Again looking north. The new Drapers' Gardens office building is the box of glass just visible behind the magnolias to the left. The Austin Friars building complex, also part of the Company's estate, are ahead and on the right. The Drapers' Gardens name for the office block is a reminder that the gardens in the foreground are the remains of a substantial open space. This was used for recreation and market gardening and existed up to a hundred and thirty years ago before the pressure to develop the site and build offices became too great to resist. |
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