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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Clea Skopeliti and Nyima Jobe

‘I looked out and gasped’: BT Tower visitors reminisce over London landmark

The tower under construction in 1964
The Post Office Tower, still under construction in 1964, was once the UK’s tallest building. Photograph: Ted West/Getty Images

More than half a century on, Annabel Brown, 71, remembers visiting the BT Tower’s restaurant with her father in 1970 as a young student. “I was new to London and it was breathtaking. My father was someone who really embraced new things, and it was the place to go then. It was totally awe-inspiring because you moved all the time.”

Reminiscing about her visit to the London landmark amid the news that the structure is to be converted into an upscale hotel, Brown, from Suffolk, said: “The BT Tower was modern, very eye-catching, and dominating because it was the biggest thing around. Now it’s dwarfed by other buildings, but then it was really special.”

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