City of London
17 January 2012
Bishopsgate is a road in the northeast part of the City of London
Category Archives: City of London
City of London at Night
city of London
16 July 2008; 2206 Hours
[Canon EOS 5D | ISO 400 | 16 mm | 0.8 seconds | F/16]
Royal Exchange (Lensbaby)
City of London
13 June 2008; 2215 Hours
[Canon EOS 5D | ISO 1600 | 00 mm | 1/20 seconds | F/0]
Day 197: Tower 42 and Rainbow-coloured Cab
Tower 42 is the tallest skyscraper in the City of London and the fifth tallest in London as a whole. It was originally built for the National Westminster Bank (NatWest), hence its former name, the NatWest Tower.
Seen from above, the tower closely resembles the NatWest logo (three chevrons in a hexagonal arrangement). The tower, designed by Richard Seifert, is located at 25 Old Broad Street. It was built by John Mowlem & Co between 1971 and 1979, and opened in 1980, costing a total of £72 million (approximately £222 million today).
It is 183 metres (600 ft) high, which made it the tallest building in the UK until the topping-out of One Canada Square in Docklands in 1990.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_42
Day 243: Sun setting over the City of London
This photograph of the sun setting over the City of London was shot from Canary. I used a 135mm then cropped to this size because I left my 70-200mm zoom at home.
