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London’s Trellick Tower and a Development Debate
LONDON — When Barbara Heksel and her family moved into Trellick Tower in 1981, their friends thought they were crazy. Known for its uncompromising Brutalist design and the crime in its brooding concrete hallways, the London public housing project, built in 1972, had earned the tabloid nickname “Tower of Terror.” But for the Heksels, Trellick…
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Teen May Have Drowned in Thames River Amid London’s Heat Wave, Police Say
A 14-year-old boy was missing on Monday evening and believed to have drowned while swimming in the River Thames, according to London’s police service, as thousands flocked to stretches of water to escape Britain’s scorching heat wave. Late Monday afternoon, London’s Metropolitan Police was alerted to reports that a child had entered the river in…
