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Almost as ugly as the Barbican towers

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Aylyn 18 hours ago

They did this to Tower Blocks in Edinburgh and Glasgow and The outfits that went
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Start by painting it white? Still just as ugly but less aggressively visible.

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john_a 22 hours ago

The giratory there can be removed at the same time, to reduce the impact
of all the traffic.

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