Visitors to the City will have an opportunity to look inside some of its more iconic buildings at this week’s Open House London event, when notable venues open their doors to the public.
The City of London’s tallest occupied building, Tower 42 on Old Broad Street, will be among those opening its doors.
This weekend also offers an opportunity to look inside Fishmongers Hall, a Grade 1 listed building on the north bank of the Thames, close to Monument Station.
The Landscape Institute is also hosting a tour of some of the newer landscapes in the City of London - visit http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/ for more details.
While the buildings that dominate the City are the physical representation of its history, the characters that have worked within them are the real story behind the Square Mile’s past.
Over the coming weeks and months this column will explore the City of London, examining how the insurance market has developed in London’s capital during recent centuries and how the industry interacts with its local environment.
London’s insurance market sits at the heart of the City of London, a small but significant part of the UK capital where business powerhouses have helped create the world’s largest financial centre.
As well as being the location for iconic financial buildings such as the London Stock Exchange and the home of Lloyd’s at 1 Lime Street, the City retains a sense of its history with its narrow side streets providing a glimpse of its humbler past.
The Square Mile is bordered by some of the most economically deprived areas of the country, and this column will also look at ways in which the London market is able to reach out to these areas, and identify places within the City where a community spirit still exists.
Next week: A look inside St Ethelburga’s, the church building rebuilt after near total destruction from the 1993 IRA bomb
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