Canary Wharf is a commercial district in Greater London, at London Borough Tower Hamlets. It is one of the major financial centers of the United Kingdom, along with the City of London, and contains many of Europe's tallest buildings, including the 2nd highest in the UK, 1 Canada Square.
Canary Wharf is 97 acres (39 acres) and contains about 16,000,000 square feet (1,500,000 m 2 ) from offices and retail space. It consists of many open areas, including Canada Square, Cabot Square, and Westferry Circus. Together with Heron Quays and Wood Wharf forms the Canary Wharf Estate .
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History
Canary Wharf terletak di West India Docks di Isle of Dogs.
- West India Dock Company
From 1802 to the late 1980s, Canary Wharf Estate is separate from Millwall, Limehouse and Poplar and is one of the world's busiest docks. After the 1960s, the port industry began to decline, causing all the docks to close in 1980. West India Docks were mainly developed by Robert Milligan (circa 1746-1809) who founded West India Dock Company.
- Port of London Authority
The West India jetty is currently owned by the Port of London Authority in 1909. Canary Wharf itself takes its name from No. 1. 32 places in West Wood Quay of Import Dock. It was built in 1936 for Fruit Lines Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred Olsen Lines for the trading of Mediterranean fruits and the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are named after the big dogs found there by the Spanish (Gran Canaria of Canine) and because it is located on the Isle of Dogs, the pier and warehouse is named Canary Wharf.
- London Docklands Development Corporation
After the dock closed in 1980, the British Government adopted a policy to stimulate the reconstruction of the territory, including the establishment of London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) in 1981 and granting Urban Business Zone status to the Isle of Dogs in 1982.
The Canary Wharf today began when Michael von Clemm, former chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), came up with the idea of ​​turning Canary Wharf into the back office. Further discussions with G Ware Travelstead led to proposals for new business districts and including LDDC developing cheap light metro schemes, called Docklands Light Railway to utilize redundant rail infrastructure and to improve access.
The project is sold to Canadian company Olympia & amp; York and construction started in 1988, planned by Skidmore, Owings & amp; Merrill with Yorke Rosenberg Mardall as their British adviser, and then by Koetter Kim. The first building was completed in 1991, including 1 Canada Square, which became the tallest building in England at the time and the Docklands regeneration symbol. At the time of its opening, London's commercial property market has collapsed, and Olympia and York Canary Wharf Limited filed for bankruptcy in May 1992.
Initially, the City of London saw Canary Wharf as an existential threat. They modified the law of planning to expand the provision of new offices in the City of London, for example, setting up offices on the railway station (Blackfriars) and the street (Alban Gate). The advantages resulting from office space contributed to the failure of the Canary Wharf project.
- Canary Wharf Group
In December 1995 an international consortium, supported by former owners of Olympia & amp; York and other investors, bought the scheme. The new company was called Canary Wharf Limited, and later became the Canary Wharf Group.
In 1997, some residents living on the Isle of Dogs launched a lawsuit against Canary Wharf Ltd. for personal annoyance because the tower interfered with TV signals. Residents lost the case.
Recovery in the property market generally, coupled with the ongoing demand for large Class A office spaces, is slowly increasing the interest rate. An important event in recovery is a very delayed work on the Jubilee Line Extension, which the government wants for the Millennium celebration.
In March 2004, Canary Wharf Group plc. taken over by a consortium of investors, backed by the largest shareholder of Glick Family Investments and led by Morgan Stanley using a vehicle called Songbird Estates plc.
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Tallest building
This table contains a list of completed buildings in Canary Wharf that are over 60 meters tall.
Corporations and agencies
Canary Wharf contains about 16,000,000 square feet (1,500,000 m 2 ) office and retail space, where approximately 7.9 million square feet (730,000 m 2 ) (about 49%) is owned by the Canary Wharf Group. Approximately 105,000 people work in Canary Wharf, and it is home to the world or European headquarters of many major banks, professional services firms, and media organizations, including Barclays, Citigroup, Clifford Chance, Credit Suisse, EY, Fitch Ratings, HSBC, Infosys , JP Morgan, KPMG, MetLife, Moody's, Morgan Stanley, RBC, Deutsche Bank, S & amp; P Global, Skadden, State Street, and Thomson Reuters, and hosted two EU institutions; The European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority
Spare time
- Marina
West India Quays and Poplar Dock are two marinas used as moorings for barges and river craft recreation privately owned by Canal & amp; River Trust.
- Library
The local public library, called the Canary Wharf Idea Store, is located in the Churchill Place shopping center and is managed by Tower Hamlets Council which opened on Thursday 16 March 2006 as part of the Idea Store project and is the fourth idea store.
- Cinema
Canary Wharf has two multiplexes (cinemas), one in West India Quay managed by Cineworld. and another at Crossrail Place called Everyman Cinema.
Territory
- Canada Square
Canada Square is one of the central square in Canary Wharf. It is a large open space with grass, except during the winter when it is covered into an ice rink. The square is named after Canada, as the original Canary Wharf original developer, Olympia & amp; York, want to reflect their legacy. Below the square is the Canada Place shopping center.
- Westferry Circus
Westferry Circus is on the west side of Canary Wharf. This is a park at ground level, and below is a roundabout that allows traffic to flow. The park is surrounded by specially crafted hand-made fences and entrance gates by artist Giuseppe Lund. This area has a long history, since 1812, when Poplar and Greenwich Roads Company operated horse ferries between Greenwich and the Isle of Dogs. It is operated on the West Ferry and East Ferry Roads, whose names are enduring. Westferry Circus was chosen as the name for the roundabout and the park based on its proximity to Westferry Road.
