New Money Dominates Old
The New Block on the block, the imaginatively named 22 Bishopsgate, now dominates the City of London skyline at 278 metres (20ft short of the 1000ft limit on buildings in the City).
The 1865 carved Portland stone elegance of Grade I Listed Gibson Hall opposite on the corner of Threadneedle Street and Bishopsgate, the former head office of the National Provincial Bank of England, is a fast disappearing remnant of a bygone Victorian era, as land values obliterate pathetic concerns for heritage and history. Gibson Hall was most recently an events venue but after the pandemic, it is now closed and apparently empty. It is to be hoped it does not suffer an unfortunate accident.
New Money Dominates Old
The New Block on the block, the imaginatively named 22 Bishopsgate, now dominates the City of London skyline at 278 metres (20ft short of the 1000ft limit on buildings in the City).
The 1865 carved Portland stone elegance of Grade I Listed Gibson Hall opposite on the corner of Threadneedle Street and Bishopsgate, the former head office of the National Provincial Bank of England, is a fast disappearing remnant of a bygone Victorian era, as land values obliterate pathetic concerns for heritage and history. Gibson Hall was most recently an events venue but after the pandemic, it is now closed and apparently empty. It is to be hoped it does not suffer an unfortunate accident.