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