City of London: Curtain Rd - Old Street
Shoreditch combines a working streetscape with a creative-business identity in a way that reflects its position just north of the City of London. At the junction of Curtain Road and Old Street, former warehouse and workshop buildings sit beside offices, cafés and independent venues, while cycle lanes and busy traffic mark an important route through inner east London. Old Street roundabout, often called Silicon Roundabout, became closely associated with the capital’s technology sector in the early 21st century. The neighbourhood developed beyond the historic City on ground north of the River Thames and retains links to Shoreditch’s furniture-making and theatrical past. It is an urban quarter shaped by movement, reused industrial architecture, commerce and design.
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The City of London occupies the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. Often called the Square Mile, it is the historic core of Londinium and remains a global centre for banking, insurance and legal services, governed separately from the surrounding London boroughs. Medieval lanes run beside towers of the financial district, while surviving fragments of the Roman city wall recall its origins nearly two millennia ago. St Paul’s Cathedral, rebuilt to Christopher Wren’s design after the Great Fire of 1666 and completed in 1710, anchors the western side of the City. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of central London connects regionally.
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