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TAPE: EF02/0208 IN_TIME: 23:48:23 DURATION: 1:21 SOURCES: LNN RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: London - 12 March 2002 SHOTLIST: 1 Pan of London skyline 2 Graphic of what Shard of Glass building will look like 3 Pan of London skyline 4 Shot of London Bridge train station - area where skyscraper is to be built 5 Various set up shots of Stephanie Elsey, Leader of Southwark Council 6 SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephanie Elsey, Leader of Southwark Council: To be honest, it gives us a view, it gives us something to look at When you look at most modern, international cities, particularly major cities, financially and economically, they have spectacular tall buildings in them And I think it is important that London has those as well, or otherwise, I think, we'll fall behind the rest of the world 7 Graphic of showing relative heights of Shard of Glass, Canary Wharf and Natwest tower, London's tallest buildings 8 Pan of London 9 SOUNDBITE: (English) Nick Antrim, English Heritage: Our first concern has to be the historic environment and achieving the right balance between development and the historic environment and in this case the balance is not right 10 Pan of London STORYLINE: A London council gave the go ahead to build Europe's tallest building on Monday night, despite new concerns about the vulnerability of skyscrapers in the wake of the the September 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Centre Supporters of the tower, dubbed the Shard of Glass, say it will make the designer building capital of Europe and that it will be a positive change to the London horizon At over 306-metres (1,004-feet) the tower is set to be by far Europe's tallest building But critics say this is precisely the problem Cultural watchdog English Heritage says it will completely overshadow the historic Tower of London and harm the views of St Paul's Cathedral The Mayor of London still has to give the Shard of Glass his blessing but if he does English Heritage will call for a public enquiry The tower could take five years to build and will cost up to 350 (M) million pounds (495 (M) million) creating up to 10-thousand jobs

Source ABCNEWS VideoSource
Title: UK Tallest Building - London OKs plans to build Europe's tallest building
Date: 03/12/2002
Library: APTN
Tape Number: VSAP332056
Content: TAPE: EF02/0208 IN_TIME: 23:48:23 DURATION: 1:21 SOURCES: LNN RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: London - 12 March 2002 SHOTLIST: 1 Pan of London skyline 2 Graphic of what Shard of Glass building will look like 3 Pan of London skyline 4 Shot of London Bridge train station - area where skyscraper is to be built 5 Various set up shots of Stephanie Elsey, Leader of Southwark Council 6 SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephanie Elsey, Leader of Southwark Council: To be honest, it gives us a view, it gives us something to look at When you look at most modern, international cities, particularly major cities, financially and economically, they have spectacular tall buildings in them And I think it is important that London has those as well, or otherwise, I think, we'll fall behind the rest of the world 7 Graphic of showing relative heights of Shard of Glass, Canary Wharf and Natwest tower, London's tallest buildings 8 Pan of London 9 SOUNDBITE: (English) Nick Antrim, English Heritage: Our first concern has to be the historic environment and achieving the right balance between development and the historic environment and in this case the balance is not right 10 Pan of London STORYLINE: A London council gave the go ahead to build Europe's tallest building on Monday night, despite new concerns about the vulnerability of skyscrapers in the wake of the the September 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Centre Supporters of the tower, dubbed the Shard of Glass, say it will make the designer building capital of Europe and that it will be a positive change to the London horizon At over 306-metres (1,004-feet) the tower is set to be by far Europe's tallest building But critics say this is precisely the problem Cultural watchdog English Heritage says it will completely overshadow the historic Tower of London and harm the views of St Paul's Cathedral The Mayor of London still has to give the Shard of Glass his blessing but if he does English Heritage will call for a public enquiry The tower could take five years to build and will cost up to 350 (M) million pounds (495 (M) million) creating up to 10-thousand jobs
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