From the first episode of EastEnders on 19 February 1985, we saw the now-familiar title sequence - the zoom out from the River Thames, revolving to show the East End, London docks and Isle of Dogs. On ...
A map showing 12 iconic sites around the centre ... built to ease road traffic in London while maintaining river access to the Pool of London docks. Tourists frequently gather to watch the bridge ...
Since Roman times London's docks were the engine room of the city's economy. Now Canary Wharf is a grid of modern geometric blocks, powering the new economy. This ...
London docks and Isle of Dogs. On that map there was no City Airport, no cluster of tall commercial buildings in the City of London, and no sign of the Canary Wharf skyscrapers. The urban ...