East London walk

This walk started outside city hall and finished off near the gerkin.



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the meeting point

The walk started the other side of city hall, but this is a new park that is under construction. Its part of More London.

This is the meeting point, its called The Scoop and is like a small amphitheatre.

more london

shad thames

Shad Thames is an old part of London that has a lot of derelict warehouses which were used for storage. They have now been converted to flats and new buildings have been built to look like the originals that are there.


The bridges you can see where used by workers so they could get from each warehouse easily. You can see on the left side of this photo the old building and on the right the redeveloping of an existing building.

Below is a shared garden for the people that live in the converted warehouses.

towards tower bridge

on the way to tower bridge there was a cafe with some colourful chairs out the front.

lunch

Having just crossed tower bridge we were trying to find somewhere to have lunch, on the way to find somewhere affordable there was a wall of paintings, which were quite fun to look at.




We eventually found a small cafe, where you can buy a pint of orange juice. as it was a bit windy that day we put all the napkins in the jar with a guard on top.

towards the gherkin

On the way to the gherkin, there was this building which looked like something from Lord of the Rings.


I like this picture because it makes the gherkin look like it penetrates the ground rather then just sitting on the ground.

spitalfields and brick lane

Spitalfeilds market was empty when we got there

On the way to brick lane there were some degree shows, which weren't as good as I thought they were going to be.

on the way home

On the way to the train station we went over a roundabout which was raised and had seats in the middle. The loop below shows the panoramic all the way round the roundabout.



After a visit to the pub we finally made it to the train station to get home.

details of materials

West London walk- Paddington Basin

The walk started in the Paddington Basin, at the start of the Grand Union Canal.

The first place next to the canal was a business park with these sculptures in the middle of it. i like the look of these and the distortion of looking through them.

bridges

One of the best features along the Canal were all the different bridges. For example the one above was designed by Thomas Heatherwick. This Bridge seemed almost wasted in its location, it was quite hidden and mainly used by business people just using it to cross the canal, and not really appreciating the design and complexity of it.

colour

As well as the bridges this subway under the road was really cool, the colours make it stand out from the surroundings and almost entice you into it.

new and old

One of the most obvious things about walking through Paddington Basin was the contrast between the new and old buildings. Its not very obvious from the photo, but the building on the right was quite run down and didn't look that attractive, compared to the building on the left which was practically brand new.

hyde park

memorial park

The memorial park was quite nice, the water feature was nice to look at and walk round, but I didn't like the footpath that guided you round it.

I liked the way the water feature worked, the water was pumped round at the top of the feature. You can see from the picture below the water being pumped into the air.


Some of the local residents