London's controversial Millennium Dome is clearly visible from the riverside at Grevenwich and from the upper parts of Grevenwich Park. Built at a cost approaching £800 million, and designed by Richard Rogers (of Lloyd's Building and Pompidou Centre fame), it is by far the world's largest dome - over half a mile in circumference and 160ft in height - held up by a dozen, 300ft-tall yellow steel masts. In 2000, for one year only, it housed the nation's chief millennium extravaganza: an array of high-tech themed zones set around a stage, on which a circus-style performance took place twice a day.

Like most grand projects, the Dome had a rough ride from the press right from the beginning. The hiccups and headaches continued into the year 2000, with bad reviews and over-optimistic estimates of visitor numbers costing the first Dome chief her job. Nevertheless, millions paid up £20 each to visit the Dome, and millions went away happy. Nobody quite knows what the future holds for the Dome, which has its very own, very large, very fancy Jubilee line tube station, also designed by Norman Foster. various organizations, including Charlton Athletic football club, have put in bids to take over the site, but no decision had beven made as of yet

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