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Photo of St Helen's square, with St Andrew Undershaft Church in the City of London on a summer's day in June 2019.
St Helen’s square with St Andrew Undershaft church, City of London, June 2019 Image © Commuter Consultant

I continue to be fascinated by the juxtaposition of the constant change in the City of London, in the form of the multitude of construction projects, alongside the relative permanence of ancient churches, Livery halls and other historic buildings.

Mixed in with all that are the traces of two millennia of occupation buried under your feet, which are occasionally rediscovered and revealed to remind us that the only constant in the history of The City of London has been change!

Site news for 2025

I am finally back working from offices in the City on a regular basis!

There has been an exceptionally long spell of continued working from home, with the occasional visits to an office in my last few projects, since those dark days of 2020 and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pace of change in the City has not abated in my absence, with construction work continuing during the various lockdowns and since.

The end of 2024 and start of 2025 have been an unusual time for the City. All the major construction projects that have continued over the last five years are completed or close to completion. There is a temporary absence of tower cranes in the eastern City skyline.

However, the development pipeline is bursting with a backlog of projects, with future projects continuing to be approved at a furious pace.

The City’s skyline is once more set for dramatic change over the next five to ten years.

Change is the only constant here in the City of London!

C.C.

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