Vacant site in Commercial Road
Vacant site in Commercial Road
Record No
120845
Title
Vacant site in Commercial Road
Description
A view of the vacant site in Commercial Road, Stepney, where Gardiners' Department Store once stood. The six-storey department store with elevations to Commercial Road and Whitechapel High Street dominated this junction (known as both Scotch Corner and Gardiner's corner) with its dome topped clock tower. Built in the 1870s, it specialised in Scottish clothing and military uniforms. A huge fire in May 1972 destroyed the building. Realignment of the road system has completely changed the layout of this area. For many years the site became part of an island enclosed within the busy Gardiners' Corner one way system. It is now part of the site of the Aldgate Place development, overlooked by Wiverton Tower, a 25-storey apartment block, which stands roughly on the spot where this photograph was taken. The road surface is now a pedestrianised green space re-named New Drum Street. There are various cars parked in front of hoardings around the site, which have advertising for OXO and Winston cigarettes. Above the hoarding numbers 101-105 Whitechapel High Street can be seen. Behind these is Denning Point tower block.
Date of execution
1977
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_385_77_35_40_6A
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