Sitting alongside the marketing suite half-way up the main Canary Wharf can be found the estate’s marketing suite, and in a side room, to show off the development, a gigantic scale model of the estate.
Split roughly into three sections, one wall is a huge slice through the original shopping centre and DLR station.
The other two are scale models of the estate, one of the skyscrapers, and the other of the subterranean world beneath them packed full of shoppers. Remember if passing by on the DLR at weekends, it may look quiet, but below ground is an ants nest of activity.
Just a few photos as there’s not much more to add.
Access was part of the Open House Weekend — the marketing suite is not generally open the public.
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I wasn’t aware of that vast amount of underground car parking space.
Interesting – went to visit the same in the 2013 Open House … and we were told that photos of the models were strictly prohibited! We were only allowed to take photos of the views – with plenty of security guards ensuring it remained that way!
I am working in the office building adjacent to DLR Platform 6. Do you think I can go and have a look at the models?
You need to ask Canary Wharf Group.
I did and I’ve just been 🙂 And it’s awesome!