Four Cities in One Day
London field trip November 2005
Aims:
By the end of this trip you should be able to describe the CBD of London, and explain some of the problems of the City as a location for modern business.
You will be able to identify the characteristics of an inner city area, and give some examples of gentrification. Finally you will be able
to describe the pros and cons of the Canary Wharf development.
Interactive map of the trip
We will be studying four locations:
South Bank map
The City map
Bethnal Green map
Docklands map
London Eye
CBD
We start here to get our bearings!
Photos:
London
Eye from Westminister pier
On the Eye
The City from the Eye
Google Earth model:
London Eye
Liverpool Street
CBD
We take a circular walk around the City.
Photos:
Brushfield
street
Old
Broad Street
Panorama
360 Panorama of Broadgate
Brick Lane
Inner City
Then we try to locate the Transition Zone
boundary and examples of gentrification.
Photos:
View
up Fournier Street (notes)
Cafe
Gentrification
Corner of Brick Lane (notes)
Canary Wharf, Docklands
Urban redevelopment
Finally we look critically at Canary
Wharf.
Photos:
Jubilee Gardens, Canary Wharf
Sculpture at Canary Wharf
One Canary Wharf
HSBC Building
Google Earth model:
Canary Wharf
Links:
The fieldwork task sheet (Word doc)
London Eye at Wikipedia
City
of London at Wikipedia
Brick
Lane at Wikipedia
Interactive
map of Canary Wharf
Public Art map Canary Wharf
Canary
Wharf and One Canada Square at Wikipedia
More amazing panoramic views at Community Walk
More
of my pictures
Photo Story of the trip
Thanks:
Map created with help from EZ
Google map
Google Earth models and panorama from Digitally
Distributed Environments