For the famous landmark building, see One Canada Square

HSBC Tower (left), One Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right)

Canary Wharf is a large business development in London, located on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands. One Canada Square, a skyscraper in London, England is the tallest habitable building in the United Kingdom, at 235 metres (771 ft) and 50 stories (reduced from original plans for 60). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 384 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (640 × 1000 pixel, file size: 917 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canary Wharf One... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 384 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (640 × 1000 pixel, file size: 917 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canary Wharf One... HSBC Tower (building to right is occupied by Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America) 8 Canada Square (also known as HSBC Group Head Office, or HSBC Tower) is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. ... One Canada Square, a skyscraper in London, England is the tallest habitable building in the United Kingdom, at 235 metres (771 ft) and 50 stories (reduced from original plans for 60). ... Citigroup Centre The Citigroup Centre is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Isle of Dogs in 1899, at the height of its commercial success The Isle of Dogs is in the centre of this 2005 aerial view of east London as seen from the skies over south London. ... The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London. ... The West India Docks are a series of docks on the Isle of Dogs in London. ... The Millennium Dome and Canary Wharf from the Royal Victoria Dock. ...

Rivalling London's traditional financial centre, The Square Mile, Canary Wharf contains the UK's three tallest buildings: One Canada Square (sometimes known as the Canary Wharf Tower) at 771 ft (235.1 m); and the HSBC Tower and the Citigroup Centre joint second tallest at 654 ft (199.5 m).^[1] The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... One Canada Square, a skyscraper in London, England is the tallest habitable building in the United Kingdom, at 235 metres (771 ft) and 50 stories (reduced from original plans for 60). ... HSBC Tower (building to right is occupied by Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America) 8 Canada Square (also known as HSBC Group Head Office, or HSBC Tower) is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. ... Citigroup Centre The Citigroup Centre is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. ...

History

Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge

Canary Wharf is built on the site of the old West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs. From 1802 to 1980, the area was one of the busiest docks in the world, with at one point 50,000 employed. Canary Wharf itself takes its name from the 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2065x1638, 510 KB) Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2065x1638, 510 KB) Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge. ... For the bridge of the same name in California, see Tower Bridge (California). ... The West India Docks are a series of docks on the Isle of Dogs in London. ... The Isle of Dogs in 1899, at the height of its commercial success The Isle of Dogs is in the centre of this 2005 aerial view of east London as seen from the skies over south London. ... Anthem: Arrorró Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 13th  7,447 km²  1. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. ...

During WWII, the docks area was bombed heavily and nearly all the original warehouses were destroyed or badly damaged. After a brief recovery in the 1950s, the port industry began to decline. Containerisation and a lack of flexibility made the central London docks less viable than out-of-town sites like Felixstowe and Harwich, and by 1980 the docks were closed.

Thousands were out of work and a huge area of the Docklands lay in ruins - a testament to the changing world economy.

The project to revitalise the eight square miles of derelict London docks began in 1981 with the establishment of the London Docklands Development Corporation by the government of Margaret Thatcher. Initially redevelopment was focused on small-scale, light industrial schemes and Canary Wharf's largest occupier was Limehouse Studios, a TV production company. The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was a quango set up in 1981 to regenerate the Docklands area of east London. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born October 13, 1925), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. ... Limehouse Studios was an independently-owned television studio complex, located at the eastern end of Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs in London, which opened in 1983. ...

The idea of Canary Wharf is born

HSBC World Headquarters and One Canada Square, viewed from the western end of West India Quay

