Topic #11-London's developing CBD

Here is the link to the video I will discuss in this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByVTUfMHAu0.

This video on the rise of London’s new central business district contains tons of references to chapter 11 terms and concepts. One immediate tie that pooped out to me was the recessive and the stopping of the centralizing of this new district. It reminded me of the two predominant factors in central city location of economy and social. Also dealing with the other factor of social they talked about how people recognized that they didn’t feel they were in London while in this area because it was designed with American ideas and not old European ideas. This shows an example of the effect of globalization on an area. But yet there remains a reflection of previous London in the layout of the streets that do not seem to make sense to our modern eyes but have been developed from medieval times. One person even states that this arrangement of the streets is the geography of London. The example of St. Paul’s Cathedral reminds me that the four characteristic features of medieval cities were: the charter, the wall, the market place and the cathedral. It shows a interest in preserving the uniqueness of London by creating the cheesegrater to keep St Paul’s visible. That is what I like about this video; the interest in using modern technology to preserve the past and at the same time continue to move into the future.