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Continued from London I, here is London II...
As luck would have it, I was in London for Open House London (sort of like Doors Open Toronto). I met up with a friend at Charing Cross and we then walked east to view some of the buildings in The City of London.
The City of London is arguably the financial centre of the world. It's a bit too single-use for me, but does provide a bit of an east-end theme park of notable buildings to explore.
City of London (cont.)
Richard Seifert's brooding Tower 42.
Our first destination was Richard Roger's famous Lloyd's of London building.
One of the city's most celebrated buildings and a key example of British High-Tech architecture (like Roger's Centre Pompidou in Paris).
The 12 glass lifts on the outside of the building were the first of their type in the U.K.
Lloyd's is cladded with 30,000 square metres of stainless steel.
Lloyd's of London (cont).
From the inside of Lloyd's looking up.
Escalators fill one end of the main underwriting room (known simply as 'The Room').
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd meets Darkstar.
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Looking down at 'The Room.'
The Adam Room on the 11th Gallery of Lloyd's. From the 20th Century, straight back to the 18th.
A Lloyd's of London model.
Looking east towards Canary Wharf.
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd meet Gherkin.
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd's of London (cont).
A final shot of Lloyd's of London.
The Bank of England.
Touch London (The City of London Marketing Suite).
Inside Touch London was a full-scale interactive model of the future City of London. I would have taken more pics, but security screamed at me after taking just this one.
A green-friendly building in The City.
St. Paul's Cathedral.
St. Paul's (cont).
St. Paul's (cont).
I've heard that The City of London is the most CCTV'd jurisdiction in the world and I believe it.
Then it was off to Fleet Street to get inside the famous Daily Express building.
The Daily Express building is considered by many to be the finest Art Deco building in the U.K.
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
A final shot. Sadly, there's also no newspaper offices left on Fleet Street (including The Daily Express which is now located on Lower Thames Street).
London III is here.
As luck would have it, I was in London for Open House London (sort of like Doors Open Toronto). I met up with a friend at Charing Cross and we then walked east to view some of the buildings in The City of London.
The City of London is arguably the financial centre of the world. It's a bit too single-use for me, but does provide a bit of an east-end theme park of notable buildings to explore.
City of London (cont.)
Richard Seifert's brooding Tower 42.
Our first destination was Richard Roger's famous Lloyd's of London building.
One of the city's most celebrated buildings and a key example of British High-Tech architecture (like Roger's Centre Pompidou in Paris).
The 12 glass lifts on the outside of the building were the first of their type in the U.K.
Lloyd's is cladded with 30,000 square metres of stainless steel.
Lloyd's of London (cont).
From the inside of Lloyd's looking up.
Escalators fill one end of the main underwriting room (known simply as 'The Room').
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd meets Darkstar.
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Looking down at 'The Room.'
The Adam Room on the 11th Gallery of Lloyd's. From the 20th Century, straight back to the 18th.
A Lloyd's of London model.
Looking east towards Canary Wharf.
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd meet Gherkin.
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd's of London (cont).
Lloyd's of London (cont).
A final shot of Lloyd's of London.
The Bank of England.
Touch London (The City of London Marketing Suite).
Inside Touch London was a full-scale interactive model of the future City of London. I would have taken more pics, but security screamed at me after taking just this one.
A green-friendly building in The City.
St. Paul's Cathedral.
St. Paul's (cont).
St. Paul's (cont).
I've heard that The City of London is the most CCTV'd jurisdiction in the world and I believe it.
Then it was off to Fleet Street to get inside the famous Daily Express building.
The Daily Express building is considered by many to be the finest Art Deco building in the U.K.
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
The Daily Express (cont.)
A final shot. Sadly, there's also no newspaper offices left on Fleet Street (including The Daily Express which is now located on Lower Thames Street).
London III is here.