Wharf construction at Leamouth (December 2015)

Instone Wharf was constructed to remove excavated London clay from the Crossrail tunnels by barge to Wallasea Island in Essex where it was used to create a nature reserve. This image is one of three recently added to my Walking the Leaway project which, with the passing of time, now seem to fit in rather well. In future plans, the wharf is re-imagined as a terminus for a new ‘ecologically focussed’ Limmo Park, making accessible a large section of the riverine landscape after the Crossrail compound at Canning Town closes.

North Greenwich (November 2016)

Sunday afternoon sports - seen from the Thames Path at North Greenwich. 

Robin Hood Garden, London. (June 2015)

The Robin Hood Gardens estate was completed in 1972 and now, some forty five years later, it is undergoing phased demolition to make way for the Blackwall Reach regeneration scheme. Glad to have made several visits to photograph during 2015/16 and which are now sifted and sorted in this Robin Hood Gardens project. 

Paynes Wharf, Deptford Creekside, (July 2010)

Paynes Wharf dates from the mid-nineteenth century and had been Grade 2 listed and was awaiting development when I made this image in 2010. The Italianate style facade was held up by a steel frame and the sight of Canary Wharf across the Thames through the giant arched windows compressed a scene of urban architectural change. Now the stock bricks, painted stonework, moulded cornices and rusticated keystones have all been restored and on Sunday 12 November it will be one of the first stops on a Creekside architectural photo walk I’m organising for this years Urban Photo Fest.      

Leaway (closed) across the Waterworks River (April 2016)

An image from my Leaway project; sadly these trees, which were a distinctive presence along the Waterworks River between Stratford High Street and the Olympic Park, have recently all been cut down.