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Originally Posted by Lear
Great results so far,
but where are the experts for Washington, San Francisco, London, Paris etc. ???
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I'll have a go for London, though I'm no expert.
London had an inauspicious start to the decade, with the farcical opening of the £800m white elephant, the Millenium Dome (O2 arena). Things picked up after that though with the:
1) Opening of the
Tate Modern
2) Opening of the
Great Court at the British Museum (even though they used the wrong type of stone)
3) Introducing the
congestion charge
4) Building the Gherkin
5) Finding a use for the millenium dome
6) Starting to make places like Trafalgar Square a bit more pedestrian-friendly
7) Some good (though pricey) restaurants opened eg Alloro in Mayfair
8) Doing up St Pancras station so you could eat your dinner off it.
9) Winning the Olympics
10) Eventually getting rid of Ian Blair after the
Stockwell shooting.
Sadly, some people who didn't have much to do with London's success insisted on going round the world lecturing other cities on how they should be more like London. This meant that when the crash came, loads of people were already praying for London to fail. Still, London will bounce back eventually. It always does.