gherkin
the monument
The Monument is one of those funny places which people just forget about. i had a meeitng a few minutes walk from it and i was a bit early so i paid my £2 and went in
there’s 311 steps on the cantilevered stone staircase which seemed to go on forever
right at the top of the Monument is a drum and a copper urn from which flames emerged, symbolising the Great Fire. The whole thing is 202 feet high – the exact distance between it and the site in Pudding Lane where the Great fire of London began on 2 Sept 1666. The Monument was built to commemorate the Great Fire of London and to celebrate the rebuilding of the city.
thanks to 300+ years of public access the viewing platform is covered in graffiti
of course the thing that once stood high above the city is now lost amongst the taller building around it, like the new gherkin building
but there’s still a fine view of Tower Bridge and the river
early morning cleaner
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the view from an office
here is the view from the 5th floor on our brick lane office. i was based there for a year a while back but didn’t have a window seat. i don’t miss the commute either.
still, this view greeted me yesterday morning. you can clearly see the gherkin and natwest tower (as transversed earlier this week)
gherkin and a phone box
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the gherkin viewed from city hall
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gherkin
another picture of the london gherkin for your delight.
cleaning the gherkin
here is london’s newest landmark – the gherkin. i took this photo as it looked nice, but it also shows a little man in a box dangling off a very thin stick, cleaning the windows.
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