London skyline 1971
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A sweeping panorama looking north across the Thames at a moment when post-war redevelopment was reshaping central London. In the foreground, directly beside the river, the LWT (London Weekend Television) South Bank studios are under construction—work that began in 1970 and would be completed in 1972.
Across the river, several major landmarks stand out clearly:
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St Paul’s Cathedral dominates the right side of the skyline, its dome rising above the still-low commercial buildings of the City.
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To its left, the twin towers of St Bride’s Church and St Mary-le-Bow can be picked out in the central City cluster.
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The tall dark slab on the far right is the newly built Debenhams (Millbank) Tower, completed in 1962 and one of the City’s earlier modern high-rises.
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Near the centre of the image, the two matching residential towers are Barbican Towers, then still relatively new, part of the vast Barbican redevelopment that had replaced much of the bomb-damaged northern City.
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Between them, slightly lower and with a pale dome, is the Old Bailey.
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Just in front of the Barbican cluster is the long, white, colonnaded façade of Somerset House, lining the north bank.
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On the far left, the wooded area is the edge of Temple Gardens, with the Inns of Court just beyond.
At the bottom right is the unmistakable OXO Tower with its illuminated vertical lettering visible even in daylight. Beyond Waterloo Bridge lies a City skyline still modest in height by modern standards, with the 1970s London yet to see the explosive growth of skyscrapers that would redefine it over the next decades.
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