Chinese interests are buying up high end real estate globally, the latest listed as a 48 story building in London's East End. It's called the Leadenhall Building at 122 Leadenhall St. London EC3 and nicknamed Cheesegrate due to its wedged shape and opened in 2014. It must certainly cast its shadow on its neighbors on the street. This caught my eye as USLines had a working "back office" at number 38 Leadenhall St. in the days pre and post WWII. Earlier it was the office of the White Star Line at the time of the TITANIC sinking in 1912. An old timer reported - circa 1929 - that widows of her crew dressed in black would still come around seeking redress. Now years later the neighborhood is shadowed by a skyscraper called a"cheesegrater".
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