Shoe Lane Quarter
This scheme is in partnership with
Goldman Sachs and is part of the re-landscaping of the streets
surrounding their headquarters on Fleet Street. Detailed designs
have been developed by the landscape architects Burns + Nice
Architects. The first phase of the works- Shoe Lane / Shoe Lane
junction -completed. The second Phase- Brides Street and Poppins
Court was approved by Members in January 2006 and will be
under-construction this Summer 2006. The scheme is part of the
Fleet Street Courts and Lanes Design Strategy.
Design: Burns + Nice Architects / City of London –
Department of Planning & Transportation
Completion date: January 2007
Monument
The scheme is to close Monument Street
permanently to through traffic between Fish Street Hill and Pudding
Lane. The carriageway is resurfaced in York stone, Caithness stone
and granite, to indicate the original extent of Wren’s ‘Monument
Yard’. The scheme also includes the landscaping of Canoe House and
the construction of a pavilion related to the management of the
monument and its visitors. The street scene works were completed in
December 2005. Enabling works for the pavilion and Canoe House site
commenced in March 2006 and the main scheme commences in June.
Completion is due in winter 2006.
Designer: City of London / Bere Architects
Completion date: Winter 2006
High Timber Street (Riverside Walk Enhancement Strategy)
The aim of the proposal is to enhance the accessibility and
appearance of the area by improving the pedestrian route between
the two completed sections of Riverside Walk on either side of
Queenhithe Dock and Sir John Lyon House.
The mastic asphalt footway will be replaced with York stone and
widened between Gardners Lane and Queenhithe. Four raised tables
are also proposed to be introduced paved in granite setts. Works
started in October and are due for completion in January
2007.
Design: City of London – Department of Planning
& Transportation
Start date: 23 October 2006
Completion date: January 2007