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By Jack Mendel A historic synagogue in the City of London is set for a new battle with the Corporation, as plans to build a skyscraper next to it have re-emerged. Bevis Marks synagogue has appealed for a change of course from the Square Mile’s authority, claiming a plan to build a new 48-storey tower, 31 Bury, so close by, would be existential to the hundreds-of-years old building. This comes after a campaign was launched in 2021 to ‘save Bevis Marks’, with campaigners saying the initial proposals would eclipse natural light from the building, which opened in 1701. The campaign was successful,…

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