What impressed me most was the mix of brand new buildings and the twenty historic buildings that are being preserved. The first to open was the Granary Building on Granary Square.
There are great views all around from the Viewing Platform. The next photo shows the old Fish and Coal Offices building (soon to be redeveloped into a restaurant and offices for Jamie Oliver) that overlooks the Regent Canal.
I liked how the Midland Goods Shed and the East Handyside Canopy (with it's distinctive north lights in the lightweight steel framed roof) are being turned into a Waitrose store, cafe and cookery school.
We even had time for a tour of the Skip Garden - their website is globalgeneration.org.uk/kings-cross-skip-garden
The Visitor Centre had lots of leaflets about the development. The best two can also be found on
http://www.kingscross.co.uk/visit-kings-cross
and
http://www.kingscross.co.uk/the-development
After lunch at Patisserie Valerie, we took the Underground to Tower Hill to look at the poppies.
The display now goes all around the moat of the Tower, the final few were being planted on the last stretch.
I said goodbye to Zoe and Hannah and as I had some time left, I had a wander around St Katherine's Dock.
And found the Queen's Rowing Barge Gloriana moored there.
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