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15-655: Paddington Basin is the name given to a long canal basin , and its surrounding area, in Paddington , London . The basin commences 500 m south of the junction known as Little Venice , of the Regent's Canal and the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal and runs for a similar length east–west. It was opened in 1801, with Paddington being chosen as the site of the basin because of its position on

30-484: A central square. A life-size sculpture in memory of Sir Simon Milton was unveiled in September 2014 by Rt. Hon. Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The sculpture, designed by Bruce Denny, follows Sir Simon's pivotal role in facilitating the regeneration of Paddington Basin. The basin has creatively designed pedestrian bridges: The Fan Bridge opened in autumn 2014 and moves with

45-447: A direct confrontation between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin at the fourth battle of Kawanakajima . Kenshin burst into Shingen's command tent on horseback, having broken through his entire army, and attacked; his sword was deflected by Shingen's war fan. It is not clear whether Shingen parried with a tessen, a dansen uchiwa, or some other form of fan. Nevertheless, it was quite rare for commanders to fight directly, and especially for

60-400: A general to defend himself so effectively when taken so off-guard. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have defeated the great warrior monk Saitō Musashibō Benkei with a tessen. Araki Murashige is said to have used a tessen to save his life when the great warlord Oda Nobunaga sought to assassinate him. Araki was invited before Nobunaga, and was stripped of his swords at the entrance to

75-613: A residential tower of 42 storeys designed by Robin Partington Architects, which will be the tallest building in the City of Westminster, containing just over 200 residential units, a 90-room boutique hotel and a sky bar. 2 Merchant Square will be a 16-storey office building providing 162,000 sq ft (15,100 m) of Grade A space with 4,400 sq ft (410 m) of retail space. 6 Merchant Square will offer 119 apartments over 15 floors. Merchant Square surrounds

90-507: Is a joint venture of Simon and David Reuben (the Reuben brothers ) and the Jarvis family. In all, the development around Paddington Basin is creating 2,000,000 sq ft (190,000 m) of offices, homes, shops and leisure facilities. Its western buildings are mainly complete and occupied as of 2018. The original plan for the eastern end envisaged a commercial development focused around

105-593: The New Road which led to the east, providing for onward transport. In its heyday, the basin was a major transshipment facility, and a hive of activity. Since 2000, the basin has been the centre of a major redevelopment as part of the wider Paddington Waterside scheme and is surrounded by modern buildings. The contractors of a developers' consortium in partnership with the Canal and River Trust (and its predecessor British Waterways) in 2000 drained, cleaned and repaired

120-591: The Grand Union Basin and included the Winding building and the Grand Union building. The Richard Rogers Partnership originally designed the latter as three towers of 24, 32 and 40 floors rising to 164m, but the planners imposed a height limit of 100 metres (330 ft). The revised scheme comprised six linked blocks of 30 storeys totalling 860,000 sq ft (80,000 m) of mixed-use space, but

135-500: The basin. In the latter half of the 20th century the basin attracted small and medium-sized commercial offices and is in part lined by specialist and private healthcare wings of St Mary's Hospital . The basin has become home to a wide range of companies, such as Marks & Spencer , the head office of which moved from Baker Street in 2004. Most of the land north of the canal basin forms the 2010s development Merchant Square, North Wharf Road. Its main developer European Land and Property

150-604: The building is occupied by Marks & Spencer , which also occupies the Waterside Building. In late 2021, Premier Inn constructed their largest, non-airport, hotel in Greater London on the north bank of the basin. The development was completed in March 2022. 3 Merchant Square, a 21-storey development of 159 luxury apartments and 42 standard apartments, was completed in summer 2014. 1 Merchant Square will be

165-497: The mansion, as was customary. When he performed the customary bowing at the threshold, Nobunaga intended to have the room's sliding doors slammed shut onto Araki's neck, killing him. However, Araki supposedly placed his tessen in the grooves in the floor, blocking the doors from closing. His tessen saved his life that day. The Yagyū clan , sword instructors to the Tokugawa shōguns , included tessenjutsu in their martial arts school,

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180-436: The most significant uses was as a signalling device. Signalling fans came in two varieties: The commander would raise or lower his fan and point in different ways to issue commands to the soldiers, which would then be passed on by other forms of visible and audible signalling . War fans were also made as weapons. The art of fighting with war fans is tessenjutsu . One particularly famous legend involving war fans concerns

195-820: The motion of a Japanese hand fan . The nearest London Underground stations are Edgware Road and Paddington , the latter also being served by National Rail . 51°31′05″N 0°10′26″W  /  51.518°N 0.174°W  / 51.518; -0.174 Canal basin Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 551522067 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:41:59 GMT Japanese fan War fans varied in size, materials, shape, and use. One of

210-711: The project was discarded when it looked like the site would be needed by the Health Campus (see below). The Health Campus scheme collapsed in 2005 and in February 2006 the Paddington Development Corporation – which became European Land and Property Ltd – submitted a new planning application. Branded as Merchant Square, this proposed 1,800,000 sq ft (170,000 m) of mixed-use space spanning six buildings, including 554 residential units and 58% commercial space. Planning permission

225-417: Was granted on 1 March 2007. A revised planning application was subsequently submitted and was approved on 19 May 2011. 4 Merchant Square, a 16-storey block of 196 flats, designed by Tryfon Kalyvides Partnership, completed in 2013; 5 Merchant Square (formerly Carmine) is a 14-storey office block of 255,000 sq ft (23,700 m) designed by Mossessian and Partners which became fully let by 2015. Part of

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