2022年12月18日 · Landmark or eyesore? Number One Canada Square pictured in 1990. It was the centrepiece of the Reichmann brothers' massive Canary Wharf project being developed in London. It was heavily criticised at the time for its stark architecture and …

2023年2月2日 · Canary Wharf's skyline has changed dramatically in the past 20 years or so. It has gone from one solitary skyscraper standing alone to a cluster of some of the UK's tallest buildings in a very short time frame.

2018年4月26日 · I was fortunate to recently receive a lot of photos taken in the West India and Millwall Docks during the decade from the late 1980s.

2018年10月21日 · Now known as the London Docklands, or Canary Wharf, the Isle of Dogs has seen quite the transformation in the past three decades. Skyscrapers, not ships, now rule the skyline and financial...

2022年6月16日 · After the old Canary Wharf was demolished, cranes can be seen across the Docklands in its process of redevelopment, seen in the foreground the building of the basic structure which would become Canada Square.

2021年1月1日 · Canary Wharf was so named following the importation of fruit and vegetables from the Canary Islands which began to arrive at the Wharf. Following completion of the import docks, an export dock was completed in 1806.

2023年2月21日 · As you progress through the storymap, you will see and hear about how the London Docklands changed over time, to become Canary Wharf. The British Empire was expanding. Steam power had arrived. All this meant more trade. It also meant pandemonium on the river. Collisions were frequent and plundering was rife.

For nearly 17 years between July 1981 and March 1998 the LDDC worked to secure the regeneration of the London dockland area. By acquiring, reclaiming and useing the land to convert into buildings. The prestigious Canary Wharf business project was part of this urban development scheme (see photograph left).

2017年3月26日 · Before the Canary Wharf that we see today, this area was one of the busiest docks in the world. The first dock in East London opened in the 1690s and business grew rapidly after that, with its peak in the nineteenth century.

Transition between aerial images of Canary Wharf taken in the middle of the 20th century and in 2011. Until 1980, this area, the Isle of Dogs, was a working port.