The St George Wharf Tower in London

1 September 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, House of the Month, London Reading Time:  6 minutes

July 2013 © Will Fox/cc-by-sa-3.0

July 2013 © Will Fox/cc-by-sa-3.0

St George Wharf Tower, also known as the Vauxhall Tower or The Tower, is a residential skyscraper in Vauxhall, in London Borough of Lambeth on River Thames, part of the St George Wharf development. At 181 metres (594 ft) tall with 50 storeys, it is the tallest solely residential building in the UK.   read more…

The Docklands in London

23 January 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, London Reading Time:  9 minutes

Canary Wharf from Thames © S nova

Canary Wharf from Thames © S nova

Docklands is the semi-official name for an area in east and southeast London. It forms part of the boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Newham and Greenwich. The docks were formerly part of the Port of London, at one time the world’s largest port. They have now been redeveloped principally for commercial and residential use. The name London Docklands was used for the first time in a government report on redevelopment plans in 1971 but has since become virtually universally adopted. It also created conflict between the new and old communities of the London Docklands.   read more…

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