In message
, at
09:22:58 on Thu, 23 Jul 2009, "
remarked:
The Customs House still exists I presume (just like the Royal Exchange I
was in yesterday, but re-purposed). The Custom House is much less likely
to disappear than ExCel is to be turned into something completely
different with a new name, after people give up trying to run trade
shows in a falling consumer market.

But the ExCel site could still physically exist, even if it was used
for something else. Just like the Custom House. What's the
difference? Why shouldn't the ExCel lend its name to the station and
the area, just like the Custom House did before it?

Mainly because it's much less likely to retain its name if turned into
housing, a hotel, business units or whatever.
--
Roland Perry