September 18, 2004

New CT corporate HQ?

Posted by Chris

Mira Bar-Hillel has an interesting piece in the Spectator about the way in which English Heritage has undermined its own role by backing a deal not to reconstruct the Baltic Exchange in the City. I did a little googling to find out what the old building looked like and I was surprised to discover that the whole thing is up for sale in a dismantled state! Not on ebay, but on a web page of Complete Large Buildings for Sale (scroll down). I happen to think that the Baltic Exchange would serve nicely as a new Crooked Timber corporate headquarters, though getting my colleagues’ agreement on location might be difficult.

Posted on September 18, 2004 10:21 AM UTC
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The USA, obviously. Then all of you Brits (and Aussies - we can’t tell the difference) will get the deference which comes from the accent.

There should be lots of cheap, newly opened real estate in Florida :)

Posted by Barry · September 18, 2004 01:36 PM

Put it up in Vegas!

Posted by Randolph Fritz · September 18, 2004 06:40 PM

Is it possible for someone who isn’t already a Spectator subscriber to register for the online version? I’ve tried three times, responded to the email each time, and I believe it’s impossible.

Maybe it’s possible for people in the UK.

Posted by Cryptic Ned · September 18, 2004 06:53 PM

Given that it’s suitable for dismantling and reconstruction, why don’t we have a world tour?

Posted by John Quiggin · September 19, 2004 11:11 AM
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