)

Snapped this with my phone on the way to Cambridge last weekend:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg51/DaiB_photo/DSC00889.jpg

like hair, it will soon arrive at that difficult height (length) where I hope the money wont run out!

Er... isn't it obvious?

Yeah, now that you mention it - I guess there aren't that many 42 storey vantage points in the City.
:nuts:

Great pics Dom! I think Langur mentioned he was doing that run - were you with him?I didn't do it. Dom invited me but I realised I had to raise £200 in fundraising merely to take part. I also had an exam yesterday.

i love that one from tower 42... its the first picture where i get a real sense of what this building will look like (exluding renders)

Just crossed Waterloo Bridge this morning, if you know where to look, you can see the top most white frame now!!!!

Just crossed Waterloo Bridge this morning, if you know where to look, you can see the top most white frame now!!!!

:banana::banana::banana:

Just crossed Waterloo Bridge this morning, if you know where to look, you can see the top most white frame now!!!!

Quick someone send an email to Simon Jenkins telling him the good news ;)

Quick someone send an email to Simon Jenkins telling him the good news ;)

:lol: :hahaha:

Nice one, I lolzed. :lol:

...

What's his email address? ;)

:D

Cracking stuff. Having crept above its neighbours now this will start popping up into sight from all sorts of places.

Quick someone send an email to Simon Jenkins telling him the good news ;)

Careful now, don't want him to have a seizure!:lol:

He probably already has. ;)

The guys working on the top floor of Heron can now look onto the Pinnacle site... do you think they get quite smug when they see, what can compared to the crisp and efficient construction of Heron, the messy site?

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu354/roman_meyer/Heron2.jpg

These are the new information posts:

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu354/roman_meyer/HeronA.jpg
http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu354/roman_meyer/HeronB.jpg

oh, and sorry about the crappy quality... I really should buy a proper camera

Just crossed Waterloo Bridge this morning, if you know where to look, you can see the top most white frame now!!!!

Yes, I went there earlier and saw it... barely visible, but it's there if you stand in the right place.

Anyway, I was just about to take a photo when suddenly, this happened -

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=832656

:ohno:

Hmm, very odd. I hope the guy's OK.

Just crossed Waterloo Bridge this morning, if you know where to look, you can see the top most white frame now!!!!

indeed heron is also now visible from aragon tower! as promised here is my dancing :banana:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3374538481_dfa5265fb9_b.jpg

Will is my hero :)

:banana: :banana: :banana: