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Welcome to a new website dedicated to historic buildings in the City of London. Over the coming weeks, we will be adding image galleries, videos, archive film footage, news items and snippits…
Restoration of Victorian fountain completed
The restoration of the St. Lawrence Jewry Fountain, which now stands at the East end of Carter Lane near St Paul’s Cathedral, was completed in August 2010. The Victorian fountain…
Restoring the North Arch on Tower Bridge
Harris Digital Productions captures the restoration work taking place on Tower Bridge during the night time road closures last year. This short video shows contractors working on the arch under…
Blackfriars Bridge in 1896
Journey back over a century to July 1896, though, and this tantalising half-minute of footage reveals our Victorian counterparts making their way to work across the Thames by tram, horse-drawn…
Views from the Monument
Sir Christopher Wren’s flame-topped Monument to the Great Fire of 1666 is the tallest isolated stone column in the world. Completed in 1677, The Monument stands 202 ft high and…
St Paul’s drinking fountain springs to life
The first fully certified drinking fountain in London for 30 years was switched on at 11am on Friday 21 May. The fountain is alongside St Paul’s Churchyard, near the City…
