hang on to your tweed newsboy cap -- here we go with some london neighborhood stuff.  :wink2:

 

this first thread is a walk east along the south bank of the thames from london bridge station to the tower bridge, then over the bridge and back west to cannon street station. an amazing urban walk that spans centuries.

 

just south of london bridge station in the borough/bermondsy neighborhood

on an appropriately gray london morning

 

 

london bridge station

 

ww2 blitz museum

 

here we go with the new stuff, it's the "more london" development on the thames

you can read "more" about it here:

http://www.morelondon.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

a look back south at some older housing -- as people walk to work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

old tower bridge on the left, new city hall on the right

 

 

 

 

 

zoom on the swiss re building aka "the gherkin"

you can read about it here:

http://www.30stmaryaxe.com/index2.asp

 

 

 

zoom on the tower of london on the other side of the river

read all about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London

 

walk around city hall

 

 

 

the view back from the east, just past the tower bridge

 

frightening soviet style hotel over the river

 

a peek at the butler's wharf nabe just east of tower bridge

all about it:

http://www.london-se1.co.uk/areas/butlers.html                                  check this out!!

 

 

heading over the tower bridge

 

 

 

a look back at the butler's wharf nabe we were in

 

northwest thames river view

 

another angle of more london

 

 

 

another bridge detail

 

some 11th century era tower of london on the north bank

 

 

yes i was singing, "king of the castle, king of the castle" like borat (err...to myself)  :laugh:

 

the moat

 

white tower

 

traitor's gate

 

 

 

 

 

 

some glass crap on the riverside near cannon station

 

another view of more london

 

zoom on city hall

 

a look over at hay's galleria, just east of more london on the south bank

all about that one here:

http://www.london-se1.co.uk/venue/77/hays-galleria

 

more older hay's development next to london bridge

 

yet another scenic look back at more

 

gotta love it  :clap:

 

ye olde wine shades (1663) heading up to cannon station

http://ultimatepubguide.com/pubs/info.phtml?pub_id=352

 

a plaque at cannon station

 

end of the line for this thread -- cannon station

 

*** much "more london" to come ***

I love how London mixes new with old so well!  It makes the city more interesting in my opinion...I found this pic neato:

 

Assuming that little tree thingy wasn't photoshopped in by you, mrnyc,

that is a really brilliant installation- a sure way to make the built product look like the rendering.

 

 

There is way too much crapola like this in London.  Too bad about that whole WWII thing.

 

Awesome, mrnyc.  So cool to see shots of other cities beyond the cliche postcard views.  Very cool.

 

Fabulous!

Fascinating photos! Thanks for posting them.

WOW.... I bet my dad would go nuts if he saw this...He was born there and hasnt been back since the late 60's...lol When i study abroad in college this city will NOT be overlooked.... great thread..cant wait for more!!!!!