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... but the capital of Capital keeps growing.
Shot from the corner of Bishopgate and Camomile St looking south.
On the right Richard Seifert's Tower 42 (originally built as the NatWest Tower, 1970-81). On the left Norman Foster's 30 St.Mary Axe (The Gherkin, 2000-2003). Behind me is Kohn Pederson Fox's Heron Tower (2011).
And in front the construction site for the 40 storey 100 Bishopgate by Allies and Morrison for Great Portland Estates.
Nederland, Noord-Holland, Amsterdam, 01-08-2016; Spaandammerbuurt. Voormalige Houthavens, nu De Houthaven, gebiedsontwikkelingsproject. In het midden de vroegere pontsteiger, het Pontsteigergebrouw in aanbouw. Aanleg Spaandammertunnel en Houthaven Park.
Former timber port, industrial and harbour area. Urban development.
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aerial photo (additional fee required);
copyright foto/photo Siebe Swart
Among my mother's more exasperating foibles, when I was young, was an over-readiness to believe what she read in the daily newspapers. Her journal of choice was the Daily Mirror which was delivered to the house every morning, and her favourite regular feature was the "Live Letters" column, supposedly written by the Old Codgers. The Mirror was supplemented during the week by "Woman's Own" and "Woman", wherein her favourite contributors were Beverly Nichols and Godfrey Winn.
Perhaps she had lately read some especially chilling exposé of the White Slave Trade, or a crusading piece about paederastic vice in East Cheam. Anyway, for whatever reason, when I asked if I could go to London on my own her answer was "No" ...to which she darkly added, "London's a city of sin". I had been wheedling and "keeping on" about it for weeks, hoping to wear down her resistance, but this sounded final.
It must be added, in fairness to my mother, that I was only 12 at the time and that we lived in Bristol. In retrospect I can understand her anxieties. I had been besotted with London since a family day-trip in August 1962. We were due to return for a full fortnight's holiday ...the first we ever had... in July. But now, in May, I couldn't wait any longer. So, after my mother's refusal there was only one thing for it ...deceit. I told her that I was going to Gloucester with a schoolfriend and that we would go to his house afterwards. In fact, I went to Temple Meads Station, bought a half-fare day-return ticket (30/-) and caught the 7.15 train to London.
Far from being set upon by footpads and waking up in an opium den in Shanghai, my only misadventure that day was losing a ten-bob note ...in contemporary schoolboy pocket-money terms, a serious amount of money. At the time I thought I'd been pickpocketed, but probably I just dropped it in the street. This is a photogaph I took on that day, of the view west from the top of the Monument. There are a couple of modern office blocks in the foreground, but the building boom that was to transform this view out of all recognition had barely started. The skyline is still dominated, as any city skyline should be, by its cathedral. London's skyline had been dominated by the dome of St Paul's for 300 years. In 300 weeks the symbolism would be changed forever in a victory of Mammon over God.
Nederland, Gelderland, Zaltbommel, 07-03-2010; bedrijventerein en kantorenpark aan weerszijden van rijksweg 2 (autosnelweg A2), rivier de Waal met Martinus Nijhofbrug in de achtergrond. De zich steeds verder uitbreidende bebouwing op deze zichtlocatie is een voorbeeld verschimmeling of verrommeling van het landschap.
Businesses and offices terrain park on both sides of highway 2 (A2 motorway), River Waal with Martinus Nijhof bridge in the background. The building is continually expanding causing cluttering of the landscape.
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foto/photo Siebe Swart
Capital Dock is one of the largest mixed-use developments ever built in Ireland and it was completed towards the end of 2018 but I was unable to gain access to the completed project until Easter weekend 2019. The compex spans 4.8 acres, providing more than 690,000sq ft of new mixed-use space, including offices, retail and family units, as well as more than 1.5 acres of public park space.
Global investment bank JP Morgan and jobs site Indeed have committed to occupy all of the available office space, and are preparing their new premises for occupancy in 2019.
Nearly 200 family units will be available to rent this year, with a dedicated on-site concierge, resident lounges, cinema, professional gym, business suites and a chef’s kitchen. There is also be a landscaped park and square open to the public.
The project will welcome new retailers in the coming year, including a restaurant and bar with a terrace, a gourmet grocer, and additional food and beverage offerings.
Community Improvement Award 1972
Date: 1972
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Harvey's Studio, Dexter Press (#665-D)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: Printed in the reverse of this postcard is the following --
HARLEY SNYDER Company 407 East Lincolnway Valparaiso, Ind. 46383
Phone (219) 464-3531 Day or Night
Realtors - Insurors [sic] - New and Used Homes
Commercial and Industrial Properties
All Lines of Insurance Representing Major Companies.
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