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Old March 8th 08, 12:51 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default An everyday story of Underground folk - Any idea where the greenroof is?

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Dave Newt wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:34:00 -0800 (PST), Mwmbwls
wrote:

http://londonist.com/2008/03/what_goes_on_be.php

Interesting little piece on tube refurbishment?


The green roof is at the new Northern Line control centre. I've seen a
photo of it.


Some interesting different images on the mapping sites:

Google Maps
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3789/57975984zm0.jpg

Live Maps
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/417/20605559tm8.jpg

Live Maps with Bird's Eye View
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/6751/93643110yq1.jpg


Good work!

Hmm. I wonder if the advent of easily-accessible aerial photography will
lead to a surge in green roof use, as a way of hiding buildings from the
public? Just building your vast new warehouse somewhere out of the way
will no longer be sufficient to avoid public outcry; you'll need to make
it less obvious from the air as well.

tom

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