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20 Fenchurch Street

The building everyone loves to hate has a distinctive top-heavy profile, which earned it the nickname 'Walkie Talkie'. The sobriquet was apparently fi...
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The building everyone loves to hate has a distinctive top-heavy profile, which earned it the nickname 'Walkie Talkie'. The sobriquet was apparently first coined on the Skyscrapernews website. It's been called many other names — memorably the Fryscraper and Walkie Scorchie after its concave facade focused the sun's rays and melted bits of cars. The official name of 20 Fenchurch Street might recall a time when this part of the City still had a marshy, fen-like character. Alternatively, it might refer to a hay market that once operated here. The 'church' part of the name probably relates to St Gabriel Fenchurch. This stood on the site where Plantation Place can be found today (there's a glazed blue plaque to say so). The church burnt down in the Great Fire.

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