Tower 42
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Tower 42, commonly known as the NatWest Tower, is a 183-metre-tall skyscraper in the City of London. Designed by R Seifert & Partners and engineered by Pell Frischmann, it opened in 1980 as London's f
View of the tower from Horizon 22 in 2023
NatWest Tower during construction, viewed from Bank junction, c. 1974
Pre-construction model of the NatWest Tower, including concepts that were eventually abandoned, on display at the London Science Museum
The NatWest Tower's viewing gallery at Level 42, as seen in 1981. This area is now in use as the Vertigo 42 champagne bar
1993 Bishopsgate bombing
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On 24 April 1993, the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a powerful truck bomb on Bishopsgate, a major thoroughfare in London's financial district, the City of London. Telephoned warnings wer
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…remained the tallest in the City of London, until it was overtaken by the 230-metre (750 ft) Heron Tower in 2010. The tower was severely damaged in the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing, after which NatWest undertook a full refurbishment and recladding of the building. In 1997, following restoration works, NatWest decided not to reoccupy…
Wormwood Street pictured in the aftermath of the bombing which occurred on nearby Bishopsgate
An Iveco tipper truck, the type used to carry the bomb
The damaged 99 Bishopsgate in the City of London, which lost most of its glass in the bombing
The City church of St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, badly damaged in the bombing