EricP2x
Billingsgate Market
This place was London's main fish market from 16th century to 1982 when it was relocated to the Isle of Dogs (to some nondescript building) and the site given over to offices.
The market building (the yellow one) was designed by Horace Jones of Tower Bridge fame and built in 1877. It was built in Italianate style and in my mind was heavily influenced by Fondaco dei Turchi in Venice. George Orwell worked here in the 1930.
That huge skyscraper under construction is 20 Fenchurch Street, which still divides opinion, and Im largely undecided about it too. The little church next to the green block is St Margaret Pattens designed by Wren and built in 1687, while the spire to the right belongs to St Dunstan in the East, redesigned by Wren in 1671, it was bombed during WWII and instead of being restored was turned into a garden.
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Billingsgate Market
This place was London's main fish market from 16th century to 1982 when it was relocated to the Isle of Dogs (to some nondescript building) and the site given over to offices.
The market building (the yellow one) was designed by Horace Jones of Tower Bridge fame and built in 1877. It was built in Italianate style and in my mind was heavily influenced by Fondaco dei Turchi in Venice. George Orwell worked here in the 1930.
That huge skyscraper under construction is 20 Fenchurch Street, which still divides opinion, and Im largely undecided about it too. The little church next to the green block is St Margaret Pattens designed by Wren and built in 1687, while the spire to the right belongs to St Dunstan in the East, redesigned by Wren in 1671, it was bombed during WWII and instead of being restored was turned into a garden.
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