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from inside the train station at the bottom of what is called 'canary' wharf, which we now find to be 'canariae' as in dog (as per www.transki.co.uk/walk/dogs.htm).
it is a fake version of a victorian station, all glazed. in the middle of a day of urban orienteering with many many photographs taken, yet to post. thing is, i realised with a little horror that this one is a bit bombastic, and unfairly dwarfs the impact of anything around it... sound familiar? well that's 'architecture' with a capital a for ya.

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Peter: 22nd Aug 2005 - 13:55 GMT

woah! it makes a nice optical illusion on the building behind it.

cool stuff! reminds me a tad of this one.

elaine: yeah, it is like a cartoon of a 'real' station

Peter: i think its awesome!

elaine: 23rd Aug 2005 - 07:06 GMT

for once i think you are right to say 'awesome'. it is on that scale. actually i think the victorian versions were designed to be awesome as well, cathedrals for and of engineering

jon: 1st Sep 2005 - 14:48 GMT

I don't think orgainally Canary wharf had anything to do with the Canary Islands, it was orginally a wharf for importing birds, so it actually was named after the birds !

Peter: 1st Sep 2005 - 14:50 GMT

i dunno about that, jon...

Canary Wharf was the site of cargo warehouses that served the docks in the Docklands area. It takes its name from sea trade with the Canary Islands, whose name comes from the dogs (Latin canis) which the Spaniards found there, producing the linguistic coincidence of trade between the Dog Islands and the Isle of Dogs. However, in the 1960s, the port industry began to decline.

taken from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Wharf

elaine: see also the goo..

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