1980 - 1999
     
1989 John Simpson creates alternative masterplan for Paternoster (supported by Prince of Wales).
     
Nov 1989 reycoat and Park Tower acquires Paternoster from Cisneros.
     
Feb 1990 MEC brought in by Greycoat and Park Tower.
     
1990 Decision to take Simpson scheme forward instead of Arup’s scheme. Terry Farrell brought in as masterplanner. Simpson kept on as one of a group of Classical architects to produce overall scheme and planning application. Others include: Sidell Gibson Partnership; Demetri Porphyrios; Hammond Beeby and Babka; Allan Greenberg; Robert Adam; Quinlan Terry.
     
May 1991 Masterplan exhibition of Farrell/Simpson scheme.
     
June 1992 Planning application submitted.
     
   
 
View of Farrell’s scheme showing the Square and the Dome looking east.