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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Charlotte Lillywhite

'Eyesore' replacement for ‘iconic’ London landmark from Clockwork Orange refused

The proposed structure at Wandsworth roundabout - (Wildstone Estates Ltd/Tate + Co)

Controversial plans to replace an “iconic” South London landmark above an underpass which featured in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange have been thrown out.

The big circular advertising structure at the centre of Wandsworth Roundabout has become a local landmark since its installation in 1995, known as the ‘pretzel’, but advertising specialists Wildstone Estates put forward plans to replace it with a timber tree-inspired structure in a bid to generate more revenue at the site.

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