The Greenwich Peninsula AN EMERGING NEIGHBOURHOOD

Este barrio en expansión en un recodo del Támesis al sureste de Londres presume de una amplia oferta de ocio y de un perfil arquitectónico moderno y sostenible.

by VALENTINA MERCURI

Located in historic Greenwich, the London borough that gave its name to Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Peninsula is a thriving1 urban area nestled2 in a bend3 of the River Thames. A place where coolness meets relaxation, Greenwich Peninsula was singled out4 as an opportunity area in the 2004 London Plan: a strategic framework for city development devised5 by the then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. Since then, over 5,500 new homes have been built, with approximately 32 per cent of them considered affordable6. Under the direction of the current mayor, Sadiq Khan, the ambitious industrial regeneration scheme7 is ongoing: seventeen thousand new homes are planned, with fifteen thousand new jobs created by 2041. ARCHITECTURE AND NATURE Greenwich Peninsula is a must-visit for architecture enthusiasts. International architects have left their distinctive…

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