The City of London plans to knock down the museum of London and Bastion house and erect monolithic office blocks asserts the Barbican Quarter Action Group.
The Barbican Quarter Action Group writes: (summarised)
- Over 780,000 square feet of new buildings is not what’s needed here.
- This goes against the City’s current policies and plans including their ambitions for a Destination City and Net Zero 2040…
Up until 2021, the City planned a world-class Centre for Music on this site to amplify the reach and appeal of its amazing assets….
How things have changed:
Same architects, same developer, same site. But such a different outcome. The new proposals represent a huge retrogressive step by the City…
The cultural and green spaces are very small. The nice bits of civic amenity could easily be lost in the planning and development process. We’ve seen this happen before…
To date, this campaign has met with the City of London’s project team but has had few answers…
