It was 1989 when the idea of Crossrail was born. Now, after pound;150m has been spent, and many, many pages of environmental surveys produced, the picture above shows where we are with the work on site. It's a ventilation shaft - albeit a ventilation shaft in a building designed by Norman Foster. When Foster's armadillo-like Moorhouse building was built in the City in 2004, Crossrail was on the backburner. The site's developer, however, decided not to risk having to knock down the whole building if the enormous cross-London rail scheme finally lumbered into view, so the shaft got the go-ahead.
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