31 March 2009


London 30 St. Mary Axe, originally uploaded by david.bank.


London 30 St. Mary Axe

30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004. It is 180 metres (591 ft) tall, with 40 floors. Its construction symbolised the start of a new high-rise construction boom in London.

Seen from the Vertigo Bar on Tower 42.

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