Welcome to Sidcup! No Thanks.
I wanted my first blog post to be something positive but this eye-wateringly ugly image from the front cover of today’s BD magazine has provoked me into type. The arrogance of this ’distinctive contemporary design’ is startling. I can’t believe that many architects think this building has sufficient merit to be on the front cover of a national publication either but it does prove the value of a good PR firm.
I used to live in that neck of the woods.
If it’s built, it could well be the best building in Sidcup.
Local legend claimed that Renaissance poet Christopher Marlowe died as a result of a pub brawl in Sidcup, around the end of the 16th Century.
It was in fact Deptford, but had it been true, you can bet he would have been hit by an ashtray, during a game of pool.
Its the future.
Suburbia in the sky - wave to your neighbour on the 12th floor - what a refreshing change.