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Greenwich park can be seen across the Thames. Viewed from a Prague bound flight from Heathrow.
©Thomas Nugent
A ventilation shaft from Blackwall Tunnel, close to Blackwall DLR station.
©Malc McDonald
Modern apartment blocks overlooking the Thames and the O2 Arena (formerly "The Dome"). The Ontario Tower (built 2008) looms above the houses which are within very easy walking distance of the Canary Wharf business area.
©Colin Smith
A 112m high residential block that sits directly over the Blackwall Tunnel. It was completed in 2008 and is allegedly designed to evoke the image of the prow of an ocean liner (http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=166).
©Chris Denny
Modern apartment blocks on the north bank of the Thames with the Reuters News Agency building beside it. This area was once home to dockland warehouses.
©Colin Smith
A residential tower block known as Streamlight at Alberta, there is an image of the finished building here: http://www.swan.org.uk/development_and_regeneration/projects/view/5/.
©Rod Allday
The tower block, to the right of picture, reminds me of a similar tower at Portsmouth.
©Peter Trimming
Impressive looking development, photographed from beside the Millennium Dome.
©Peter Trimming
Dist:0.1km<br/>The ventilation shafts serve the newer southbound bore of the tunnel which was opened in 1967. They were designed by the architect Terry Farrell and were Grade II listed in 2000. The Ontario Tower is on the New Providence Wharf development and was completed in 2007. It has 260 residential flats and 169 hotel rooms arranged over 32 floors and is about 104 metres high. This view was taken from Blackwall Way.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.1km<br/>Ventilation shafts for Blackwall Tunnel with new developments in the background.
©Peter McDermott
Dist:0.1km<br/>River frontage near Blackwall
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.1km<br/>Apartments at Blackwall viewed from across the River Thames from near the Millennium Dome/O2 Arena.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.1km<br/>View across the River Thames from near the Millennium Dome/O2 Arena to apartments at Blackwall.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.1km<br/>Ex Midland Railway Company pumping station and accumulator tower built 1881 to power equipment in the coal handling depot in Blackwall Yard. This was alongside the LOndon & Blackwall Railway Poplar (1st) Station. It is now a wine warehouse and has been thoroughly gutted. You also wouldn't know there had been a railway and station alongside.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.1km<br/>Amongst all the redevelopment in the Docklands there are occasional pockets of older buildings. Against the backdrop of the New Providence Wharf development is this terrace of Edwardian houses, viewed across Preston's Road. They were built by the former London County Council in 1904 as part of a scheme to provide social housing as cottage estates rather than the unpopular block dwellings. Originally there were 14 two-bedroom cottages but a 1960s modernization scheme converted them to 8 houses. The darkish green one is currently advertised for sale with four double bedrooms at about £460,000. The terrace is now Grade II listed.
©Nigel Cox

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