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there is an incredible photo in the currrent exhib at Tate - Another London - of the view over the city, I think from St Paul's but I can't quite remember, showing the extent of bomb damage after WWII.
I agree, there is too much glass, but there's definitely not fuck all else. standing on Walbrook (the street) with the ugly new bulbous Walbrook building on one side, excavation site on the other, No. 1 Poultry ahead (modern, yes, but not a cliche of glass and steel), Wren's St Stephen Walbrook just in front and a funny little Queen Anne style house next to that, is a cool kinda collage of a city.
A ghetto of suits? well, maybe. they do love a bit of ye olde building too - the Queen Anne style house is home to the Walbrook Club.