Coordinates: 51°31′32.1″N 00°08′21.4″W / 51.525583°N 0.139278°W / 51.525583; -0.139278 Euston Tower is a skyscraper located in the London Borough of Camden. It is a good example of an International style skyscraper with glass curtain walls. It is situated at the intersection of Tottenham Court Road/Hampstead Road and Euston Road. It stands across the Euston Road from Warren Street underground station. Its official address is 286 Euston Road.
Euston Tower is 124 metres (407 ft) high, and has 36 floors. It was designed by Sidney Kaye and is aesthetically very similar to the CIS Tower and New Century House (1962) in Manchester.
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“So was produced this tragedy
In a far tower of ivory
Where, O young men, late in the night
All you who drink light and stroke the air
Come back, seeking the night, and cry
To strict Rapunzel to let down her hair.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)