Manhattan Loft Gardens Tower Stratford, Newham Building Images, St Paul’s Cathedral View
Manhattan Loft Gardens in Stratford
Controversy about New High-Rise Building in east London – design by SOM, Architects
15 Dec 2016
Manhattan Loft Gardens Stratford Tower
Location: Stratford, Borough of Newham, East London, England, UK
Manhattan Loft Gardens in Stratford
Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
London Mayor urged to act over tower that ‘compromises’ St Paul’s view
Friends of Richmond Park charity wants Sadiq Khan to halt construction of Manhattan Loft Gardens in Stratford
SOM?s unfinished 42-storey skyscraper in Stratford can be seen behind St Paul?s
Looking East the unfinished 42-storey Stratford skyscraper is clearly visible behind St Paul?s Cathedral:
photograph : Architect’s Journal
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is being urged to halt the construction of a skyscraper because it mars a centuries-old view of St Paul?s Cathedral, reports The Guardian.
Conservationists are calling on the London mayor to take action against a 42-storey tower in Stratford, east London, which they say damages the view of Sir Christopher Wren?s landmark from King Henry?s Mound in Richmond Park.

image courtesy of architects
View of St Paul?s before construction of the tower started. Photograph: Architect’s Journal

The charity Friends of Richmond Park has written to Khan urging him to halt the construction of Manhattan Loft Gardens, designed...