Canary Wharf in the evening

In 1984 the restaurateurs, the Roux Brothers, were looking for several thousand square feet of space to prepare pre-cooked meals. The late Michael von Clemm, chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) and also chairman of Roux Restaurants, was invited for lunch by the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) on the boat Res Nova moored alongside Shed 31 at Canary Wharf, to promote the idea of this food packaging factory being based on the Isle of Dogs. Von Clemm came from Boston and when he looked through the porthole at Shed 31, a simple brick-concrete infill, he commented that it reminded him of the warehouses in Boston harbour which had been converted into back offices and small business premises. Reg Ward, at the time LDDC Chief Executive, remembers him suddenly leaning back and saying: "I do not know why we do not go for a shed like 31 as a 200,000 sq ft back office."^[2] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1304 KB) Canary Wharf Tower and the HSBC World Headquarters, London, UK. 6th May 2005 Image by LoopZilla Sony Cybershot DSC-P72 File links The following pages link to this file: Canary Wharf ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1304 KB) Canary Wharf Tower and the HSBC World Headquarters, London, UK. 6th May 2005 Image by LoopZilla Sony Cybershot DSC-P72 File links The following pages link to this file: Canary Wharf ... West India Quay and SS_Robin West India Quay is an area on the Isle of Dogs in Docklands, London, England. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3456x2304, 3853 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canary Wharf Talk:Canary Wharf Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3456x2304, 3853 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canary Wharf Talk:Canary Wharf Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Dr Michael von Clemm (1935-1997) was an American businessman, restauranteur, anthropologist and President of Templeton College, Oxford. ... Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) is a bulge bracket New York City based investment banking and financial services firm. ... The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was a quango set up in 1981 to regenerate the Docklands area of east London. ... Reg Ward was the first Chief Executive of the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) from 1981 to 1988. ... Office types Class A office space Back office Front office Mobile office Paperless office Serviced office Small office/home office Virtual office A back office is a part of most corporations where tasks dedicated to running the company itself take place. ...

This led on to discussions at CSFB's offices, during which their American property adviser G Ware Travelstead, raised his hand and said: "We're asking ourselves the wrong question. Of course we can take Shed 31 and convert it into a back office, but we have spent the last five years courting at the Court of the City of London for a new site for a new configuration of building without success. The question is: 'Can we move our front office to the Isle of Dogs?'."^[3] Gooch G Ware Travelstead is an American property developer and entrepreneur, born in Texas in 1939. ... The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... Front office is an integrated CRM software. ...

This idea came from a basic need. The Big Bang deregulation of financial services in London had radically changed the way merchant banks operated. Instead of the small, corridor and office based buildings occupied in the traditional square mile, the demand was now for large floor-plate, open plan space which could be used as a trading floor. The Corporation of the City of London had been resisting such development, preferring instead to conserve its historical architecture and views. So banks like CSFB had spent years trying without success to locate suitable space close to the financial heart of London. At the meeting, Travelstead's idea provoked dissent. Reg Ward, however, agreed with Travelstead and pointed out that Citibank had successfully moved into mid-town New York and had also moved from the central business district in Hong Kong, drawing other users with it. (Eventually it would do the same in Docklands, constructing its own building, Citigroup Centre at Canary Wharf). So Von Clemm and Travelstead decided to take this idea on, committing CSFB to both fund and occupy the new development, and persuading another US Bank with the same issues about space, Morgan Stanley, to join them. The phrase big bang, used in reference to the sudden deregulation of financial markets, was coined to describe the Thatcher governments 1986 abolition of the distinction between stockjobbers and stockbrokers on the London Stock Exchange. ... Citibank is a major international bank, founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Citigroup Centre The Citigroup Centre is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. ... Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is an investment bank, retail broker, and credit card provider headquartered in New York City. ...

Travelstead managed to persuade the LDDC and the Government of Margaret Thatcher that a new financial services district of ten million square feet, located at the old West India Docks, was viable. He was the first to propose a single main tower, which later became One Canada Square. He proposed building the project as part of a consortium led by his own company The Travelstead Group, together with CSFB and Morgan Stanley. He also brought in Canadian developer Olympia and York, who had recently completed the World Financial Center and Battery Park developments in New York. However, Travelstead was unable to fund his project and in late 1986, CSFB and Morgan Stanley pulled out of the consortium, effectively pulling the plug. However, they remained interested in occupying the development if someone else were to build it. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born October 13, 1925), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. ... The West India Docks are a series of docks on the Isle of Dogs in London. ... Olympia and York was a major property firm. ...

