{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/663e3bf91f998c00127f87fa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Could London become ‘Manhattan-on-Thames’?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1715354444507-48a0f425c2a3ae5651bba533e2bb3d7d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A report suggests London could be on course to become something of a “Manhattan-on-Thames” as almost 600 more skyscrapers are planned to cram into gaps of the capital’s crowded historic skyline.</p><p>The 10th annual tall buildings report from think-tank New London Architecture finds there are 583 tall buildings of more than 20 storeys that authors describe as “queuing up in the pipeline”.</p><p>Plus, Gordon Ramsay’s plans to become the BT Tower’s successor as London’s highest restaurant and Savile Row tailors are unhappy at Westminster Council's pushback over redevelopment of a former police station.</p><p>From the newsroom, join Evening Standard business editor Jonathan Prynn in conversation with Mark Blunden.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}