Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
The garden bridge is being passed off as original
But it's not not, it''s featured in the 1989 Die Hard movie with Bruce Willis.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=die+hard+bridge&client=safari...
... And the original was a better design.
Come on Evening standard, run with that !
The bridge was a stolen idea ( subconscious or not) and not even decided on fair open competition and is already dated, clunky and uninspiring.
A bridge with a garden on top is a fun idea in my opinion but let's give it to a designer that can at least make the new one as good or better than the original.
Here's the already dated current design ....
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=garden+bridge+london&client=s...
What do you think ? Got a point ?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=die+hard+bridge&client=safari...
... And the original was a better design.
Come on Evening standard, run with that !
The bridge was a stolen idea ( subconscious or not) and not even decided on fair open competition and is already dated, clunky and uninspiring.
A bridge with a garden on top is a fun idea in my opinion but let's give it to a designer that can at least make the new one as good or better than the original.
Here's the already dated current design ....
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=garden+bridge+london&client=s...
What do you think ? Got a point ?
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Mavic Starfish on
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Don't forget the Promenade Plantee in Paris, an absolute delight away from the summer heat of the city streets below
Coulee verte rene-dumont
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Agreed - a fantastic place. You can escape the madness and noise of Place de la Bastille and the arches underneath have a mix of interesting shops, cafes and workshops.
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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Plantee opened five years after Die Hard
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My main beef about the plan is the removal of public space from Bernie Spain Gardens on the south bank and the fact that the bridge will be private property - there will be no public right of way and the plans are to close it each day between midnight and 6am. Less of a bridge really than a horizontal London Eye. And, really stupid in my opinion, there is to provision to cycle over it - you have to dismount and push.
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High line was made ten years after Bruce Willis mysteriously changed the colour of his vest in Die Hard with no shoes.
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Permalink Reply by Abi on
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Drink! (sorry, I may still be stuck on the Die Hard game we played at Christmas...)
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We played it as well, the Canadians love it.
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