World Record Breaking 3D Art

Wow, had no idea all this was going on at West India Quay yesterday or I would have popped over to have a look, guess I know where I'm going at 1pm...!

Lots more information about all the things I missed over here...

Spotted this in the Wharf...

...the other day, a massive commemerative plaque to the building of West India Quay, it's about two stories high...! Bet they never imagined for a moment what would become of the place... ;)

West India Quay Snowman

Spotted this the other day on a little walk around West India Quay, not sure *what* the he'd done to deserve being locked up, but it was obviously *very* naughty...seriously though, it does sort of ruin the Christmas spirit whoever it was that thought vandals would leap upon it and cover it with graffiti if it weren't secured behind a six foot fence...I'd like to think that most residents of the Wharf are normally quite well behaved! ;)

Marine Policing Unit...

Spotted this in "the Wharf" the other day, which did sort of prompt me to wonder if a "Marine Policing Unit" wouldn't be better off if their chosen mode of transport could actually float (images of crestfallen Police officers standing with their heads in their hands as crooks slowly vanish into the distance rowing a small dingy popping involuntarily into my head) -

- but when I got a look at the side of the vehicle it seemed to make a bit more sense, it was actually the "Underwater and confined space search team" (which sounds like just about my worst possible nightmare of a job) -

- I spotted them a bit futher up West India Quay (shivering), several members of support staff manning (what I presume to be) the oxygen supply machinery, the rest looking on -

- so probably a training exercise, either that or Lord Sugar dropped his helicopter keys... ;)

...and yes, I know he doesn't really work in Canary Wharf, he just likes to pretend he does (while sitting in a business park in St. Albans... ;)

Mysterious Cave, Canary Wharf

Popped over to West India Quay yesterday at lunchtime, just to enjoy the glorious sunshine and see what I could see (as there are often things to see around here for a chap with a camera), and (after briefly being groped by a statue-style mime artist to much hilarity from everyone watching), I did actually find something worthy of a picture...from most angles it looks slightly less than impressive -


- certainly not worthy of the little sign next to it -

- claiming "scientists have been baffled" by the sudden appearance...*until* you peer at it through the specially positioned lens at one end -

- my shot (taken with my cameraphone) *almost* manages to do it justice, it's really, really clever... ;)

Not quite as good as the artist's concept art for the project, but still rather impressive... ;)