Southwark Towers
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Southwark Towers was a tall building at 32 London Bridge Street near London Bridge station, in Southwark, London. It was 100 metres tall and had 25 floors[1] and stands directly over London Bridge station. Completed in 1976, it is currently being demolished to make way for the construction of Shard London Bridge, a skyscraper which will become the UK's tallest building at 310 meters.
The building was formerly occupied by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services firm. Despite a modern-looking and lavish reception area, the building and its decorations became dated. Lifts in the building were slow and struggled to cope with traffic during peak hours. Nevertheless, some wings of the upper floors enjoyed spectacular views of Tower Bridge and the City. The building's tenants have now moved to nearby sites in Union Street and Hay's Galleria.
Southwark Towers also referred to three residential towers in Philadelphia, two of which have been demolished on 2000-01-23.[2] The remaining tower is now called The Courtyard Apartments at Riverview.
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