Ben Johnson - Blog Post #1

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This is the 30 St. Mary Axe.  It's located in downtown London and is commonly referred to as the Gherkin.  I remember it really standing out when I was in London.  It has a very unique shape for a building; it looks like a glass rocket ship to me.  I really like this building!  I remember within the city, standing next to buildings that were centuries old and seeing this on the skyline.  It created quite the juxtaposition between old and new.  It's a very smooth building in a landscape of edges and corners.  While I don't have any further connection to the Gherkin really, I remember it as one of my favorite buildings from London, and really just one of my favorite buildings I've seen in person.