London: post modern world city

Question 1

What areas are being privatised

Answer 1

• public spaces
• streets
• shopping centres
• squares

Question 2

How is London is a PMWC

Answer 2

• PMWC architecture, art, literature
• more diverse (White British 43.4%)
• sky scrappers “glass and steel as high as you can stack it”
• new communication and technology
• Canary Wharf which houses canary tower, tallest building in Britain
• the gherkin has eye catching design
• MI6 building is castle like
• skateboard ramp area is decorated with graffiti
• Over 300 languages are spoken

Question 3

London isn’t a PMWC

Answer 3

• not as architecturally beautiful as some other places
• not as high tech as Tokyo
• not all sectors of London are seen as PMWC
• very predictable with services, running of transport, rush hour
• squareness and functional design of the city shows modernist building
• London has been called depthless shallow and uncaring