{"id":34693,"date":"2022-10-25T17:51:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T16:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34693"},"modified":"2022-10-25T17:51:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T16:51:03","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-city-doorstep-city-of-london-plans-to-knock-down-museum-of-london-etc-for-monolithic-office-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34693","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the (City) doorstep\u2019: City of London plans to knock down Museum of London etc. for monolithic office blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34694\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/BarbicanQuarterAction_251022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" \/>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.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Barbican Quarter Action Group writes: (summarised)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 780,000 square feet of new buildings is not what\u2019s needed here.<\/li>\n<li>This goes against the City\u2019s current policies and plans including their ambitions for a Destination City and Net Zero 2040\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>How things have changed:<\/p>\n<p>Same architects, same developer, same site. But such a different outcome. The new proposals represent a huge retrogressive step by the City\u2026<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019ve seen this happen before\u2026<\/p>\n<p>To date, this campaign has met with the City of London\u2019s project team but has had few answers\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonstartshere.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34695,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34693\/revisions\/34695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}