On 17 July 1987, Olympia and York Canary Wharf Investments and the LDDC signed the Master Building Agreement for a 12.2 million sq ft (1.2 million sq.m.) £3 billion international financial centre. The price paid for the 20 acres (8 ha.) of the 71 acre (28.75 ha.) site which the LDDC owned was equivalent to £1 million an acre of which £8 million was payable in cash and £12 million was represented by the developer's commitment to various site works of public benefit. is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...

Local opposition to the development

The idea of a new financial services district was not popular with local residents or their representatives on the Isle of Dogs. Residents' groups including the Association of Island Communities led by individuals such as Ted Johns did not feel that they had been part of the consultation process and did not see that local people would gain any benefit from the development. The expectation was that the development would provide no local jobs or transport improvements. However, over the course of the development relations with the local community have improved and more than 7,000 local (Tower Hamlets) residents now work at Canary Wharf. The Isle of Dogs in 1899, at the height of its commercial success The Isle of Dogs is in the centre of this 2005 aerial view of east London as seen from the skies over south London. ...

During a bitter campaign against the LDDC's plans, the residents made their voices heard and gained concessions. One memorable stunt took place at the ground-breaking ceremony for Canary Wharf. With dignitaries and government ministers in attendance the developers were launching their plans. Local campaigners released a herd of sheep from Mudchute Farm into the audience, followed by thousands of live bees. The result was chaos, but again the concerns of local residents had stolen the limelight. Mudchute is the name of a locality on the Isle of Dogs in Docklands, London, England. ...

Other campaign tactics used during the 1980s included the brief Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by the Isle of Dogs, with Ted Johns installed as President, and the roads onto the island blocked for one week. A declaration of independence is a proclamation of the independence of a newly formed or reformed independent state from a part or the whole of the territory of another, or a document containing such a declaration. ...

In 1997, various residents living on the Isle of Dogs launched a lawsuit against Canary Wharf Ltd which reached the House of Lords (Hunter v Canary Wharf [1997] AC 665). They sued for private nuisance because the tower caused interference with television signals from the BBC transmitter in Crystal Palace until a relay transmitter was built to overcome these problems. The court found against the appellants (Hunter and others) as private nuisance generally lies for things emanating from a land, not the blocking of something.

Phase one: 1988-1991

Docklands Light Railway and entrance to underground station

Construction of Canary Wharf began in 1988, with phase one completed in 1991. Critically, Olympia and York agreed to meet half the cost of the proposed Jubilee Line extension, seen as vital to the long-term viability of the project. When topped out in 1990, One Canada Square became the UK's tallest building and a powerful symbol of the regeneration of Docklands. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (682x1024, 405 KB)Canary Wharf Station, South London, UK File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (682x1024, 405 KB)Canary Wharf Station, South London, UK File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... London Transport Portal The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ... The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured silver grey on the Tube map. ... One Canada Square, a skyscraper in London, England is the tallest habitable building in the United Kingdom, at 235 metres (771 ft) and 50 stories (reduced from original plans for 60). ...

The other buildings completed in Phase one include those around Westferry Circus and Cabot Square, and two either side of One Canada Square, now housing the Financial Services Authority and Reuters. One Canada Square, a skyscraper in London, England is the tallest habitable building in the United Kingdom, at 235 metres (771 ft) and 50 stories (reduced from original plans for 60). ... The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is an independent non-departmental public body and quasi-judicial body that regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom. ... Reuters Group plc (LSE: RTR and NASDAQ: RTRSY); pron. ...

Property market collapse

The world property market collapsed in the early 1990s, and Olympia and York filed for bankruptcy in May 1992, with over $20 billion in debts. Tenant demand evaporated despite the availability of special rent concessions for early occupiers and Jubilee Line work had not started yet, leaving the development accessible only by the under-specified Docklands Light Railway. The scheme went into administration. The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured silver grey on the Tube map. ... Administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions which functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent companies and allows them to carry on running their business. ...

