Tag: barbican

Revisiting the Barbican

My friend Lucy has moved to the Barbican, lucky her. She has a key that unlocks the gates into the private gardens and offered me a tour, lucky…

Barbican on a Sunday morning in winter

The Barbican is an unusual urban village on the edges of the City. Part within the old City walls and part without, it looks like a brutal version…

The Barbican’s concrete jungle, “Looking From Cromwell Tower”

The Cripplegate area of the City of London was decimated during the Blitz. In the 1950’s it was decided to build the Barbican residential estate on the Cripplegate…