Wednesday 8th February 2012
Krakow’s “Skeletor” Tower Delayed Again
9th July 2008
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Krakow's ugliest landmark will continue to haunt the city's skyline for the foreseeable future.
Krakow’s most unsightly landmark, a 24-story tower known as “Skeletor” for its raw concrete structure, appears to have once again got bogged down in bureaucratic obstacles that will further put off its long-delayed completion.Krakow’s most unsightly landmark, a 24-story tower known as “Skeletor” for its raw concrete structure, appears to have once again got bogged down in bureaucratic obstacles that will further put off its long-delayed completion.
A spokesman for the current owner, local real estate company Treimorfa, told the daily
Gazeta Krakowska that he did not know when the project could be finished, but that the problem stemmed from disagreements between the inves ...
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