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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Vicky Jessop

How the Outernet is bringing 'epic' storytelling to the West End

Philip O’Ferrall CEO of the Outernet, inside its Now Building - (Matt Writtle)

There is no missing  Outernet London. The extraordinary cavernous space of  the Now Building — invariably filled with gawping, awe-struck visitors day or night — dominates the junction of Charing Cross and Tottenham Court Roads close to the base of Centre Point.

A corner of the West End that was for decades intimidating and harsh has been softened by this alluring, immersive beacon of hi-tech digital light and colour, its vast four-storey, floor-to-ceiling LED screens drawing in curious passers-by since it opened in November 2022.

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