Talk:South Quay Plaza

South Quay Plaza
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE SITE HISTORY The proposed scheme will be located in an area which was one of the first to be developed along Marsh Wall of any significance. South Quay 1 was constructed AS A HIGH QUALITY SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT in 1986 and occupied by the Daily Telegraph until the Telegraph's move to Canary Wharf. The building then lay empty for some time UNTIL PURCHASED BY FRANKLIN MINT. South Quay 1 was followed by South Quay 2 DEVELOPED BY ROSEHAUGH AND COMPLETED IN 1987 and then South Quay 3, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 1989. For a time in the early nineties, these buildings dominated the area around Marsh Wall as offices until an IRA bomb 0N 09 FEBRUARY 1996 DESTROYED THE FACADES LEAVING THE STRUCTURES, EXCEPT FOR THAT OF THE SHOPPING ARCADE -THE EPICENTRE OF THE BOMB, LARGELY UNDAMAGED, BUT which led eventually to the demolition of the original South Quay 1 AS IT WAS UNINSURED. RECONDITIONED BY LAING MANAGEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORIGINAL SPECIFICATION IN 1997 South Quay 2 remained until the Berkley scheme demolished it.[citation needed] South Quay 3 (189 Marsh wall) was re-skinned after the bomb and renamed Wyndham House. It is now called South Quay Building. IRVING SCHNIDER Director of Marples International, the original developers and constructors of South Quay Plaza

Refer also: •	‘The Bombing of South Quay Plaza’ a technical article published in Building - August 1996 ISSN 0258-2228 •	Project Profile – South Quay Plaza, a publication commissioned by the Reinforced Concrete Campaign Group published1989 by the British Cement Association ISBN 7210 1382 1 2A02:C7E:A51:E700:BD0E:9E9C:17C2:9567 (talk) 16:06, 14 December 2021 (UTC)