The Blade Reading is a skyscraper and the tallest building in Reading

Reading, Berkshire

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, Berkshire

Berkshire

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, England

England

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. Used for office space, it rises 128m above the Reading skyline. The Blade is visible from many places in Reading because of its height. The building is near Reading station which has about 12 departures to Paddington

Paddington

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 an hour.. A firm called Kaplan

Kaplan

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 submitted a formal planning application so they could move from Thames Tower to The Blade. The planning application was accepted, thus becoming the first tenant to move into the building. In April 2011, reporters abseiled The Blade.