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A shot of the iconic BT Tower, taken on route to the start location for May's London Flickr Group Photowalk.

Since the announcement in early 2024 that the tower was going to turned into a hotel I've not heard any more other than the new owners were appointing Thomas Heatherwick to undertake the redesign.

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From Wikipedia, "The BT Tower was given Grade II listed building status in 2003. Several of the defunct antennae attached to the building were protected by this listing, meaning they could not be removed unless the appropriate listed building consent was granted. Permission for their removal was given in 2011 on safety grounds, as they were in a bad state of repair and the fixings were no longer secure. The last of the antennae was removed in December 2011, leaving the core of the tower visible.

In 2006, the tower began to be used for short-term air-quality observations by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and this has continued in a more permanent form as BT Tower Observatory, an urban atmospheric pollution observatory to help monitor air quality in the capital. The aim is to measure pollutant levels above ground level to determine their source. One area of investigation is the long-range transport of fine particles from outside the city.

On 21 February 2024, BT Group announced the sale of BT Tower to MCR Hotels, who plan to retain the tower as a hotel."

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Taken in: UK / England / Camden / Regent's Park (show map)

Taken on: May 10, 2025

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