Proposed Corporation of London Tower - 1930s

mediadave · August 5th, 2009, 03:48 PM

Hey guys. I've heard about - on this site - a proposed tower that the Corporation of London intended to build back in the 1930s or 40s. It was in the Gothic style and would have been directly behind the Guildhall, but was abandoned following WW2 due to lack of money/ changing public mood etc.

Does anyone have any other information on this tower? Or even a picture of what it would have looked like?

EDIT - sorry, tried to edit my title so that its more obvious as the question it is, but no dice.

fitz44 · August 5th, 2009, 04:31 PM

Proposed in 1944 apparantly - but purely a vision, sketched by two architects Kenneth Lindy and Winton Lewis.

PFarrey · August 5th, 2009, 06:55 PM

Wow wish it was built! Reminds me of a NY skyscraper. Any ideas of height?

Madman · August 5th, 2009, 07:34 PM

Reminds me more of the wedding cake towers of Moscow and Warsaw.

fitz44 · August 5th, 2009, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PFarrey

Wow wish it was built! Reminds me of a NY skyscraper. Any ideas of height?

Supposedly 500 ft but I think that was just a random height plucked out of the air!

fitz44 · August 5th, 2009, 07:51 PM

Even earlier at 1904 and a contender for the first tall building "proper" ever proposed for London is this Beresford Pite design for a new St Barts Hopital;

Comdot · August 5th, 2009, 09:30 PM

this all reminds me of quay street tower in manchester, 1948, proposed and rejected. 110 metres. would have been the tallest highrise in europe.

Jamandell (d69) · August 5th, 2009, 10:55 PM

That hospital looks like something from a horror film!

Sesquip · August 5th, 2009, 11:48 PM

"your girlfriend lives in the penthouse apartment in spook central" indeed!

Black Cat · August 15th, 2009, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitz44

Even earlier at 1904 and a contender for the first tall building "proper" ever proposed for London is this Beresford Pite design for a new St Barts Hopital;

Fitz44: How serious was this proposal?

Republica · August 16th, 2009, 03:47 PM

If that hospital had ever been built, I reckon every medical scandal and tragedy in the country would have happened there. Harold Shipman would have applied for a job there.

high_flyer · August 19th, 2009, 01:29 PM

It looks like Arkham Asylum in Gotham City...

August 5th, 2009, 03:48 PM	#1
mediadave Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London Posts: 395 Likes (Received): 1	Question - Proposed Corporation of London Tower - 1930s Hey guys. I've heard about - on this site - a proposed tower that the Corporation of London intended to build back in the 1930s or 40s. It was in the Gothic style and would have been directly behind the Guildhall, but was abandoned following WW2 due to lack of money/ changing public mood etc. Does anyone have any other information on this tower? Or even a picture of what it would have looked like? EDIT - sorry, tried to edit my title so that its more obvious as the question it is, but no dice. Last edited by mediadave; August 5th, 2009 at 04:12 PM.

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fitz44 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,203 Likes (Received): 6	Proposed in 1944 apparantly - but purely a vision, sketched by two architects Kenneth Lindy and Winton Lewis. __________________ London Random and Unseen Photos; http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=637985

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fitz44 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,203 Likes (Received): 6	Even earlier at 1904 and a contender for the first tall building "proper" ever proposed for London is this Beresford Pite design for a new St Barts Hopital; __________________ London Random and Unseen Photos; http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=637985

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PFarrey Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 973 Likes (Received): 1	Wow wish it was built! Reminds me of a NY skyscraper. Any ideas of height?

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Madman London 2012 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire / Bloomsbury Posts: 2,855 Likes (Received): 1	Reminds me more of the wedding cake towers of Moscow and Warsaw.

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Comdot Taikun Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 10,199 Likes (Received): 0	this all reminds me of quay street tower in manchester, 1948, proposed and rejected. 110 metres. would have been the tallest highrise in europe.

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Sesquip Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,104 Likes (Received): 11	"your girlfriend lives in the penthouse apartment in spook central" indeed!

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high_flyer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: England Posts: 553 Likes (Received): 1	It looks like Arkham Asylum in Gotham City...