The London Eye(Post Modernism)

The second part of the day we went to the London eye which was incredible. I had been on it three years ago but thinking about the buildings this way gave me a whole new perspective to look at them. The building that I mostly focussed on was St. Pauls Cathedral. We had been to see it as a class for a field trip and I wanted to compare what it looked like on the ground to what it looked like from above on the London Eye. Seeing it on the ground was magnificent. It was huge and it towered over many things. The architecture was very ornate and there were many beautiful sculptures all around it. When we got to the top on the London eye all of the buildings did not look as fascinating as they did on the ground. Many of them looked jumbled together and some looked completely out of place. When I found St. Pauls I was surprised to see from that high up that it looked like it was next to the BBC tv tower which was odd. To have a beautiful church like St. Pauls look like it was next to a tv tower takes the beauty and meaning out of what the church stands for. The idea of having a huge ferris wheel in London is an odd one also. It was very unusual to find out the the wheel is located in London across from where Parliament is. The wheel attracts many tourists and is such a crowded area that having it located across from such a prestigious building was very unusual. When one thinks of London they think of the beautiful architecture and how much history is there within the city. One would not think of a huge ferris wheel being there in the middle of it. When I think of where something like this should be located I immediately think of somewhere in the United States where we would not find this uncommon at all. Once you are on the London Eye at the top everything is beautiful and it was worth all of the people and the tourist traps that you have to go through and get to it.