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The building stands on the site of the former Baltic Exchange (24–28 St Mary Axe), which was the headquarters of a global marketplace for shipping freight contracts and soft commodities, and the Chamber of Shipping (30–32 St Mary Axe). [4] The tower's topmost panoramic dome, known as the "Lens", recalls the iconic glass dome that covered ...
The London Millennium Tower was one of several ideas for the site of the former Baltic Exchange at 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London, that had been destroyed beyond repair by a Provisional IRA bomb blast in April 1992.
The site, together with that of the Chamber of Shipping at 30–32 St Mary Axe, was used for the building of 30 St Mary Axe, commonly referred to as "The Gherkin". [8] The stained glass of the Baltic Exchange war memorial, which had only suffered superficial damage in the bomb blast, has been restored and is in the National Maritime Museum. [9]
The street St Mary Axe is now most notable for the Baltic Exchange at No. 38, and The Gherkin at No. 30, a distinctively shaped skyscraper built on the site of the former buildings of the Baltic Exchange and the UK Chamber of Shipping (destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1992).
30 St Mary Axe, also known as "The Gherkin", and occasionally as The Swiss Re Tower, is an architecturally similar building in London which opened a year and a half earlier, in April 2004. Alain Robert, a famous climber who has scaled the building.
The site, together with that of the Chamber of Shipping at 30–32 St Mary Axe, is now home to the skyscraper commissioned by Swiss Re commonly referred to as The Gherkin. [ 18 ] The stained glass windows of First World War memorial in the Baltic Exchange suffered damage in the bomb blast; they have been restored and are housed in the National ...
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St Katharine Cree, with 30 St Mary Axe behind. The Augustinians priory of Holy Trinity Aldgate was founded by Matilda, the wife of King Henry I, in 1108, on ground just inside the gate. [20] Within Aldgate ward, a short distance to the north of the gate, Jews settled from 1181, until their expulsion in 1290 by King Edward I. The area became ...