On a rainy day in Oct 2019 I went to the Tate Modern at Bankside, on the south bank of the Thames in London. It is a large art gallery based in a former power station. I went to see the building, not the art.
View from the pedestrian bridge over the Thames -
Looking down on the main turbine hall, with the large Kara Walker sculpture , Fons Americanus -
The main reason for my visit was to go to the viewing platform on the 10th floor.
At the time you could walk around the 4 sides and looked right down into many of the nearby apartments that had floor to ceiling glass windows, and no privacy.
As it was a rainy day, I decided I would go back on a sunny day and put it on my "to do list". But my plans were thwarted as the viewing platform had to close as 5 owners of the nearby luxury apartments took on the Tate Modern in a court case. They said that people looking down into their homes was an invasion of their privacy. They actually won the case.
It wasn't until 4 Sept 2023 that the viewing platform partially reopened. Now visitors are only allowed to go along 2 sides - fortunately the side facing the Thames and the City is one of them. Barriers prevent visitors from going to the south and west sides and there are plenty of "no photo" signs and security staff.
The platform is outdoors. Inside is a cafe called Level 10.
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