Baltimore Tower in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, London, England
Baltimore Tower, also known as Arena Tower and nicknamed The Slinky due to its resemblance to the popular toy, is a high-rise residential skyscraper in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, London, England. The building is located on a site that was previously the location of the London Arena. The 45-storey building comprises 366 residential apartments and is 149 meters in height. It was designed by American architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Baltimore Tower won the Best Residential High Rise Award at the International Property Awards in 2017.
Thanks to Google Earth Studio for this amazing aerial view.
Baltimore Tower won the Best Residential High Rise Award at the International Property Awards in 2017.
Thanks to Google Earth Studio for this amazing aerial view.
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00:00Baltimore Tower, also known as Arena Tower and nicknamed the Slinky due to its resemblance
00:12to the popular toy, is a high-rise residential skyscraper in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs,
00:17London, England.
00:19The building is located on a site that was previously the location of the London Arena.
00:24The 45-story building comprises 366 residential apartments and is 149 meters in height.
00:31It was designed by American architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
00:36Baltimore Tower won the Best Residential High-Rise Award at the International Property Awards
00:40in 2017.
00:42Ballymore London Arena Ltd applied for an amended planning application to Tower Hamlets
00:47in 2008.
00:49Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in East
00:53London, England, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets.
00:57It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford,
01:03east of Rotherith, west of Cubitt Town, and has a long shoreline along London's Tideway,
01:08part of the River Thames.
01:10It was part of the County of Middlesex and from 1889 the County of London following the
01:15passing of the Local Government Act 1888, it later became part of Greater London in
01:201965.
01:22Millwall had a population of 23,084 in 2011 and includes Island Gardens, the Quarterdeck
01:28and the Space.
01:29Millwall is a smaller area of land than an average parish, as it was part of Poplar until
01:34the 19th century when it became heavily industrialized, containing the workplaces and homes of a few
01:39thousand dockside and shipbuilding workers.
01:43Among its factories were the shipbuilding ironworks of William Fairburn, much of which
01:47survives as today's Burrell's Wharf.
01:49It was in this era also that Millwall F.C. was founded, in 1885.
01:54As Millwall Rovers, first nicknamed, The Dockers, before becoming, The Lions, the team moved
02:00south of the river to New Cross in 1910, however, a set of amateur football pitches remain.
02:06Adjoining Cubitt Town alongside the city farm that was added in the 20th century.
02:12Originally known as Marshall, the area acquired its new name with its breakaway from its former
02:16parish of Poplar.
02:18The replacement was due to the large number of windmills built on the river wall in the
02:2219th century.
02:24Improvements led by the Lord Mayor William Cubitt in reinforcing the land solved the
02:28periodic flooding caused by major snowmelt and spring tides.
02:32Corn and wheat were brought along the river Thames to be ground into flour there.
02:37On the 31st of January 1858, the largest ship of that time, the SS Great Eastern, designed
02:43by a Sambird Kingdom Brunel, was launched from Napier Yard, the shipyard leased by messers
02:48J. Scott Russell and Company.
02:51The 211-meter length was too wide for the river, and the ship had to be launched sideways.
02:56A section of the concrete and timber substructure from the launch site is now preserved on site
03:01for public display at the modern Napier Avenue.
03:04Due to the technical difficulties of the launch, this was the last ship of such a size
03:09to be built on the island, though other builders such as Yarrow's and Sammuda Brothers continued
03:13building warships on the island for another 50 years.
03:17They are commemorated in the names of the Sammuda Estate on Manchester Road, and Yarrow
03:21House on Stewart Street.
03:23In the 1860s the large Millwall Dock was built, extending from the Thames at Millwall into
03:29the centre of the Isle of Dogs.
03:31The spoil from the dock was left as the mud chute.
03:34During the 19th century, the area now called Island Gardens was referred to as North Greenwich.
03:40For the North Greenwich Railway Station that was opened in 1872 to connect with the ferry
03:45that was the forerunner of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel.
03:48The Greenwich Peninsula, previously East Greenwich, is now also known by this epithet for the
03:53North Greenwich Tube Station.
03:56That is all.
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