Alban Gate, London Wall
Alban Gate, London Wall
Nowadays, London Wall is the
name
of a four-lane highway that speeds traffic east and west through the
city
and divides the Barbican precint (to the north) from the area
surrounding
the Guildhall (to the south). However, the name is derived from the
real
London
Wall, built nearly twenty centuries ago to enclose the original Roman
city.
This modern road, surrounded by opulent office blocks and the trappings
of corporate wealth, follows the exact course of the original city
wall.
Up until as recently as 350 years ago, everything to the north (to the
right of the pictures above) was just fields.
Aldermanbury Square; Alban Gate from Wood Street;
One London Wall
One London Wall
London Wall and its surrounding lanes are rapidly turning into a showcase for modern London architechture. Among the buildings you see here are Alban Gate, the newly completed Aldermanbury Square, and the beautuful curved glass of Norman Foster's One London Wall.
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This page last updated 25th January 2008
