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Eyes Over London
Ones That
Got Away
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places we'd like to get on up but can't...
Centre Point,
Charing Cross Road, WC2
One of London's few great modern buildings, Centre Point taunts
would-be sight seers with its unbeatable location between the
West End and the City. No entry for the likes of you and me,
though, however much we suck up to its architectural significance.
 Big Ben, SW1
Richard Hannay got to swing from it's hefty hands in The Thirty
Nine Steps, but Parliament's famous clock dare not let ordinary
folk up its tower lest, presumably, they call time on the corrupt
cabal passing laws inside.
 BT Tower, NW1
Previously known as the GPO Tower and the Post Office Tower,
this telecom edifice was open to the public, complete with revolving
restaurant, until the 1970s when an IRA bomb hastened its closure.
National
Westminster Tower, Bishopgate, EC2
HQ of one of Britain's biggest banks. Views of London from its
600 ft summit are breathtaking, but you need to be a right merchant
banker to get to the top of this greasy pole.
Shell Centre,
SE1
Weighing in at 7.5 acres, this is one of the largest office blocks
in the world. Views from its upper floors across the Thames east
towards the Houses of Parliament and west towards the City are
said, by the lucky few, to be superb.
 Canary
Wharf Tower, Canary Wharf, E14
One of the tallest buildings in Europe, One Canada Square (the
beacon-topped tower's official name) is home to several newspapers
and hundreds of journalists, the very last people who'd want
you traipsing through their lives to the roof for a bit of sightseeing.
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