I am currently doing a pretty big assignment on British colonial cities and ive been doing some research into British/Indian cities, singapore, shanghai, hong kong, melbourne and cape town and comparing them to the major control hub: London
One of the key points is how colonial cities have shaped London and how London has shaped colonial cities and the effects of this creation ‘colonial spaces’.
One thing that ive noticed and has seriously pi*sed me off… is that many of these colonial cities do a better job of maintaining their spaces of British Heritage than London does.
Not only do they hamper the development of skyscrapers in one the the world’s major financial hubs and most populous cities.
…They dont do anything to protect some of London’s most significant historical buildings!
I hate English Heritage
Rant Over