Bright sun, fluffy clouds, blue sky – just right for taking pictures. I decided to photograph some of the City’s newer buildings and see if I could make them look good – even the boring, ugly ones.
Here are the results.
I’ll start with everyone’s favourite …
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The Gherkin, with the Guild Church of St Katharine Cree in the foreground.
Both reflected in the Scalpel building across the road …
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The Gherkin reflected in the windows of Holland House …
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This picture, which I took from a boat on the river, shows how the Gherkin is gradually being surrounded by new developments …
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The Scalpel …
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The view from the roof garden at 120 Fenchurch Street …
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The Walkie Talkie as seen from the same location …
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The Cheesegrater …
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Lloyd’s meets 19th century Leadenhall Market …
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Another new building starts to loom over the area …
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Tower 42 …
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The St Botolph building at Aldgate …
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Clouds reflected …
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At Liverpool Street Station …
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City canyons …
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Views from Bank junction …
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Henry Greathead, the engineer who built the Underground railway, with the Shard and the Lloyd’s buildings in the background …
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The Duke looks the other way …
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Morning light at Ropemaker Street and nearby …
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A spaceship moored in Cheapside …
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London Wall looking east …
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The tower of St Elsyng Spital – 14th century meets 21st …
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London Wall Place …
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The 17th century tower of St Alban Wood Street casts a shadow on modern neighbours …
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The old Broadgate location is now a hole in the ground …
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Looking north …
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The Cornhill Devils are still keeping an eye on developments …
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At the Barbican …
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The hanging gardens …
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The Shard from the river with HMS Belfast in the foreground …
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With City Hall and a much older neighbour …
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Some earlier images …
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Lucky timing with a rainbow …
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View from the Cross Bones Graveyard …
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And finally, in the distance, Tower 42 displays the Union flag on the day of Her Majesty’s funeral …
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