The first fully certified drinking fountain in London for 30 years was switched on at 11am on Friday 21 May. The fountain is alongside St Paul’s Churchyard, near the City Information Centre and opposite St Paul’s Cathedral. It was unveiled by Robert Duffield Chairman of the City Corporation’s Port Health and Environmental Services Committee. The drinking fountain is designed to refill water... 

Ancient City Trust pays £4million for three-year-long Tower Bridge facelift 22,000 litres of paint will be used on Tower Bridge 44,000 man hours to complete the Tower Bridge job over a three- year period Tower Bridge will retain its traditional blue and white colour dating back to 1894 1,500 tonnes of expendable abrasive will be used to blast Tower Bridge back to its metal framework before repainting 40,000... 

Harris Digital Productions has started recording the planting of London’s first vineyard since Middle Ages. Volunteers with Bacchus vines Volunteers gathered at Forty Hall Organic Farm in Enfield on Tuesday 5th May to plant the first acre of a groundbreaking new project – to plant London’s first commercial vineyard since medieval times. Forty Hall Vineyard is a new social enterprise led by... 

New viewing platform On Saturday 11 October the streets around the Monument were closed for an exciting landmark event in the Monument restoration project. A massive 100 tonne crane winched a new balustrade and platform cage on to the viewing platform. The balustrade was lifted in two sections before workmen welded it together. The operation took five hours to complete. The platform cage has been constructed... 

Monument, London The Monument, one of the City of London’s most outstanding landmarks and visitor attractions, will close on 30 July for an 18-month programme of improvements and repairs. The £4.5 million project, funded by the City of London Corporation, will involve the cleaning and repair of the Monument’s stonework and the re-gilding of it’s famous golden orb. A range of new and improved... 

We are currently recording the restoration of Tower Bridge for the City of London. You can follow the project on our dedicated website www.thetowerbridge.info Harris Digital Productions specialise in the recording of historic projects, by providing a video and phototographic record of the work which has taken place, using high definition video,  high resolution photography (15-30 Megapixel) and...