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Rogers' Lloyd's Building reflected in Foster's Willis Building

The Lloyd’s Building

25/10/2016 donbrown 1

In 1978, the year after architect Richard Rogers’ Pompidou Centre opened in Paris, construction started on his first major London project, The Lloyd’s Building in Lime […]

Wren’s Monument to the 1666 Great Fire

21/10/2016 donbrown 0

Climb the 311 stairs today to the top of the Monument and the the 21st century City spreads out around you. To the north the […]

Christchurch Greyfriars and the 1666 Great Fire

07/10/2015 donbrown 0

In the post on the Firefighters’ Memorial we talked about the destruction caused by the Blitz – and Christchurch Greyfriars gives a hint of that […]

The Firefighters Memorial, St Paul’s

07/10/2015 donbrown 1

75 years ago George Orwell, the author of 1984 wrote, “as I write, highly civilised human beings are flying overhead trying to kill me”. He […]

St James Garlickhythe

09/09/2015 donbrown 0

With the current building works going on around it, the approach to St James’s is now down Garlick Hill, an indication – along with the church’s […]

Cleary Gardens – one of the City’s ‘Pocket Parks’

09/09/2015 donbrown 2

With so much noise and traffic in the City it’s sometimes nice to take a bit of time out. And that’s what places like Cleary […]

The City and the Guilds

29/08/2015 donbrown 0

Stand on Dowgate with your back to Cannon Street station and you can see the entrances to three of the halls of the City’s oldest […]

Dick Whittington’s Church

28/08/2015 donbrown 0

St Michael Paternoster Royal is one of 51 churches rebuilt by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire. St Michael is the archangel Michael – God’s […]

Postman’s Park – the Memorial to ‘Heroic Self-sacrifice’

03/08/2015 donbrown 0

A small bit of green space on the site of the churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph’s, Aldersgate, which opened in 1880. Over the […]

One New Change

30/07/2015 donbrown 0

The architect of One New Change, Jean Nouvel, described his building as a ‘stealth bomber’; it’s something very big – well over half a million […]

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The Lloyd’s Building

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Wren’s Monument to the 1666 Great Fire

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The Firefighters Memorial, St Paul’s

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St James Garlickhythe

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Cleary Gardens – one of the City’s ‘Pocket Parks’

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The City and the Guilds

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Dick Whittington’s Church

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One New Change

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