Municipal and family pride led to the construction of splendid buildings, wharves, bridges, and churches.
The subsequent context chapter describes how economic growth and migration to urban areas during and after World War I necessitated the building of infrastructure, including railways, electrical grids, wharves, and bridges, as well as the need for people municipal managers to oversee these new developments.
One friend was on the Jubilee line from Canary Wharf to London Bridge.
Four London docklands housing schemes are listed, including China Wharf near Tower Bridge with its giant red pagoda-like centrepiece, and Cascades near Canary Wharf with its highly distinctive slope.
River services There are to be 'enhanced river services', which sadly doesn't mean rear-mounted slides but there will be extra boats on Route RB1 between Greenland (Surrey Quays) / Canary Wharf and London Bridge.
In London I found the exact spot where Wiseman had been caught red-handed with that load of timber (Three Cranes Wharf, near Southwark bridge) and tried to imagine how hard a boatman's life must have been.
ACE-FX, which has branches in Canary Wharf and London Bridge has spent the day telling customers that it sold all its currency yesterday and has nothing left in its vaults.
The mayor has taken a carefully planned approach to office development too, encouraging business growth and supporting new office buildings clustered around major transport hubs, at Liverpool Street, in Canary Wharf, at London Bridge.
Under maritime law responsibility for collision damage is based upon the fault principle: a colliding vessel will not be held responsible for damage to another ship or to a fixed object such as a bridge, wharf, or jetty unless the collision is caused by a deficiency in the colliding vessel or by negligence or a willful act on the part of its navigators.
And while hotspots like Canary Wharf and London Bridge might see half-hour delays for passengers boarding trains during rush hour, he added that people would not be adversely affected if they planned their routes.
