Canary Wharf stands as the largest financial district in the world (Moshinsky 2017),
providing 45... more Canary Wharf stands as the largest financial district in the world (Moshinsky 2017), providing 450,000 employment opportunities nationwide (Canary Wharf Group 2018) from land, surveyors deemed 60% derelict in 1980 (Brown 2017). Michael Haseltine’s impact led to London City Airport, the Millennium Dome and the Olympic Park at Stratford (Allen 2016) initiating the revival of East London. Most would not query Canary Wharf not being a successful modern urban development. Yet 53.4% of Children in Tower Hamlets lived in poverty in 2017 (Butler 2018). Yet 39% of households are below the poverty line in Tower Hamlets (Tower Hamlets 2018 p.1). Yet Tower Hamlets has the highest pensioner poverty rate in the country (Tower Hamlets Council 2018 p.1). Margaret Thatcher and John Major’s Conservative governments invested £5.8 billion of taxpayer’s money in Canary Wharf (Museum of London Docklands {MoLD} 2019; Bank of England 2019). Do most still see Canary Wharf as a success?
Canary Wharf stands as the largest financial district in the world (Moshinsky 2017),
providing 45... more Canary Wharf stands as the largest financial district in the world (Moshinsky 2017), providing 450,000 employment opportunities nationwide (Canary Wharf Group 2018) from land, surveyors deemed 60% derelict in 1980 (Brown 2017). Michael Haseltine’s impact led to London City Airport, the Millennium Dome and the Olympic Park at Stratford (Allen 2016) initiating the revival of East London. Most would not query Canary Wharf not being a successful modern urban development. Yet 53.4% of Children in Tower Hamlets lived in poverty in 2017 (Butler 2018). Yet 39% of households are below the poverty line in Tower Hamlets (Tower Hamlets 2018 p.1). Yet Tower Hamlets has the highest pensioner poverty rate in the country (Tower Hamlets Council 2018 p.1). Margaret Thatcher and John Major’s Conservative governments invested £5.8 billion of taxpayer’s money in Canary Wharf (Museum of London Docklands {MoLD} 2019; Bank of England 2019). Do most still see Canary Wharf as a success?
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providing 450,000 employment opportunities nationwide (Canary Wharf Group 2018)
from land, surveyors deemed 60% derelict in 1980 (Brown 2017). Michael Haseltine’s
impact led to London City Airport, the Millennium Dome and the Olympic Park at
Stratford (Allen 2016) initiating the revival of East London. Most would not query Canary
Wharf not being a successful modern urban development. Yet 53.4% of Children in Tower
Hamlets lived in poverty in 2017 (Butler 2018). Yet 39% of households are below the
poverty line in Tower Hamlets (Tower Hamlets 2018 p.1). Yet Tower Hamlets has the
highest pensioner poverty rate in the country (Tower Hamlets Council 2018 p.1). Margaret
Thatcher and John Major’s Conservative governments invested £5.8 billion of taxpayer’s
money in Canary Wharf (Museum of London Docklands {MoLD} 2019; Bank of England
2019). Do most still see Canary Wharf as a success?
providing 450,000 employment opportunities nationwide (Canary Wharf Group 2018)
from land, surveyors deemed 60% derelict in 1980 (Brown 2017). Michael Haseltine’s
impact led to London City Airport, the Millennium Dome and the Olympic Park at
Stratford (Allen 2016) initiating the revival of East London. Most would not query Canary
Wharf not being a successful modern urban development. Yet 53.4% of Children in Tower
Hamlets lived in poverty in 2017 (Butler 2018). Yet 39% of households are below the
poverty line in Tower Hamlets (Tower Hamlets 2018 p.1). Yet Tower Hamlets has the
highest pensioner poverty rate in the country (Tower Hamlets Council 2018 p.1). Margaret
Thatcher and John Major’s Conservative governments invested £5.8 billion of taxpayer’s
money in Canary Wharf (Museum of London Docklands {MoLD} 2019; Bank of England
2019). Do most still see Canary Wharf as a success?