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The Heron Quays area of the Isle of Dogs was one of the first areas of the London
Docklands to be redeveloped following the formation of the LDDC by an Act of Parliament in 1980. The western half of the site was redeveloped into 2/3 storey commercial/office units in the mid 1980s, some of which stood
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Heron Quays was an area of dockside and warehousing which separated South Dock and Middle (Export) Dock of the West India Docks complex, completed in 1802 to service
Britain's rapidly increasing trade with its global empire. However, by the 1970s the area had experienced a decline in industry and was
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The relatively low-key, lower value style of the development in the early days of the LDDC have given way to high value high rise office development and has now become part of the expanded 'Canary Wharf'. The original DLR station built in near isolation was largely demolished and rebuilt to
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aircraft on Heron Quay to demonstrate the feasibility of the STOLport project, the forerunner to the London City
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partly on piles into the dock. These later became known as the 'Red Sheds'.
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