One Canada Square stood with its top half in darkness, symbolic of the difficulties that had befallen not only Canary Wharf, but also the entire UK commercial property market. One Canada Square, a skyscraper in London, England is the tallest habitable building in the United Kingdom, at 235 metres (771 ft) and 50 stories (reduced from original plans for 60). ...

Rescue and recovery

In December 1995 an international consortium, backed by the former owners of Olympia & York and other investors, bought the scheme. The new company was called Canary Wharf Group, which listed on the London Stock Exchange and later rose to become one of the UK's largest property companies. Paul Reichmann became Chairman again. At the time Canary Wharf came out of administration, its working population was around 13,000 and well over half the office space was empty. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

However, recovery in the property market generally, coupled with continuing demand for high floor-plate grade A office accommodation, slowly improved the level of interest in the estate. A critical event in the recovery of Canary Wharf was the much-delayed start of work on the Jubilee Line, which the government wanted ready for the Millennium celebrations. In 1998 the Financial Services Authority moved to Canary Wharf, signalling a shift in the centre of gravity within the financial services sector. A millennium (pl. ... The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is an independent non-departmental public body and quasi-judicial body that regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom. ...

From this point on tenants and workers began to see Canary Wharf as an alternative to traditional office locations. Not only were the remaining phases completed, but new phases were built.

Phase two: 1997-2002

Phase two of Canary Wharf consisted of the construction of the HSBC Tower and Citigroup Centre headquarters buildings, followed by Heron Quays. HSBC Tower (building to right is occupied by Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America) 8 Canada Square (also known as HSBC Group Head Office, or HSBC Tower) is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. ... Citigroup Centre The Citigroup Centre is a skyscraper located in the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands. ... Heron Quays is an area of Docklands in London, UK. It has a Docklands Light Railway station, which was moved South after the development was expanded. ...

From 15,000 in 1999 just before the opening of the Jubilee Line, its working population in 2004 had more than quadrupled to 63,000. Around this time Canary Wharf Group, the scheme's owner became, briefly, the UK's largest property company.

In March 2004 Canary Wharf Group plc was taken over by a consortium of investors led by Morgan Stanley using a vehicle named Songbird Estates. Songbird is now listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM rather than on the Main Market. Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is an investment bank, retail broker, and credit card provider headquartered in New York City. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline for Companies. ...

The present day

Entry to the shopping mall

Canary wharf on an autumn evening

Canary Wharf tenants include major banks, such as BP, Credit Suisse, HSBC, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Barclays, law firms such as Clifford Chance, as well as major news media and service firms, including Reuters, the Daily Mirror and the Naseba Group. It has some technology companies, too, including Infosys. It has also gained more tenants from the public sector including the Financial Services Authority and 2012 Olympic Games organisers LOCOG and the ODA. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2496x1664, 1354 KB) Picture of Canary Wharf & Docklands. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2496x1664, 1354 KB) Picture of Canary Wharf & Docklands. ... This article is about the corporation known as BP. For other uses, see BP (disambiguation). ... The Credit Suisse Group (SWX:CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. ... HSBC Holdings plc (LSE: HSBA, SEHK: 0005, NYSE: HBC, Euronext: HSBC, BSX: 1077223879) is one of the largest banking groups in the world, ranked the fifth-largest company in the world in Forbes Global 2000. ... Citigroup Inc. ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ... Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is an investment bank, retail broker, and credit card provider headquartered in New York City. ... Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. ... Barclays Bank headquarters One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf Barclays plc (LSE: BARC, NYSE: BCS, TYO: 8642 ) is the fourth largest bank in the United Kingdom. ... Clifford Chance LLP is the largest law firm in the world, and a component of the UKs Magic Circle. ... Reuters Group plc (LSE: RTR and NASDAQ: RTRSY); pron. ... Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ... Infosys Technologies Ltd (BSE: 500209, NASDAQ: INFY) is an information technology (IT) services company founded in Pune, India in 1981 by N. R. Narayana Murthy and six of his colleagues. ... The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is an independent non-departmental public body and quasi-judicial body that regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom. ... The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ... The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) is the organisation that will oversee the planning and development of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. ... The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is the body responsible for ensuring delivery of venues, infrastructure and legacy for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. ...

