Plans for a 20-storey office block in the City of London have 700 objections from residents, with one fearing he will “never be able to see the sky again” from his study.
The proposed development at 1 Silk Street — just metres from the Barbican Centre — is being promoted as a scheme that would open up a new public plaza at the culture complex’s entrance, currently hidden down a narrow side street off Beech Street.