Third, and most controversially, Mr von Clemm was among the earliest to spot the commercial potential of the redevelopment of the derelict docklands area of east London, where the skyline is now dominated by Canary Wharf, a building designed by Cesar Pelli which ranks among the tallest office blocks in Europe.
He said that at the moment the area was derelict and sometimes littered with burned-out cars and bike scramblers.
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"They basically came up with either you vote yes to this or you end up with a derelict crime-ridden area, " he said.
"The council felt that these plans would produce local jobs and would most definitely be an improvement to the derelict buildings in the area, " said Steve Osborne, chairman of the district council's planning committee.
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Other elements of the revamp have been the Edwardian toilets, which were derelict, an adventure play area, improved lighting and new park furniture.
Its aim is to create a "flourishing and vibrant riverside community for media, technology and creatively-minded businesses" in an area which was once a derelict stretch of dockland.
The change in the tone of city life was remarkable to behold, epitomized by Giuliani's mammoth efforts to clean up Times Square, an area once rife with crime and derelict buildings.
"The development overall would have created up to 400 new jobs in a deprived area of the city and helped to regenerate a site which has been derelict for years, " the spokesperson said.
Within ten years, the council hopes that what is now a derelict wasteland surrounded by crumbling, half-empty housing estates, will be transformed into a thriving area based around a complex of sports venues and businesses employing about 3, 000 people.
Soon he was tackling more ambitious projects: Refurbishing a derelict Victorian street of brick-terraced houses in Kensington, or a Georgian terrace of 25 houses in the same area, always creating ultra-luxury homes.
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