On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 14:27:32 +0100, lonelytraveller wrote

I can't think of a single other project that's so deliberately
destructive of london's history; there was no need to destroy the much
loved Astoria when they could demolish the much despised Centrepoint;

Others would, of course, say that the Astoria is of little architectural
merit and that Centre Point was a icon of 60's design and a milestone in
Richard Seifert's career.

I suspect no-one would, however, argue that the piazza underneath and
surrounding the building was anything other than a disaster although, of
course, this wasn't completed to Siefert's and the LCC's original plans.