London Eye eviction

How utterly typical! We (the UK as a nation that is), create a feat of engineering, we build a structure, the London Eye, that is not only aesthetically stunning but is a tourist attraction and a raging success and what happens............some damn fool organisation see's dollar signs and does it's level best to undermine, if not destroy the whole issue!

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Eye in the sky ~ 15.03.2003

The landlords, the South Bank Centre, on whose land part of the London Eye's supporting structure stands, have decided in their wisdom that a rent increase of 1500% is appropriate and have consequently issued an eviction notice against the 'offending' metal work! Should this issue not be resolved the Eye will be required to be dismantled in thirty days!

Having watched the gradual construction of this attraction myself with interest a few years ago, as piece by piece it was put together and hauled spectacularly (if a little late) from the horizontal to the vertical I can promise you it does not take an engineer to know how difficult removing it would be.....nor what a crime of stupidity.

Hells bells, can we in the UK not enjoy and celebrate the success of something for once instead of trying, as ever for the great God money, to destroy it?!! Other great structures in the city have stood for hundreds and hundreds of years but in this modern age of the millennium it seems another little clique of money grabbing bureaucrats are unable, just for once, to think outside the box!

The South Bank Centre declined to comment....no surprise there then!

Grrrrrrr.


From within ~ 15.03.2003