BT Tower's rooftop pool plan brings swimmers back down to earth
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); When The Register reported the pool plans earlier this year, we imagined an infinity edge high up the 177 m tower and a swim with a vertigo-inducing view. The developer's images bring us back down to earth: bathers would look up at the tower from the adjoining rooftop. MCR says the public would be able to use the pool.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); When The Register reported the pool plans earlier this year, we imagined an infinity edge high up the 177 m tower and a swim with a vertigo-i
- ▪The developer's images bring us back down to earth: bathers would look up at the tower from the adjoining rooftop.
- ▪MCR says the public would be able to use the pool.
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