Editing Isle of Dogs (section)

==Society==
[[File:Aerial view of London from LHR approach (03).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the Isle of Dogs in 2015. [[The O2 Arena]] can be seen on the [[Greenwich Peninsula]] to the right (east) of the Isle of Dogs.]]
Following the building of the Docks (especially the [[West India Docks]] and the adjacent [[City Canal]]), and with an increasing population, locals increasingly referred to the area as ''The Island''. This area includes [[Millwall]], [[Cubitt Town]], and [[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]]. The south of the isle opposite [[Greenwich]] was once known as ''North Greenwich'', now applied to the area around the [[Millennium Dome]] on the Greenwich Peninsula. Between 1986 and 1992 it enjoyed a brief formal existence, as the name ''Isle of Dogs'' was applied to one of seven neighbourhoods to which power was devolved from the council. The neighbourhood was later abolished.<ref>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/thbc/thbcmap.html Tower Hamlets Borough Council Election Maps 1964-2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004072317/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/thbc/thbcmap.html |date=4 October 2006 }} accessed: 9 February 2007</ref>

It was the site of the highest concentration of [[council house|council housing]] in England but is now best known as the location of the Canary Wharf office complex. [[One Canada Square]], also known as the Canary Wharf Tower, is the second tallest habitable building in Britain at {{Convert|244|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canarywharf.com/mainFrm1.asp?strSelectedArea=Factfile|title=Welcome to the Canary Wharf Group plc website<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=28 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405213152/http://www.canarywharf.com/mainFrm1.asp?strSelectedArea=Factfile|archive-date=5 April 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The peninsula is an area of social extremes, comprising some of the most prosperous and most deprived areas of the country; in 2004, nearby Blackwall was the 81st most deprived [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom#England|ward]] in England out of over 8,000,<ref>[http://www.idcf.org/Web%20Site%20File/Documents/IDCF%20Survey%2004.pdf Isle of Dogs Community Foundation report August 2004 indicates that Blackwall was in the most deprived 1% of wards] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326015507/http://www.idcf.org/Web%20Site%20File/Documents/IDCF%20Survey%2004.pdf |date=26 March 2009 }}</ref> while the presence of Canary Wharf gives the area one of the highest average incomes in the UK.<ref>[http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/data/thp/channels/thp/resources/ward+data+report+2005+-+final1.pdf Ward Data Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409101559/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/data/thp/channels/thp/resources/ward+data+report+2005+-+final1.pdf |date=9 April 2008 }} ''Theme 3: Creating & sharing prosperity'' (Tower Hamlets Partnership, 2004) accessed 2 May 2008</ref> [[Lincoln Plaza (London)|Lincoln Plaza]] was the 2016 winner of the [[Carbuncle Cup]] for the year's "worst new building" and ''The Times'' described it as "mediocre at best, ugly at worst".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/article/there-are-ways-to-build-homes-that-people-want-to-live-in-w8pr66c9q|title=There are ways to build homes that people want to live in|author=Jonathan Morrison|work=[[The Times]]|url-access=subscription |date=1 July 2017|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>