St Paul's Cathedral

...prudent and collectively disastrous. On June 10, 2000, Queen Elizabeth II opened the high-tech Millennium Bridge, which traverses the River Thames from the Tate Modern to St. Paul's Cathedral. Thousands of people lined up to walk across...

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Those who do climb the stairs are rewarded with spectacular 360 degree views, taking in the River Thames and the Tower of London, the dome of Wren's post-fire St. Paul's Cathedral, modern office buildings and skyscrapers, and the low hills...

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...left commuters stranded, offices semi-deserted and airlines grounded. Pedestrians cross the Thames in front of St Paul's Cathedral in London's financial district. At least 20 percent of the workforce nationwide, or 6.4 million employees,...

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...as John Smeaton. He was appointed surveyor to the New River Company , which supplied drinking water to London, and to St Paul's Cathedral, where he was responsible for maintaining the building designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Both positions...

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...to mark the year 2000. The 1,082-foot bridge connects the Tate Modern Gallery (housed in the refitted Bankside power station) on the South Bank with the neighborhood just downhill from St. Paul's Cathedral on the north. The 13-foot-wide...

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...and residential accommodation. The company owns a significant amount of property in the City of London and is currently redeveloping a landmark office building at 150 Cheapside, adjacent to St Paul's Cathedral. Retail holdings in the UK...

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...law firm SJ Berwin. The huge space (pictured), which is used for everything from parties to meetings to lunch, offers panoramic views taking in St Paul's cathedral, the river Thames and the Tate Modern art gallery. You have viewed your...

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...mother Violet. Other images include Daleks invading a London street outside Wyndham's Theatre in 1965, Blitz searchlights over St Paul's Cathedral on New Year's Eve, 1943, and men rescuing residents in Rotherhithe from floodwater when the...

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...the Banqueting Hall in Whitehall in 1620. Sir Christopher Wren used nearly one million cubic feet to rebuild St. Paul's Cathedral and many other minor churches after the great fire of London in 1666. All of the stone used by Wren was...

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