Where is Centre for Music, London?

Centre for Music, London is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.5177°, -0.0968°.

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Centre for Music, London

Centre for Music, London — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.

Entrance to The Museum of London - geograph.org.uk - 643304 — Basher Eyre — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

Centre for Music, London is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

The Centre for Music was a proposed concert hall in the City of London. The City announced on 18 February 2021 that the project would not be progressed. The plans included a 2000-seat, "world-class" auditorium, as well as other performance spaces, rehearsal rooms, education facilities, and four storeys of commercial space. The proposed site was occupied by the Museum of London, which was due to move to Smithfield Market as part of a separate redevelopment plan. The building would have been the new home of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), and would also have been used by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It would have been run by the Barbican Centre. The estimated cost of £288m to build the centre would have needed to be raised entirely from private donations. The construction time was estimated at four years.

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Background

History

Campaigning for the hall began in 2015 when Sir Simon Rattle, then considering joining the LSO as music director, said in an interview that London's concert halls were not up to international standards. Rattle would later be appointed the LSO's music director. After meeting with Rattle, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne ordered a feasibility study for a new London concert hall, and committed £5.5 million to fund the development of a business case. In late 2015 the City of London Corporation agreed in principle to make the site available when the Museum of London moves to West Smithfield. In 2016 central government funding was withdrawn on the grounds that it did not offer value for…

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