The Tower Bridge twitter bot was, he admits, completely unsanctioned by the owners of the bridge.
The Tower Bridge idea was from a man called Tom Armitage, who describes himself as a twenty-something games designer and technologist.
If you were there, you might have caught a glimpse of some of the amazing displays at the GE Works Centre, including a hologram projection display about the energy-efficient relamping of the Tower Bridge, or a two-floor-high lighting installation powered by social-media chatter.
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While wireless headset manufacturers battle one another to shrink their wares until they completely disappear into your ear canal, organizers of the Switched-On London lighting festival (not named, unfortunately, after the excellent column by NPD's Ross Rubin) have taken the opposite tack: for one week in February, they've transformed the famous Tower Bridge into the world's largest Bluetooth device (narrowly edging out the PS3).
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Thirty years ago, the US city bought London Bridge, reportedly believing it to be the landmark Tower Bridge.
If your legs are up to it, continue up the river past the Golden Hinde and Southwark Cathedral to the iconic Tower Bridge.
Board a Thames Clipper ferry at the iconic London Eye Ferris wheel to sail alongside the South Bank, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, and the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf.
From its ribbon cutting in 2004, the viaduct was destined for Guinness: When finished, it had the highest road deck in Europe, the tallest piers and highest bridge tower in the world, and the longest launch of a bridge deck.
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The queen disembarked at Tower Bridge and looked on as the remainder of the river pageant passed by in a riot of color and noise.
With the London Philharmonic providing the audio backdrop, lasers are to light up the night sky, beaming across town to touch several landmarks: the London Eye, the Gherkin, Tower Bridge.
The following year, Frank McClean made headlines and became a celebrity overnight when he flew a flimsy seaplane built by the Short brothers between the towers of Tower Bridge in London.
Perk up with a caffeine boost and breakfast at Monmouth Coffee, then walk east to cross Tower Bridge and admire the 11th-Century Tower of London.
The well-known venture capitalist recalled the incident while sitting on a leather sofa in his staggering penthouse: a newly completed two-bedroom, three-bath 5, 500-square-foot apartment on the 60th floor of the Millennium Tower with views from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge and beyond.
After gathering upriver in west London, the flotilla made its way from Battersea Bridge to Tower Bridge, passing through the heart of Britain's capital city over the course of several hours.
Police will surely send extra resources to those parts of the course near historical sites such as Tower Bridge and Big Ben the kind of landmarks that attract disproportionate attention from those who seek to create violent spectacles of mayhem.
Paris has the Eiffel Tower, San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge, and London has Big Ben.
On Thursday afternoon, after a suitable send off, the SA Agulhas will weigh anchor and slip beneath Tower Bridge on its way to the world's coldest continent.
As the queen's barge approached and Tower Bridge lifted in salute, red white and blue streamers were tossed from the crowd.
Margaretta Soulsby, from Dorset, was the first to arrive at Tower Bridge on Saturday.
From the 360-degree observation deck on the 72nd floor of the Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe at 310m, London opens up like a pop-up book and the landmarks of St Paul's Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge look toy-town tiny.
The installation, which organizers say is seven times the scale of the Eiffel Tower, was inspired by the 75th anniversary of the Bay Bridge in 2011.
Among those ideas, as I described on this post a while back, was getting real world objects, from the Jodrell Bank telescope, to the Isle of Wight ferry, to Tower Bridge, to tweet.
The London Marathon route, which is lined by hundreds of thousands of spectators every year, starts in Blackheath and finishes near Buckingham Palace, passing some of the capital's most recognisable landmarks including Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf and Big Ben.
Hyder Consulting, which has worked on Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tower Bridge in London, will design the station.
The course, which starts in southeast London, wends through the Canary Wharf business district and passes by some of the capital's most famous landmarks, including Tower Bridge and Westminster, before finishing near Buckingham Palace.
The 26.2 mile course, which starts in southeast London, wends through the Canary Wharf business district and passes by some of the capital's most famous landmarks, including Tower Bridge and Westminster, before finishing near Buckingham Palace.
The building's developer, Maik Uwe Hinkel, said the relocation of a section of the wall is necessary not only to allow street access for the luxury tower, but also is demanded by the city to allow access to a planned waterside park and bridge for pedestrians and cyclists.
Sailing boats that were too tall to pass under the 14 bridges along the river pageant route lined the river from London Bridge to Wapping, in the east, creating an avenue of sails set against the Tower of London and the city's financial center.
Up to 650 international crews will begin and end the world's longest ocean race in front of Tower Bridge.
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