Summary
Two historic Docklands districts will enjoy a second wave of regeneration as ugly Eighties warehouses make way for glamorous new waterside homes, says David Spittles
THE old docks districts of Rotherhithe and Wapping glare at each other across the Thames. It was here 25 years ago that the first wave of Docklands regeneration resulted in handsome warehouses being turned into swish apartments. Now, major new housebuilding is taking place on sites redeveloped for commercial use in the Eighties.See the full content of this document
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Brigands, Gibbets and Gastropubs
A district in search of a town Rotherhithe is a mixed bag. The historic, cobbled pocket around Marychurch Street, from where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail to North America in 1620, is the most desirable quaint and handy for Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Tube stations. A development ripple is spreading from fashionable Sh...
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