Over an orchestral rendition of Sergei Prokofiev’s Dance of the Knights, we begin with an aerial shot of the Docklands of East London. Flying towards the setting sun, our aerial view crosses the Greenwich Peninsula. With Canary Wharf’s cluster of skyscrapers visible in the middle distance, the high-rise offices of the City of London are discernible beyond, piercing the horizon into a warm pink sky. A jump cut brings us closer to Canary Wharf’s trio of skyscrapers: Citigroup Centre (Pelli Clarke Pelli, 2001), One ...
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