Originally Posted by
LondonElite
I'm also not particularly crazy about the Shard.
I agree. Giles Coren wrote a brilliant, scathing
piece on it when it was built. Here's an extract:
Originally Posted by Giles Coren
Antagonists of the Shard, and there are a few, have likened it to a great priapic phallus. But they flatter it. This particular Qatari erection, poked hard into the belly of our land, has nothing in common with the natural phallus, stiffened with the resolve of lust for the consummation of desire between two consenting adults. It is the loveless, artificial, Viagra-stiffened old tool of a corpulent foreign businessman nailing some poor derelict to a brothel mattress to assuage the boredom of a business trip to London. And when the drugs wear off, it’s going to prove a terrible flop.
However my antagonism towards it has eased as it has, unfortunately but inevitably, become an iconic part of the face of London.
Whereas the Walkie Talkie isn't even iconic; it's merely an out-of-place, ugly lump.