Baltimore Tower in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, London, England

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Baltimore Tower, also known as Arena Tower and nicknamed The Slinky due to its resemblance to the popular toy, is a high-rise residential skyscraper in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, London, England. The building is located on a site that was previously the location of the London Arena. The 45-storey building comprises 366 residential apartments and is 149 meters in height. It was designed by American architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.  Baltimore Tower won the Best Residential High Rise Award at the International Property Awards in 2017.  Thanks to Google Earth Studio for this amazing aerial view.

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00:00Baltimore Tower, also known as Arena Tower and nicknamed the Slinky due to its resemblance

00:12to the popular toy, is a high-rise residential skyscraper in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs,

00:17London, England.

00:19The building is located on a site that was previously the location of the London Arena.

00:24The 45-story building comprises 366 residential apartments and is 149 meters in height.

00:31It was designed by American architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

00:36Baltimore Tower won the Best Residential High-Rise Award at the International Property Awards

00:40in 2017.

00:42Ballymore London Arena Ltd applied for an amended planning application to Tower Hamlets

00:47in 2008.

00:49Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in East

00:53London, England, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets.

00:57It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford,

01:03east of Rotherith, west of Cubitt Town, and has a long shoreline along London's Tideway,

01:08part of the River Thames.

01:10It was part of the County of Middlesex and from 1889 the County of London following the

01:15passing of the Local Government Act 1888, it later became part of Greater London in

01:201965.

01:22Millwall had a population of 23,084 in 2011 and includes Island Gardens, the Quarterdeck

01:28and the Space.

01:29Millwall is a smaller area of land than an average parish, as it was part of Poplar until

01:34the 19th century when it became heavily industrialized, containing the workplaces and homes of a few

01:39thousand dockside and shipbuilding workers.

01:43Among its factories were the shipbuilding ironworks of William Fairburn, much of which

01:47survives as today's Burrell's Wharf.

01:49It was in this era also that Millwall F.C. was founded, in 1885.

01:54As Millwall Rovers, first nicknamed, The Dockers, before becoming, The Lions, the team moved

02:00south of the river to New Cross in 1910, however, a set of amateur football pitches remain.

02:06Adjoining Cubitt Town alongside the city farm that was added in the 20th century.

02:12Originally known as Marshall, the area acquired its new name with its breakaway from its former

02:16parish of Poplar.

02:18The replacement was due to the large number of windmills built on the river wall in the

02:2219th century.

02:24Improvements led by the Lord Mayor William Cubitt in reinforcing the land solved the

02:28periodic flooding caused by major snowmelt and spring tides.

02:32Corn and wheat were brought along the river Thames to be ground into flour there.

02:37On the 31st of January 1858, the largest ship of that time, the SS Great Eastern, designed

02:43by a Sambird Kingdom Brunel, was launched from Napier Yard, the shipyard leased by messers

02:48J. Scott Russell and Company.

02:51The 211-meter length was too wide for the river, and the ship had to be launched sideways.

02:56A section of the concrete and timber substructure from the launch site is now preserved on site

03:01for public display at the modern Napier Avenue.

03:04Due to the technical difficulties of the launch, this was the last ship of such a size

03:09to be built on the island, though other builders such as Yarrow's and Sammuda Brothers continued

03:13building warships on the island for another 50 years.

03:17They are commemorated in the names of the Sammuda Estate on Manchester Road, and Yarrow

03:21House on Stewart Street.

03:23In the 1860s the large Millwall Dock was built, extending from the Thames at Millwall into

03:29the centre of the Isle of Dogs.

03:31The spoil from the dock was left as the mud chute.

03:34During the 19th century, the area now called Island Gardens was referred to as North Greenwich.

03:40For the North Greenwich Railway Station that was opened in 1872 to connect with the ferry

03:45that was the forerunner of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel.

03:48The Greenwich Peninsula, previously East Greenwich, is now also known by this epithet for the

03:53North Greenwich Tube Station.

03:56That is all.

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