Stephen Fry against London Liverpool Street railway station plans
The developer says it will double the size of the station concourse and add more lifts and escalatorsBroadcaster Stephen Fry and artist Tracey Emin are among dozens of public figures and conservationists opposing a "grossly opportunistic" development at London's Liverpool Street station.
The station "suffers from significant overcrowding", as well as "poor pedestrian accessibility and connectivity", according to the company. "The claim that a cantilevered building directly on top of a heritage asset somehow 'preserves' that asset is nonsense, and sets a dangerous precedent."Opponents say "to plonk 15 storeys of insensitively-designed tower" at the station is "grossly opportunistic"
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