Show Notes

Greg, fresh from a trip to London, shares with Dan updates and reminiscences of the hale old town in the throes of ever-later capitalism, doffing hats to its raconteur-in-chief, Peter Wynne Rees.


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Intro: “Hairdresser on Fire,” by Morrissey


Discussed:


Peter Wynne Rees


The Square Mile (City of London)


Skygarden shitshow at the Walkie Talkie – 20 Fenchurch


Cities as information (gossip) machines


Jamaica Wine House


The George and Vulture


Bank of England – John Soane


The Royal Exchange – William Tite


The Cheesegrater (The Leadenhall Building) – Rogers, Stirk Harbour & Partners


The Lloyd’s Building – Richard Rogers


NewCities Podcast interview with Peter Rees


Heron (now Salesforce) Tower - KPF


The Standard London


St. Pancras Station


King’s Cross Station


The Blackfriar


Sir John Betjeman


Selhurst Park – Crystal Palace Club


Canary Wharf


22 Bishopsgate (“The Wedge”) – PLP Architecture; née the Pinnacle (“The Helter Skelter”) - KPF


Everything’s Iconic!


Coal Drops Yard


The Google “Landscraper” – Thomas Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels Group


When is the Urban Redevelopment Vibe Shift coming?


Everyone wants a High Line


The Compression to Now vs Decades of Urban Accretion


Travel Challenge: the Stratford Olympic Site


Assemble – acupuncture revitalization – Granby Four Streets, Liverpool


Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics


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Outro: “In the City,” by the Jam




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