In the 1970s there was a secret plan to fill in this canal.
Let's go for a walk.
Stretching from Paddington Basin to Limehouse Basin, the Regent's Canal had, since opening in 1820, been a really core part of London's transport network.
Goats could travel through central London and make their way along the canal to the Grand Union Canal, where they could carry on up to the Midlands.
And it was really popular until the rise of cars and trains, and by 1940 it had pretty much been killed off.
It was nationalized in 1948 and by the 1960s was pretty much derelict.
So the council started looking at what they could do with this newly empty space.
Now, while the canals were dying, car sales were thriving.
They were cheap, they were convenient, and they offered a new sense of freedom.
But with that, the roads became busier, and the council decided something needed to be done.
