On the other side of the Gherkin is Bury Street.
Just off Bury Street is Cunard Place, which is a smallish lane leading to Leadenhall, with not much to photograph. The picture below shows the trading floor of the ACE group, a multi-national insurance group.
There are a few small alleys that link Leadenhall to Fenchurch Street, one of which is Fenchurch Buildings.
There is probably more obvious images to take on Fenchurch Street, such as the "Walkie-Talkie" building, but as I came onto Fenchurch Street I was immediately struck by the tree through the arch in the picture below. I tried to get some symmetry in the people walking past, but didn't quite manage it.
The building inside the arch, seen below, is occupied by Lloyd's Register Group.
Next door to No.71 is small alley called St. Katherine's row.
This leads to the strangely named French Ordinary Court, a narrow passageway below the platforms of Fenchurch Street Station which then opens out into a much bigger space (relatively anyway). The name comes from a probably French place of eating and "Ordinary" would have referred to the fact that all the items on the menu would have been the same price.
My final stop on this particular walk was to Fenchurch Place, home to Fenchurch Street Station.
On the way to the tube after work,I managed to get one shot in the pouring rain, on my way to Moorgate; the side of a restaurant on Wilson Street.
As an ex bicycle courier, it's really nice to see a gallery of places where I spent so much of my time riding through, round or past. My main reason for commenting is because there is Two alleys between Coleman St. and Moorgate (both EC2) that if you haven't already seen I think you may be quite interested in.
ReplyDeleteThe first is Great Bell Alley which is directly adjacent to Telegraph St (coming from Copthall Av) and the other is Great Swan Alley also leading from Copthall Av but starts out as a one way street.
I hope you find these places ok and keep up the good work.
Bo.