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Does London really need another Dome? (Opinion).
Battersea Power Station brought life and energy to London. The proposals by Parkview to introduce entertainment and leisure facilities take life and energy away from London.
Providing Londoners with an entertainment complex consisting of an unnecessary number of cinemas and a permanent circus act, plus the predictable leisure activities, is grotesquely unimaginative. It is also outrageously disrespectful both to Londoners and the spirit of the original structure.
Empowerment is the key. What most Londoners need is cheaper housing in the centre of London and ...
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