The Gherkin
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30 St Mary Axe, previously known as the Swiss Re Building, is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London. It is nicknamed The Gherkin after the vegetable of the
The Gherkin in 2007
The Gherkin seen from Leadenhall Street in contrast with the juxtaposition of the 16th century St Andrew Undershaft church in 2010
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Grand gherkin of the skies
Baltic Exchange (building)
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The Baltic Exchange was an important listed building and historic landmark at 24–28 St Mary Axe in the City of London, occupied by the Baltic Exchange, a market for shipping, marine insurance, and inf
The Gherkin
…shape. It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 floors, it is 180 metres (591 ft) tall and stands on the sites of the former Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which were extensively damaged in 1992 in the Baltic Exchange bombing by a device placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary…
The main building of the Baltic Exchange after its completion in 1903
Photograph of engraving by Joseph Finnemore of the Baltic Exchange dated 1918
Stained glass window from the old Baltic Exchange building (now in the National Maritime Museum)