View of buildings at 22 to 24, left, and 18 to 21 Austin Friars, City of London. Looking west towards Richard Siefert's 30-storey, Drapers' Gardens building in Throgmorton Avenue, seen under construction. Number 23, centre left, is Grade II listed entry 1064741. The late nineteenth-century buildings are occupied by mainly banking, legal, managerial, brokerage firms, and association offices including The Free Trade League, National Benevolent Fund for the Aged, and The Farmers and Smallholders Association. The cul-de-sac, barricaded at the end by steel railings and bollards, is seen with a Grade II listed, listing number 1262606 K2 telephone box, along with pedestrians, and a Hillman Husky parked at the roadside, beyond 'no waiting' signs. The pavements, either side, feature glass block smoke vents and cast-iron coal hole covers. Siefert's Drapers' Gardens was demolished c2007 and subsequently replaced by Foggo Associates 16-storey stepped profile building, and the surrounding streets, pedestrianized.