Episode 2512
No. 1 Croydon
Wed, 2024-Mar-20 00:40 UTC
Length - 1:24
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Wednesday, 20 March 2024 is No. 1 Croydon.
No. 1 Croydon (formerly the NLA Tower, and colloquially the 50p Building, the Weddingcake or the Threepenny bit building) is a tall building at 12–16 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, Greater London, next to East Croydon station. It was designed by Richard Seifert & Partners and completed in 1970. It has 24 storeys and is 269 feet (82 m) high. 'NLA' stood for 'Noble Lowndes Annuities'. It was one of many new buildings constructed in the growing town of Croydon in the 1960s. The development of tall buildings was later encouraged in the 2004 London Plan, which led to the erection of new skyscrapers as Greater London went through a high-rise boom.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:40 UTC on Wednesday, 20 March 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see No. 1 Croydon on Wikipedia.
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