Editing Paddington (section)

===Paddington Basin===
{{Main|Paddington Basin}}
The terminus of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal was originally known as the Paddington Basin and all the land to the south was developed into housing and commercial property and titled The Grand Junction Estate. The majority of the housing was bounded by Praed Street, [[Sussex Gardens]], Edgware Road and Norfolk Place. Land and buildings not used for the canal undertaking remained after 1929 with the renamed Grand Junction Company, which functioned as a property company. While retaining its own name, it was taken over in 1972 by the Amalgamated Investment and Property Company, which went into liquidation in 1976. Prior to the liquidation the Welbeck Estate Securities Group acquired the entire estate comprising 525 houses 15 shops and the Royal Exchange public House in Sale Place.

The surrounding area is now known as Merchant Square. A former [[transshipment]] facility, the surrounds of the [[canal basin]] named Merchant Square have been redeveloped to provide {{convert|2000000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of offices, homes, shops and leisure facilities.<ref name=Basin>{{cite web | url=http://www.paddingtonwaterside.co.uk/the-developments/paddington-basin/default.aspx | title=Paddington Basin / Merchant Square | publisher=Paddington Waterside Partnership | access-date=1 October 2017 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719023011/http://www.paddingtonwaterside.co.uk/the-developments/paddington-basin/default.aspx | archive-date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> The redeveloped basin has some innovative features including [[The Rolling Bridge|Heatherwicks Rolling Bridge]], the Merchant Square Fan Bridge and the Floating Pocket Park.<ref name="CoolSkip">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisispaddington.com/article/paddington-water-taxi-service-launched|title=Paddington Water Taxi service launched|publisher=The Paddington Partnership|date=6 June 2017|access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref>