#RichardRogers wrote that Thames riverside should be "primarily a public space, not a private opportunity". Yet as #RowanMoore wrote in today's #Observer "over the past 15 years a proliferation of large developments has made it a gold-diggers' gulch". His article, sparked by the enquiry into the development of 72 Upper Ground, relates a sorry saga. Communities Secretary Michael Gove may wish to put "beauty" back into planning but will he?/can he?
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/04/thames-london-riverside-developments