wrote:
Speaking of Cannon Street, does anyone know exactly what the point of
the current refurbishment is? The ticket office area was refurbished
only a few years ago, and it seems pretty stupid to have shut down the
M&S and all the other retail units when the station was working
perfectly well as it was (nowhere near as crowded or cramped as London
Bridge and Charing Cross).
The project incorporates not just the redevelopment of the NR/LUL
station, but also the creation of a new building which will replace the
existing monstrosity (i.e. the tower on top of the station). This
planning document should give you all the info you need -
http://tinyurl.com/2qm86h

On 13 Oct, 09:45, Sky Rider wrote:
wrote:
Speaking of Cannon Street, does anyone know exactly what the point of
the current refurbishment is? The ticket office area was refurbished
only a few years ago, and it seems pretty stupid to have shut down the
M&S and all the other retail units when the station was working
perfectly well as it was (nowhere near as crowded or cramped as London
Bridge and Charing Cross).

The project incorporates not just the redevelopment of the NR/LUL
station, but also the creation of a new building which will replace the
existing monstrosity (i.e. the tower on top of the station). This
planning document should give you all the info you need -http://tinyurl.com/2qm86h


The existing 1960's office block on top of Cannon Street was
constructed so badly that I understand there is at least one floor
that is permanently out of use because it is warped somehow.

In message . com,
Mizter T writes

The existing 1960's office block on top of Cannon Street was
constructed so badly that I understand there is at least one floor
that is permanently out of use because it is warped somehow.

Which should come as no surprise when one remembers that its architect
was the infamous John Poulsen.
--
Paul Terry

does the Governor of the Bank of England need to go down to the
vaults every day to count the reserves? Why not move the reserves out
of London to say Skelmersdale or Pontefract thereby freeing up via
routes for London's commuters - by unkinking (or should that be
dekinking the Central Line) or allowing the Drain to be developed as a
cheaper Chelsea Hackney variant.

Its not just the UK reserves stored there. Its the reserves for
several other countries as well; I'm not sure they would all take
kindly to moving their national reserves to Skelmersdale.

Mwmbwls wrote:

In these days of terrorist threats and flooding from global warming
etc. does the Governor of the Bank of England need to go down to the
vaults every day to count the reserves? Why not move the reserves out
of London to say Skelmersdale or Pontefract thereby freeing up via
routes for London's commuters - by unkinking (or should that be
dekinking the Central Line) or allowing the Drain to be developed as a
cheaper Chelsea Hackney variant.

I think it's a good idea to keep the vault where it's surrounded by traffic
jams and a large concentration of police and firemen.