At the end of 2006 the official number of people employed on the estate was 90,302 of which around 25% live in the surrounding five boroughs. Increasingly Canary Wharf is becoming a shopping destination, particularly with the opening of the Jubilee Place shopping centre in 2004, taking the total number of shops to more than 200 and increasing employment in retail to around 4,500. About 500,000 people each week shop at Canary Wharf.

The future

Canary Wharf viewed from Shad Thames

Plans are well underway for Canary Wharf to more than double in size again. Planning permission has been granted for the Riverside South development of two towers designed by Richard Rogers Partnership (work began in April 2007) and in 2006 the company announced that State Street Corporation, KPMG, and Bear Stearns had signed deals to move to new HQ buildings on the estate. The new State Street, Bear Stearns and KPMG Headquarters buildings are currently under construction with work expected to complete in 2009. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1793x1617, 2379 KB) Summary Canary Wharf at night ,taken 27/12/05 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canary Wharf User:Hamish2k Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1793x1617, 2379 KB) Summary Canary Wharf at night ,taken 27/12/05 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canary Wharf User:Hamish2k Metadata This file contains... The east end of the Shad Thames area. ... Artists rendering of the Riverside South development, Canary Wharf. ... Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. ... State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is a financial services company based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... KPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the world. ... The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. ...

Following these three buildings Canary Wharf still has planning permission under the old enterprise zone for two additional buildings of approx 15 storeys - one next to KPMG's new HQ on Canada Square and one next to State Street at Churchill Place. Additionally there is planning permission for two large towers and a mid-rise building at North Quay, although this site will have to wait until the Crossrail project is completed. This would leave Heron Quays West as the last undeveloped part of the main Canary Wharf estate, for which plans for another two skyscrapers have been drawn up, but these are unlikely to be built until both Riverside South and North Quay are completed. Artists rendering of the proposed North Quay development, Canary Wharf. ... For the similar scheme in Glasgow, see Glasgow Crossrail Crossrail is a project to build a new east-west railway connection under central London, with one connection to the west and two to the east. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... Artists rendering of the Riverside South development, Canary Wharf. ... Artists rendering of the proposed North Quay development, Canary Wharf. ...

Along with the development of the 7 million sq ft Wood Wharf project to the east, in which Canary Wharf is a partner (with Ballymore and British Waterways) and neighbouring future sites, these represent another potential 15 million square feet of development, doubling the existing area of the estate. Wood Wharf is a redevelopment project on the Isle of Dogs in the Docklands of London, England. ... A Rugby Union stadium which is also the home of Queensland Rugby. ... British Waterways sign near Gas Street Basin on the BCN. British Waterways is a government body sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Scottish Executive in the United Kingdom. ...

The SkyscraperNews website^[4] describes some of the new building projects underway with a 3d Google Earth model. The number of people working in Canary Wharf is set to rise to 100,000 by 2009 (CWG estimate) and to 200,000 by 2025 (according to the Mayor's London Plan and DCLG's Thames Gateway Interim Development Plan).

Around Canary Wharf, there is also significant commercial and residential development in other Docklands areas such as Silvertown Quays,^[5] Greenwich Peninsula, and on the Isle of Dogs at Arrowhead Quay, Crossharbour and Millharbour. The Greenwich Peninsula, sometimes known as the Blackwall Peninsula or Bugsby Marshes, in the London Borough of Greenwich, is bounded on its northern perimeter by the River Thames. ... The Isle of Dogs in 1899, at the height of its commercial success The Isle of Dogs is in the centre of this 2005 aerial view of east London as seen from the skies over south London. ...

