UK - London - Office workers below Cornhill pillars

Businessmen beneath Cornhill pillars in the City of London. As a gentleman sits on the steps talking intoi a smartphone, another suit walks up beneath the tall columns of this architecture in the Square Mile, the oldest and financial heart of the capital. The classic neo-Romanesque architecture of the Royal Exchange building has Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, designed by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.

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Businessmen beneath Cornhill pillars in the City of London. As a gentleman sits on the steps talking intoi a smartphone, another suit walks up beneath the tall columns of this architecture in the Square Mile, the oldest and financial heart of the capital. The classic neo-Romanesque architecture of the Royal Exchange building has Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, designed by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.