- Cabot Square
Cabot Square is one of the largest squares in Canary Wharf, with a large fountain in the middle. The inside has an additional fountain that is covered by trees. The square has large cirular glass vent holes to allow gas to escape from under the car park. The square is named after John Cabot and his son Sebastian, the Italian explorer who settled in England in 1484.
- Churchill Place
Churchill Place is an area on the east side of Canary Wharf. It's named Winston Churchill.
- Columbus Courtyard
A small box on the west side of Canary Wharf. Named after Christopher Columbus who is an Italian navigator who invented America. The first phase of Canary Wharf was completed in 1992, 500 years after the discovery of Columbus and is a tribute to his achievements.
- Chancellor Passage
A road south of Cabot Square. Named after Richard Chancellor who sailed with Sir John Willoughby from Greenwich on their way through the White Sea to Moscow.
- Wren Landing
A small area north of Cabot Square. Head to North Dock bridge to Port East. Named after British architect Christopher Wren.
Transport
Canary Wharf developers play a proactive role in improving the transport network, which they consider essential to the success of the project.
Starting in 1985, they proposed the extension of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to the Bank, and increased frequency and capacity. DLR now serves four stations in the area: West India Quay, Canary Wharf, Heron Quays and South Quay DLR stations with two additional stations located close to just outside the district, Poplar station and Blackwall DLR.
In 1988, they proposed the construction of a second train line to Docklands, which eventually became the Jubilee Line Extension. After the Jubilee Extension opened in 1999, Canary Wharf began actively promoting Crossrail, as new stations on the Elizabeth Crossrail line will serve the area. It will open in December 2018.
- Flights
London City Airport in Silvertown is connected to Canary Wharf and the City of London via Docklands Light Railway, and the intersection to the London Underground. The London City DLR Station is located right next to the terminal building, with closed access to and from an elevated platform. The Vanguard helipad serves packet service by helicopter to Heathrow Airport.
- London Buses
Canary Wharf is served by several London Bus routes, including route 135 connecting the area with Old Street and Crossharbour and route 24 hours 277 to Highbury via Bow, Hackney Central, Dalston from Crosshabour via Millwall and also D prefix network serving London Docklands with D3 runs between Bethnal Green and Leamouth via Wapping and D7 between Mile End and Poplar while D8 from Crossharbour to Stratford via Bromley-by-Bow and the N550 night route between Trafalgar Square and Canning Town and from the beginning, which has become vital in the continuation of plantation development.
- Docklands Light Railway
Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a lightweight metro system that has three stations in Canary Wharf. Heron Quays Station, one of the first stations built at Canary Wharf Estate, was first opened in 1987. The station has two platforms used, is on Travelcard Zone 2, and is in the Lewisham branch, between Canary Wharf and South Pier. The station was moved 200 meters to the south (to fit inside new buildings) and a longer platform built on this new site to accommodate three planned train units as part of DLR Capacity Building; station reopened on December 18, 2002.
While Canary Wharf Station had been part of the original DLR plan, but the station was not ready when the DLR opened in August 1987. Originally it was planned that the station would be similar to the original station in Heron Quays, with 2 small platforms either side of the track. The station is located on the DLR between Heron Quays station and West India Quay station, at Travelcard Zone 2.
- London Underground
Canary Wharf Underground Station is a 2 platform station designed by Norman Foster and opened in 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension from Charing Cross to Stratford. Canary Wharf Station is increasingly becoming one of the busiest stations on the network, serving the growing Canary Wharf business district.
This station is used as the location for several scenes of Danny Boyle's 2002 movie 28 Days Later and its sequel 28 Weeks Later , which is mostly based in Canary Wharf.
- National Rail
The Canary Wharf railway station started construction in May 2009 and will be completed by 2017 (due to officially start operating in 2018) as part of the 15-billion-dollar Crossrail project. The station will be served by Elizabeth's line and will have 2 platforms and will be on Travelcard Zone 2.
- London River Services
The Canary Wharf Pier is the London River Service jetty on the Thames River, west of Canary Wharf, close to Narrow Street, Limehouse.
- Cycling
The Superhighway CS3 cycle between Tower Gateway and Barking passes to the north of Canary Wharf near Westferry station and National Cycle Route passes west on the Thames Path.
Gaming
Canary Wharf has been reported since 2017 as part of the Pokémon Go augmented reality game to host the most sought-after Pokémon gym in London including the Canary Wharf DLR station and Montgomery Square.
The Canary Wharf Group publishes an official map of PokÃÆ' Â © mon for Pokémon Stop and PokÃÆ' Â © Mon Gyms, managing director for retail Camille Waxer said in 2016 that PokÃÆ' Â © Mon Go has serious potential to attract new audiences to the area, especially food and beverage outlets saw an increase in footsteps.
See also
- Canary Wharf - Rotherhithe Ferry
- Canary Wharf bombing
- Wharf newspaper
- The field rotates
References
Further reading
- Kevin D'Arcy (2012). London's 2nd City: Creating Canary Wharf . Rajah Books. ISBN: 0955670624.
External links
- Canary Wharf - Official Information Site
- Canary Wharf Group plc
- Canary Wharf Project at Skyscrapernews
- The Definitive Guide to Canary Wharf Pier
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