Inspired by Richard Long and funky dave's comments about navigating by tall buildings I did a walk from the BT Tower (symbol of the nice 60s future, when everything was going to be like Space 1999 or UFO) to the Gherkin (Swiss Re, symbol of Mordor and the evil future, for some reason, which I can't quite articulate).
I've always liked the way that there are no long straight lines in London - especially not between places you actually want to go so I drew a straight line between the two towers and then endeavoured to walk as close to that line as possible. The line is shown below.
and how fantastic you can even see a shadow of BT tower in the gherkin !
i've got a work meeting up BT Tower in a few weeks time which i'm looking forward to.
drop me an email if you want me to take photos of anything local to you from up there.
Posted by: funkypancake | January 14, 2006 at 05:45 PM