Pater Noster Square

　　    Pater Noster Square is an urban development project owned by Mitsubishi Estate, located adjacent to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. The area takes its name from "Paternoster Row", once the centre of London’s publishing industry, which was heavily damaged during the Blitz in 1942. In 2004, the London Stock Exchange relocated here from Threadneedle Street, and the square now also houses investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Nomura.

　　    From 1961 to 1967, the block between St Paul's Cathedral and Newgate Street was rebuilt according to a plan by William Graham Haefele. The new Pater Noster Square quickly fell out of favour, seen by many as an incongruous presence next to one of the capital’s premier tourist attractions. In 1996, a masterplan by William Whitfield was approved and subsequently implemented. By October 2003, the reconstruction of Pater Noster Square was completed, including buildings by Whitfield and other firms.

　　    The main monument in the rebuilt square is the 23-metre-high Pater Noster Square Column, a Portland stone Corinthian column topped with a gilded copper urn, illuminated at night by fibre-optic lighting. At the northern end of the square is the bronze statue "The Shepherd and the Sheep" by Elisabeth Frink. In 2004, Temple Bar was reconstructed here.

　　    Paternoster Square     Must-visit reason: One of London’s premier financial squares     Continent: Europe【Europe】     Country/Region: Britain[Britain]     Province/State: Greater London [Greater London]     City: London [London]