The Sky Garden is a public space at the top of the Walkie Talkie building, (officially known as 20 Fenchurch Street) which opened in January 2015. It is home to restaurants and bars, plenty of foliage and great views of London. It is the highest garden in London and despite being only half as tall as theContinue reading “The Walkie Talkie part two – Sky Garden”
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Leadenhall Building
The Leadenhall Building, aka The Cheesegrater, was opened late 2014 and I got the chance to go up to the 47th floor for a sneak peak. It stands at 224 metres tall and there’s a pretty impressive view of the City from up there. Time Out London magazine, September 16-22, 2014
Docklands Museum
Museum of London Docklands, Isle of Dogs, London. The museum, which opened in 2003 in an old sugar warehouse, contains artefacts and displays telling the history of the Thames and Docklands area, from Roman times to the closure of the docks in the 1970’s and subsequent development into a busy business district. Among the manyContinue reading “Docklands Museum”
The Old Blue Last
The Old Blue Last, Great Eastern Street, London. The Old Blue Last is a pub and live music venue in East London run by Vice. It hosts ‘forward-thinking’ bands and DJs every night (usually for free) and is the epitome of shoreditch cool, always full of hip twenty somethings. The band in my photos below isContinue reading “The Old Blue Last”
Heygate Estate
Heygate Estate, between Old Kent Road and Walworth Road, Southwark, London. Build in 1974 the neo-brutalist buildings were once a popular place to live, but crime, poverty and dilapidation hit the housing estate and it is now being demolished as part of the regeneration of the Elephant & Castle area. I used to live nearContinue reading “Heygate Estate”
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