Before it became the financial capital of the UK (and some might say the world but not me), Canary Wharf in London was docklands and derelict buildings post-Empire. But the Greater London Council (GLC) had a vision to transform the area into mini financial metropolis with skyscrapers and office blocks. MyLondon documented the changes from colonial times to the late 80s/early 90s when construction was underway.
More from London: A Jago Hazzard London train/tube triple bill, the ghostly signs of London, and Roy Mehta’s ‘Revival’ exploring Brent’s multiculturalism between 1989–93