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  • Old:
    St Mary Axe.
    New:
    From old Imperial to new.


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  • From old Imperial to new.

    I love that Stormtrooper on the balcony, plus the spotted cow on the balcony of the house over the road from it.

  • The old tag is possibly the oldest bollard in London, at St. Helen's Church, Great St. Helens. It's a cannon captured from a French ship in the 18th century, embedded in the ground. I gather this was how the early London bollards were created and you can see how the shape of later bollards echoed it.

    At the right time of day, it stands literally in the shadow of the Gherkin. Since this tag is overflowing with phallic imagery, it seems appropriate that the road running from the tag to the Gherkin is called "Undershaft".

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