#billingsgate

[eb-the-gamer]

So I just got a disturbing implication from the Wacky Watch website. For anyone not in the know, it's become an art application where you can make a Player Door and name the character

Does....does Caine KNOW someone is about to abstract and is prepping a new Player design?! Is there just going to BE a new player added to the cast? Is he making an npc replacement?!

I'm fascinated, cause everything on this dang website so far has tied into new episodes

[aneverydaything]

Day 2436, 22 February 2025

Contrasting Docklands' re-development fortunes.

Re-development continues at pace in the former docklands area of East London. The building in front is Billingsgate Fish Market. It was once the largest fish market in the world. It moved from Central London to this site next to Canary Wharf in 1982. The site is now scheduled for further re-development and the historic fish market is expected to close forever in 2028with no financially viable alternative site available.

[vintage-london-images]

A wonderful atmospheric view of London photographed from the London monument.  Here we are looking towards Tower Bridge and looking down on Billingsgate fish market and the Thames Pool of London in 1966.

[londiniumlundene]

The Traffic Light Tree

Yes it’s time for some more Art! In the middle of the roundabout outside Billingsgate Market stands an eight-metre-tall “tree” constructed out of 75 traffic lights. Originally installed in 1998 at the junction of Heron Quay Bank, Westferry Road and Marsh Wall, the Traffic Light Tree replaced a real tree that had been slowly killed by the traffic pollution in the Canary Wharf area.

The tree was moved to its current location in 2013 following redevelopment work at its original site. The lights still flash in a random sequence, ready to confuse unwary motorists approaching the roundabout. According to the artist, Pierre Vivant, “the changing pattern of the lights reflects the never ending rhythm of the surrounding domestic, financial and commercial activities”.

[richwall101]

Old and New in The City of London The Old Billingsgate Fish Market seen against new buildings in the City of London, this is a long view from the Thames where the building is set against modern glass 20th century office towers. The Fish market was built in 1850 by builder John Jay. In 1982 the building was repurposed by architect Richard Rogers into Office Accomodation

[leftoverlondoner]

Billingsgate fish market, captured in 1980 by Jane Tuely two years before it moved from Lower Thames Street.

[vintage-london-images]

Billingsgate Fish Market photographed in 1960. Porters busily transport their wares outside the market building in Lower Thames Street in the City of London, with a view west to the Monument commemorating the Great Fire of 1666. The Monument was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and erected between 1671 and 1677. It was built on the site of St Margarets Church Fish Street, which was the first church to be destroyed in the fire.

[vintage-london-images]

Billingsgate Fish Market photographed in 1960. Porters busily transport their wares outside the market building in Lower Thames Street in the City of London, with a view west to the Monument commemorating the Great Fire of 1666. The Monument was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and erected between 1671 and 1677. It was built on the site of St Margarets Church Fish Street, which was the first church to be destroyed in the fire.