No, it should be someone British - how about Sting?
already been done, it's called the GherkinI was gonna say 'what's the point?' but them again, on my first trip to NYC years ago, I went up Empire State and WTC... mind you, the view was probably more impressive than that from "The Shard". What next, "The Chard"? A building made in the shape of some slightly underrated vegetable?
They also said there might be a bit with a glass floor, like Blackpool tower.
Does that mean the pavement below will be crowded with blokes in macs laying flat on their backs with binoculars?
it does seem a bit expensive, for what would be less that an hours entertainment.
to put the price in some context:
The London Eye cost £17
Tower Bridge viewing platform costs £8
The Monument to the great fire costs £3
That sounds like when I flew back from Vienna in December minus the cockpit bit. Whatever flight path we took we came from the east, up along the Thames, over Canary Wharf, the City, west London and down into Gatwick. It was about half nine at night, there wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was the most wonderful sight I've ever seen, everything all lit up and twinkling away.
I feel like that sometimes...i would hesitate to admit it to a group of often sweaty men though!This was during the day, but yes, I like flying at night too. There you are, flying over a sea of inky blackness interspersed by islands of light, sometimes complete with a 'causeway' to another. You look down and you see banks of lights glinting and blinking at you, like jewels and gemstones, all different colours. It looks all pretty and you think that that is it, but then you see some of the lights moving, like little creatures, as though you are looking at them through a microscope, and for a short while at least, everything seems ok with the world.