tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19160984.post115245322296945419..comments2024-03-26T13:52:55.107+00:00Comments on In *This* Own Write: "On the 31st floor, your gold-plated door won't keep out the Lord's burning rain..."aidanradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665290235440207671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19160984.post-1152484957474588952006-07-09T23:42:00.000+01:002006-07-09T23:42:00.000+01:00"Lipstick and powdercase" - hadn't heard that - th..."Lipstick and powdercase" - hadn't heard that - that is good.<BR/>Though I was also reading that early attempts at nicknames for the TV Tower just hadn't caught on at all.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, Frank Gehry's bizarre plans for a new development down in Hove look unlikely to overcome the Nimby opposition on the seafront, so posterity may miss out on Gehry's suggested nickname of "Four Maidens" - or the more widely-used alternative, "Trashcan Towers".aidanradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04665290235440207671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19160984.post-1152466630063305582006-07-09T18:37:00.000+01:002006-07-09T18:37:00.000+01:00The contrast is certainly strong, and deliberate. ...The contrast is certainly strong, and deliberate. <BR/><BR/>I think we Londoners could learn something from the way Berliners give their iconic buildings colloquial names - if I remember right, "lipstick and powdercase" for this unlikely pair on the K-damm.<BR/><BR/>I suppose "the Gherkin" is a start. But we must be able to find more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com