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. The architects and structural engineers are

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. On 5 December 2016, it was reported that the building had "destroyed" the

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from King Henry's Mound in

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, which had existed since 1710, when an avenue of trees was planted to frame the vista of the cathedral's dome. The developers responded that "despite going through the correct planning processes in a public and transparent manner, at no point was the subject of visual impact to St Paul's ever raised" by the

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or the

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and that they were looking into the issues raised by the development.

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