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Crimson Dynamo
27-07-2021, 02:51 PM
From the You could not make it up vaults..

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/business/2021/07/27/TELEMMGLPICT000265508999_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberW d9EgFPZtcLiMQf0Rf_Wk3V23H2268P_XkPxc.jpeg?imwidth= 760

The Marble Arch Mound has been dismissed as a "hill of rubble" for its sparse and unfinished appearance after opening to
visitors on Monday.

The attraction seems to be an unlikely contender to win shoppers back to the West End after repeated lockdowns.


The £2m cost of the Westminster City Council project has also come in for criticism.

Admission to the 25-metre viewing platform costs between £4.50 and £8.

Designed by Dutch architectural firm MVRDV (heaven forbid they used a UK firm)

Announcing the project in February, MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas said the project was a "wonderful opportunity to give
an impulse to a highly recognisable location in London." (BS)

"By adding this landscape element, we make a comment on the urban layout of the Marble Arch, and by looking to the site’s
history, we make a comment on the area’s future." (no ye dinny ya fud)

https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/uploads/f2/news/img/2016112_132040.jpg

01dydohUCnU

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/07/27/2m-marble-arch-mound-labelled-hill-rubble/

Beso
27-07-2021, 02:57 PM
I cant imagine theres much to see but buildings from the top either.

Beso
27-07-2021, 03:03 PM
Ffs I've deleted my double post twice..

bots
27-07-2021, 03:36 PM
stunning

Scarlett.
27-07-2021, 03:38 PM
When I first saw it, I though, sure it's silly but I guess the views are pretty decent... then I realised they CHARGED people to go up there lol

arista
27-07-2021, 03:58 PM
It should be Higher

Thats the problem.

arista
27-07-2021, 06:03 PM
They have Suspended Ticket Sales
Until it is cleaned up.
BBC London reports


Inside the hollow Shell
is full of cable ties and empty water bottles
one person photographed.

Beso
27-07-2021, 06:07 PM
When I first saw it, I though, sure it's silly but I guess the views are pretty decent... then I realised they CHARGED people to go up there lol

You see buildings in close up...its horrendous.

Looks like a bomb site from the street...whos idea was this carbuncle ?

arista
29-07-2021, 03:38 AM
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bots
29-07-2021, 05:49 AM
it's a temporary structure made out of scaffold apparently. Well worth the £4-8 pounds entrance fee :laugh: