London blew up on Monday 27 October 1986. For centuries the city’s skyline, along with its iconic profiles of St Pauls and Tower Bridge, was so institutional that it had court protection. But Margaret Thatcher changed all that. By deregulating the financial markets, the way was cleared for explosive growth of London’s economy—and the equally explosive growth of its skyline.
What had long been derelict docklands became overnight a gleaming new city of glass and steel, its skyscrapers scintillating in the rippling blue waters of the River Thames. Tens of millions of square metres of homes and offices, including Europe’s tallest building, have since sprung forth, peopled by citizens who pour in from not one but three equally shiny new railways. Witness the newest atrium of London’s beating heart.
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The East End of London, known vernacularly as the East End, is the area of London, England, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames, although it is not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries. Use of the term in a pejorative sense began in the late 19th century, as the expansion of the population of London led to extreme overcrowding throughout the area and a concentration of poor people and immigrants in the East End. These problems were exacerbated wi
Read moreIt's almost unbelievable that it's only been a decade that the Docklands has been more than a desolate wasteland of under-developed properties in the back-end of the "Isle of Dogs". The only saving graces were a well-known music and sports venue (the London Arena) and a petting zoo.
Finally, after the failures of countless investment and development groups, the Jubilee line (that's the silver-coloured one on your tube map, for those who are new to town) was rolled out, alongside the DLR (Dock
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