City of London Architecture Walk

On a rare warm, sunny day, I took a guided walking tour of the City's architecture that spanned from Roman times to the modern office blocks. The City by the way referring to the Square Mile official "City of London," which is now mainly the financial district. Anyways it was interesting to see churches by Wren sitting next to really modern buildings.

A section of the old Roman wall (that is the Tower in the background)
The church of St. Katherine Cree, one of the few churches to survive the Great Fire
Monument build by Christopher Wren to commerate te Great Fire of 1666
Door to church of St. Helena, you can see the date 1633
St. Dunstan's on the hill- designed by Wren, destroyed by bombs during the war, the City has set up a park in the ruins
A Victorian pub built to honor Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887
The Gherkin, visible from the window in my room
The Lloyds of London building- all of the services- lifts, stairs, duct work is on the outside of building- built in 1976
Another newer building with the lifts, stairs on the outside
The Bank of England building- all British money is printed here and gold reserves kept in the basement.