The Gherkin

Bill writes: The newest landmark in the London skyline is the building at 30 St. Mary Axe. Opened in May 2004, and known officially as the Swiss Re building for its main occupants, it is know universally here as "The Gherkin," at least in polite company. It's massive and massively anti-Bauhaus.

Almost all the pictures of it are taken from across the Thames, to display it as part of the London skyline. I thought I'd show instead how it dominates its local neighborhood, like a wholly alien ship that just landed in old London.