00:00Plans for an office block opposite the Barbican have been reduced in scale after a backlash
00:06from residents, but the changes have been dismissed as a token gesture.
00:11Developers LaSalle Investment Management, Lipton Rogers and Skidmore Owings and Merrill have
00:16said they have listened to feedback and made substantial revisions to the 1 Silk Street
00:21plan and have reduced the western section of the block by three storeys.
00:26The original plans for the former Linklater's building involved demolishing it and building
00:32a block of two towers, each standing 20 storeys above the ground floor.
00:37Around 1,000 objections were lodged, with residents calling the original proposal needlessly overpowering.
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