Paternoster Square, City of London, 04/06/1962. Looking west during the construction of the Paternoster development, showing the Old Bailey in the background and Christchurch Greyfriars on the right. Work on the Paternoster development was carried out in a joint venture by John Laing Construction Limited, Trollope and Colls Limited, and George Wimpey and Company Limited. The scheme involved the redevelopment of a seven acre site on the north side of St Paul’s Cathedral. The site had been almost entirely devastated during an incendiary raid in December 1940. The development consisted of


Paternoster Square, City of London, 04/06/1962. Looking west during the construction of the Paternoster development, showing the Old Bailey in the background and Christchurch Greyfriars on the right. Work on the Paternoster development was carried out in a joint venture by John Laing Construction Limited, Trollope and Colls Limited, and George Wimpey and Company Limited. The scheme involved the redevelopment of a seven acre site on the north side of St Paul’s Cathedral. The site had been almost entirely devastated during an incendiary raid in December 1940. The development consisted of a series of office blocks, a shopping precinct, an extensive piazza and a three-level car park.


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