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  Although I have no desire to live in the Gateway, they are well designed. Double aspect, rarely seen in modern developments. Some of the detailing even on the garages is quite something. I can understand why anyone would live there Sarah, although do understand that some feel the mass is over powering.
  
  I would be quite interested in what people would have rather have gone there? OK, so perhaps the same but not as tall...would that increase views? If you look at most of what went up in that period, the gateway flats are in a different league.
  
  They are not designed like Communist blocks, but in the vague spirit of Modernism. It is true that Modernism also informed Communist architecture but that does not mean that all Modernist buildings are Communist! (Corbusier only liked rich clients) Visiting communist housing and flats you actually see lots of shops on the ground floor, so that well and truly excludes the Gateway.

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