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The O2 is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, England, including an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars and restaurants. It was built largely within the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped canopy built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; consequently The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue.
Taken just before we started our climb over the O2 Arena
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Ex-LSWR O2 class 0-4-4T loco, no. w26 'Whitwell' (built 1891) departing from Ryde Pier Head.
In the foreground can be seen the tracks of the Pier tramway, which closed in 1969.
This photograph is thought to be from around 1965.
D.Henderson collection.
The O2 is a large entertainment district including an indoor arena, a music club, a cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas and bars and restaurants, built within a large dome-shaped building (formerly the Millennium Dome), on the Greenwich peninsula in south-east London, UK.
The dome-shaped building, also referred to as the Dome's canopy, was originally constructed as the Millennium Dome, often simply known as the Dome, and housed the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the third Millennium. After the closure of the exhibition on December 31, 2000, the interior of the building was demolished leaving only the shell of the Dome. Although AEG has transformed the interior of the Dome's shell and have renamed it The O2, many still refer to it as the Dome.
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O2's Eid Collection
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Wardrobe : O2
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Yesterday we walked from the O2 to Tower Bridge - another section of our walk along the River Thames! (Eventually we plan to walk it all from the source to the sea, but only in stages!)
No.16 Ventnor takes the Cowes line at Smallbrook Junction amid the primroses and dandelions on 24/4/65.
Had a day trip to London to get some pikkies with my buddy Andrew Brown.
Mainly done Canary Wharf which I will be posting soon but started off with this picture of the O2 arena in Greenwich.
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I used my Hitech Pro Stopper and Lee 0.9 Hard ND Grad to get the long exposure and dramatic sky and used my new intervalometer to time the exposure length.
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After visiting Canary Wharf, we jumped back on the Tube and went on to the O2, as we were told there were plenty of restaurants to choose from for lunch!
If you're very adventurous, you can do the roof walk for some views, but it wasn't something that appealed to Tim or me!
Here's some info from Wikipedia:
The O2, visually typeset in branding as The O2, is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, England, including an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars and restaurants. It was built largely within the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as such, The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue.
Stade couvert, appelé The Dome, situé sur la péninsule de Greenwich, créé par l'architecte Richard Rogers.
O2 Arena, Londres.
El Millennium Dome es un gran edificio con forma de carpa en la península de Greenwich, al sureste de Londres. Su nombre cambió oficialmente a O2 Arena cuando la operadora de telefonía O2 plc compró los derechos de explotación.
Se trata de una cúpula que tiene reminiscencias del Pabellón del Descubrimiento, realizado para el Festival de Britania de 1951, y sus doce pilares amarillos representan los 12 meses del año. Con el proyecto se intentó recuperar para el gran público la Península de Grenwinch, contaminada por albergar plantas de Generación de Gas licuado hasta 1985. Fue necesaria una importante labor de limpieza y regeneración de las orillas del río antes de comenzar la construcción.
La cúpula acogió la Exposición del “Tercer Milenio” o Milennium Experience (01/01-31/12 del 2000), una exposición polémica, pues no atrajo tantos visitantes como se esperaba y resultó deficitaria. Tras la exposición, los promotores presentaron varios planes para que la cúpula acogiera un cine imax, un teatro, un campo de fútbol cubierto e incluso un supercasino. Todos los planes fueron desestimados por las autoridades.
La necesidad de rentabilizar la primitiva inversión ha causado que la carpa (que en principio iba a ser demolida tras la exposición) haya sufrido modificaciones para continuar funcionando, primero como pabellón deportivo cubierto, después como recinto para conciertos (con 23.000 localidades, uno de los recintos cubiertos con más capacidad de Europa) y zona de ocio, con tiendas y restaurantes. Ha servido incluso para albergue de emergencia de personas sin hogar durante el invierno de 2004. Cualquier proyecto debe contar con el fuerte coste que supone su mantenimiento (más de un millón de libras al mes). Las autoridades han sido duramente criticadas en los periodos en los que el edificio ha estado cerrado, puesto que su cierre supone una importante pérdida económica. Como se trata de una construcción temporal, según va envejeciendo el gasto que supone su conservación es cada vez mayor.
Actualmente está previsto que sea la sede de las competiciones de Gimnasia Rítmica y Baloncesto para los juegos de 2012, pero su futuro sigue siendo incierto debido a su lejanía con respecto al centro de Londres, su falta de servicios auxiliares (aparcamientos, hoteles) y las dificultades que presenta una eventual evacuación.
Early evening at the O2 arena, London. Build up to Heritage Orchestra concert. Eventually 18K people there!
This is a shot of the O2 Arena, London with Canary Wharf in the background. This was taken on the Emirates Cable car which fly's over the River Thames. The photo was taken through glass. Due to the movement of the cable car it was difficult to get 'an in focus' shot but I am happy with this photo. Taken using a Nikon D5100
Arial view of the O2 Arena
Crossing the River Thames from Greenwich Peninsular to rejoin "The Line" at Royal Docks
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