Transport

Canary Wharf tube station (Jubilee Line)

Canary Wharf tube station

Canary Wharf is connected to central London via the Canary Wharf DLR station, opened in 1991, and the extension of the Jubilee Line to Canary Wharf tube station in 2000. Heron Quays DLR station is also nearby. London City Airport is a few miles further to the east and can be accessed by bus, taxi and, since December 2005, DLR. A river boat service from Canary Wharf Pier provides regular commuter river boat services to Greenwich in the east and the City of London and the West End of London, as well as a shuttle service to Rotherhithe. Canary Wharf underground station (Jubilee Line). ... Canary Wharf underground station (Jubilee Line). ... Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. ... The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured silver grey on the Tube map. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ... Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. ... Central London is a much-used but unofficial and vaguely defined term for the most inner part of London, the capital of England. ... Canary Wharf DLR station is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in London, England. ... The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured silver grey on the Tube map. ... Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. ... Categories: Docklands Light Railway stations | London Underground stubs ... London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. ... Thames Clippers are a water-bus service operating in London on the River Thames. ... Canary Wharf Pier, showing a Thames Clipper boat on the commuter service (moored) and the Rotherhithe shuttle boat. ... Greenwich is a town, now part of the south eastern urban sprawl of London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... The interior of Covent Garden Market in the West End The West End of London is an area of central London, containing many of the citys major tourist attractions, businesses, and administrative headquarters. ... St Olavs, Rotherhithes Norwegian church. ...

The sustainable transport charity Sustrans has proposed the construction of a bicycle and pedestrian swing bridge from Canary Wharf to Rotherhithe, and a feasibility study is underway.^[6] Sustrans is a British engineering charity which promotes sustainable transport. ... St Olavs, Rotherhithes Norwegian church. ...

Canary Wharf is one of the most important stations on the proposed Crossrail project, which would link the estate with Heathrow in the West and the Thames Gateway in the East. The Crossrail station, if built, will be situated in the North Dock and linked to the underground malls. For the similar scheme in Glasgow, see Glasgow Crossrail Crossrail is a project to build a new east-west railway connection under central London, with one connection to the west and two to the east. ...

Significance

One Canada Square seen from inside the adjacent shopping centre (2003)

Canary Wharf is not just an office scheme. It has had impact at the local level, at the metropolitan level and, to a lesser extent, at the national level. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 243 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1274 × 3143 pixel, file size: 440 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canary Wharf ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 243 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1274 × 3143 pixel, file size: 440 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canary Wharf ...

The most immediate impact of Canary Wharf has been to substantially increase land values in the surrounding area. This means that the Isle of Dogs, which had previously been seen as suited only for low density light industrial development, has been up-rated. Projects like South Quay Plaza and West India Quay are a direct consequence of this. More recently, Canary Wharf has opened the path for other developments in East London such as Stratford City and Greenwich Peninsula. It has given fresh impetus to already well established residential construction, especially of middle class owner occupier apartments and townhouses. The Isle of Dogs in 1899, at the height of its commercial success The Isle of Dogs is in the centre of this 2005 aerial view of east London as seen from the skies over south London. ... East London area East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. ... Stratford City is a project to create a major new urban centre for East London on the site of a former railway good yard at Stratford. ... The Greenwich Peninsula, sometimes known as the Blackwall Peninsula or Bugsby Marshes, in the London Borough of Greenwich, is bounded on its northern perimeter by the River Thames. ... An owner-occupier is a person who lives in a house that he or she owns. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Leinster House, 18th century Dublin townhouse of the Duke of Leinster. ...

At the metropolitan level, Canary Wharf was, and remains, a direct challenge to the primacy of the City of London as the UK's principal centre for the finance industry. Relations between Canary Wharf and the Corporation of London have frequently been strained, with the City accusing Canary Wharf of poaching tenants, and Canary Wharf accusing the City of not catering to occupier needs. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... Coat of arms of the City of London as shown on Blackfriars station. ...

