Watch a timelapse video of the ArcelorMittal Orbit being built.
Mike Pollitt | Tuesday 8 May, 2012 14:56
I can’t warm to this structure. Not tall enough to be awesome, and not ugly enough to compel.
It’s been likened to a rollercoaster gone wrong, but watching this video I think it most evokes the cranes which built it.
It probably looks better when you’re at the top.
Filed in:
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Diary of the shy Londoner
- Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
- Hope and despair in Woolwich town centre
- Summer Camp: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
- Only 16 commuters touch in to Emirates Air Line, figures reveal
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
- Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision
© 2009-2026 Snipe London.