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Thames Tower was completed in 1974. [1] In September 2010, it was vacated. [ 2 ] In June 2012, LaSalle Investment Management announced plans to demolish Thames Tower and replace it with a new 25-storey building which would be completed in 2015. [ 1 ]
It occupies a site between Friar Street and Station Hill in the centre of Reading, and takes its name from the latter. The development is adjacent to Thames Tower and the Reading railway station . As of 2025, the first phase (Friars Walk) has been completed, with the second phase nearing completion.
The Trinity Building, designed by Francis H. Kimball and built in 1905, with an addition of 1907, [1]: 1 and Kimball's United States Realty Building of 1907, [2]: 1 located respectively at 111 and 115 Broadway in Manhattan's Financial District, are among the first Gothic-inspired skyscrapers in New York, and both are New York City designated landmarks.
The Blade, also known as Abbey Mill House, is a high-rise and the tallest building in Reading, Berkshire, England. Used for office space, it is 86 metres (282 ft) tall and is visible from many places in the town. The first tenant to occupy the building was Kaplan Financial, who moved to the building from the original Thames Tower. [4] [5]
The site was acquired by Reading Borough Council in 1868, and the water tower built in 1870. [3] New reservoirs were constructed in 1900 and 1939, and these were supplemented by the construction of the Tilehurst Water Tower, on higher ground elsewhere, in 1932. The northern reservoir fell out of use by 1960, and the newer southern reservoir by ...
The Maiwand Lion (1886) in the Forbury Gardens is his, the Statue of George Palmer and that of Henry Bilson Blandy, Mayor of Reading 1871-1873. [1] In 1922 he designed the war memorial at Bradfield , Berkshire, which commemorates the deaths in the First World War of those of the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers , including his son.
The surface-level bus transfer center opened on May 17, 1989 as Camden Transportation Center and was renamed in 1994 for Walter Rand, a former New Jersey State Senator, who specialized in transportation issues while serving in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. River Line service began on March 15, 2004.
Until the construction of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford in 1991, the easternmost bridge on the Thames was Tower Bridge in central London. Even now, the Dartford Crossing provides the only way to cross the Thames by road between London and the sea. The width of the river downstream meant that tunnels were the only options for ...