Hay's Frames

Gherkin framed by Hay's Galleria.

Gherkin meets Tower

The view from Tower Bridge -- one of the oldest and one of the newest buildings in the East End, side by side.

camouflage

This month's Theme Day on City Daily Photo is "Edges." This photo clearly shows how the HMS Belfast has been painted to melt into its surroundings -- it's hard to tell where the ship ends and the city begins. In other words, their edges blend together. Ta da!

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St. Paul's at Blackfriars

While I always appreciated the symbolic power of St. Paul's Catherdral, it's only since living here that I've come to really love its permanence on the London skyline. I find it oddly comforting that you can see it from so many places around the city, often popping up unexpectedly, reminding you it's still there. Here we see it over the chaos of the Blackfriars Station construction.

Another Fine Day

More evidence of the glorious day we had on Friday. Not a cloud in the sky. Not a single one. I thought I'd never live to see the day.

one two three

The many faces of London. As seen from inside the Tower of London.

Shard #2

An early January view from Primrose Hill. See the Shard again? Sticking up amid the much shorter buildings in the rightish part of the picture. That thing is seriously going to dominate the skyline come 2012. Maybe I'll try to document its rise over the next several months...

one-one-oneone!

This blog has really not been going for very long, so it seemed a bit silly to post a Picture of the Year as the January 1 Theme Day. So instead I've chosen this image of a sunny dawn over north London. Pretend it has some metaphorical meaning related to the new dawn of 2011.

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St. Paul's

May not be the classic shot from Millenium Bridge, but I am so proud of this photo anyway. Had to balance it on a wall and use the timer, all the while cursing because I don't have a tripod. But I think it turned out brilliantly anyway. It was a cloudy, rainy night and you can really see in this shot why the stars are never visible in London -- far too much light pollution.

Snowfall

We had some wonderful snowfall in London over the last few days, something that apparently doesn't happen too often. As a transplanted Midwesterner, this snow has been a real godsend. There's already a foot or so back home and I was starting to worry I'd have to wait until my trip home to see some flakes. But, happily, the weather gods took pity on me and I've been in an unspeakably good mood for the last few days as a result.

How can you dislike something that makes even my relatively ho-hum north London neighborhood look like whispered poetry?

Déjà vu

You might recall this image a few weeks back of the East End as seen from a flat in North London. This is that same view on a foggy day not long ago. Needless to say, I drank a lot of tea and listened to some excellent moody music on that day.

After the rain

A power station glowing in the sun after a burst of afternoon rain. This is taken looking southwest from the Hyde Park area. Anyone know where that power station is? It might be the Battersea Power Station, and it's in about the right place, though it looks like it's missing the back two smokestacks.

Far off financial district

A view of central London (can you see the curved, conical top of the Gherkin?) as seen from a flat in North London.