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Sculpture by Frank Dobson (1886-1963), c.1950, originally as a fountain. This is a reproduction of the lost original by Antonio Lopez-Reche and the Bronze Age foundry, c.1996. In Millwall Park, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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The section of wall on the left is part of the wall that once surrounded the City of London. The lower section of it dates to circa 200AD. Across the street is the Tower of London.
Part of the Cable Street mural in Shadwell depicting the 4th October 1936. The British Union of Fascists, led by Oswald Mosley, tried to march through the East End and were barred by protestors including local trade unionists, communists, anarchists, British Jews and socialist groups. In the ensuing melee there were 175 injuries and 150 arrests.
Many Thanks To David Johnson For The Classic On The Left www.flickr.com/photos/squeezyboy6/ Wow 45 Years Ago...Skin Corner Note The Woman Being Goosed...Now Preem An Asian Restaurant...
Tower Bridge Quay, a.k.a. St Katherine's Pier, on the north bank of the river Thames, just east of Tower Bridge. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
The Glasshouse is a community centre within the Parkview Estate in Globe Town, Tower Hamlets. Designed by architects De Metz & Birks and built in the early 1950s.
I discovered this apartment block when I took a side st after being out and about in the east end photographing the troxy and the mission in December 2007. It was too late in the day to take photos. So, yesterday, awakening to a gorgeous sunny day, my thoughts turned to myrdle ct.
Caxton Street, Canning Town, E16
'Alphabettti Spaghetti' by Alex Chinneck.
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This long exposure of the Bridge has the curtain wall of the Tower visible below the roadway, with the Leadenhall Building and Gherkin framed by the towers, roadway and walkway.
The Grade I listed structure is one of five London bridges now owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. It is the only one of the Trust's bridges not to connect the City of London to the Southwark bank, the northern landfall being in Tower Hamlets. The bridge is 244m in length with two towers each 65m high, built on piers. The central span of 61m between the towers is split into two equal bascules or leaves, which can be raised to an angle of 83° to allow river traffic to pass. The bascules weigh over 1,000 tons each and are counterbalanced to minimise the force required, allowing raising in five minutes. The original raising mechanism was powered by pressurised water stored in several hydraulic accumulators.
In May 1997, the motorcade of US President Bill Clinton was divided by the opening of the bridge. The Thames sailing barge Gladys, on her way to a gathering at St Katharine Docks, arrived on schedule and the bridge was opened for her. Returning from a Thames-side lunch at Le Pont de la Tour restaurant with Tony Blair, Clinton was less punctual and arrived just as the bridge was rising. The bridge opening split the motorcade in two, much to the consternation of the security detail!
122 Leadenhall Street, or the Leadenhall Building, is a 225m tall building. The commercial skyscraper, opened in July 2014, was designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and is informally known as The Cheesegrater because of its distinctive wedge shape.
30 St Mary Axe (informally known as The Gherkin) is a commercial skyscraper in the City of London. It opened in April 2004. It is 180m tall and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 by a PIRA bomb placed in St Mary Axe, the street from which the tower takes its name. The building has become a recognisable feature of London and is one of the city's most widely recognised examples of contemporary architecture.
A 1950s accident at junction of Thomas Road and Bow Common Lane in Bow, East London.
I think the large building on the left was Crawford's Biscuits factory
60 plus years on and the scene looks totally different ( see link below )
www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5171415,-0.022349,3a,75y,230.87...
Taken on a Zeiss Contina 35mm camera using Kodak Plus X film. Home processed.
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