LONDON | The Shard | 306m | 1004ft | 73 fl | Com

[Swiddle]

Originally Posted by AliP95

And in these shots you can see bundles of rope being lowered down the building, i saw them being lowered, does anyone know why the were doing this?
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Bundles of rope by Ali Pugh 95, on Flickr

Testing rappelling equipment for the window washers?

[gazzab1990]

Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy

The bent poles are most likely that way from expansion and contraction, something kinda hard to prevent.

Actually if you look closely, it seems to be the entire sections of cladding that are badly fitted and wonky, not just the poles.