Canary Wharf's national significance comes from what it replaces: the former docks were, as recently as 1961, the busiest in the world. They served huge industrial areas of east London and beyond. Both the docks and much of that industrial capacity are gone, with employment shifting to the kind of service industry accommodated in office buildings. In this respect, Canary Wharf could be cited as the strongest single symbol of the changed economic geography of the United Kingdom. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The tertiary sector of industry, also called the service sector or the service industry, is one of the three main industrial categories of a developed economy, the others being the secondary industry (manufacturing and primary goods production such as agriculture), and primary industry (extraction such as mining and fishing). ... A lump of coal, surrounded by fish Halford John Mackinder, Britain and the British Seas, 1904 The economic geography of the United Kingdom reflects its high position in the current economic league tables, as well as reflecting its long history as a trading nation and as an imperial power. ...

Its symbolic importance was bleakly demonstrated on 9 February 1996 when the IRA detonated a bomb at South Quay DLR station, killing two people, destroying the South Quay Plaza development and damaging several nearby buildings. The bomb ended a 17-month ceasefire. is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... South Quay is a Docklands Light Railway station on the Isle of Dogs, in London. ...

In 2007, the project made headlines again when the tower at 8 Canada Place sold for £1.1 billion, setting a new record for commercial real estate in London.^[7]

Recently, Canary Wharf has gained unwelcome notoriety by banning a demonstration highlighting poor pay for office cleaners. Ken Loach – whose film Bread and Roses inspired the march – denounced the ban as "despicable". Ken Loach Kenneth Loach (born June 17, 1936), known as Ken Loach, is an English television and film director, known for his naturalistic style and socialist themes. ... The slogan Bread and Roses originated in the strike of women textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912. ...

Trivia

• Canary Wharf was the brainchild of Michael von Clemm, who was the second cousin of Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the son of an alleged Nazi spy, and Paul Reichmann whose family fled the Nazis.
• Canary Wharf was financed by the same banks - and now houses many of the same banks - which had financed the construction of the West India Docks and the transatlantic trade which used to flow through it. Canary Wharf now trades more commodities - albeit in virtual form - than used to trade through the docks and employs more than twice as many people as used to work on the docks at their height.
• Canary Wharf has two sister developments: World Financial Center New York was designed by the same company (Olympia and York) and same architect (Cesar Pelli) to a similar design, and Hotel Arts Barcelona was designed by the same architect and promoter (G Ware Travelstead) when he lost control of the Wharf project..

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In popular culture

• The Radiohead song "Fake Plastic Trees" is about Canary Wharf - although the trees on the estate are real.
• In the Doctor Who episode "Army of Ghosts", Canary Wharf is shown to be the headquarters of the Torchwood Institute. People on the inside know it as Torchwood Tower or Torchwood One. The battle in the following episode "Doomsday" between the Daleks and the Cybermen has since been referred to as the "Battle of Canary Wharf".

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See also

• Levent (Istanbul)
• Potsdamer Platz (Berlin)
• Erieview (Cleveland)
• Avinguda Diagonal, Eixample (Barcelona)
• Nishi-shinjuku (Tokyo)
• Kitai-gorod (Moscow)
• Presnensky District (Moscow)
• La Defense (Paris)
• Jersey City (New York City) Within metropolitan area
• Century City (Los Angeles)
• DTC (Denver)
• City of London (London)
• Azca (Madrid)
• Cuatro Torres Business Area (Madrid)
• Circular Quay (Sydney)
• City of Sydney (Sydney)
• Rosslyn, Virginia (Washington DC) Within metropolitan area
• Central, Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• Pudong (Shanghai)
• Kirchberg, Luxembourg
• Donaustadt (Vienna)
• Sante Fe (Mexico City)
• Avenida Paulista,Berrini Avenue (São Paulo)
• Raffles Place (Singapore)

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Canary Wharf (soap opera)

Canary Wharf was also a short running soap opera on L!VE TV, a British Cable television channel. It used the channel's premises there as sets. For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Rusty Goffe presents Britains Bounciest Weather, from early 1999 L!VE TV was a British television station that was operated by MGN on cable television from 15 June 1995 - 5 November 1999. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ...

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