New Father Thames?

London's river, particularly between Westminster and Tower Bridge, is undergoing a radical renaissance.

Urban meadows?

Sprouting waterside museums, engineering triumphs, new hotels, remodelled performance venues, riverside restaurants and a host of other pleasure zones.

So the Dome, bless it . . .

. . . is simply the first of a host of grand millennium projects.

The seismic eye of the transformation?

Is the London Eye. A funride with a glorious view, perhaps, but also a masterwork of engineering.

Looking down on the new London mayor?

Too late. County Hall now contains two hotels, Britain's best aquarium, a Namco Station games centre and a "Hall of Fame" devoted to the story of FA Premier League.

That'll get the children going.

So will the BFI Imax on Waterloo's roundabout. This glass drum of a structure houses the tallest - 60ft - screen in Britain.

A regular South Bank Show.

Drink to it at Vinopolis, an audio-visual "world of wine" attraction, with tastings and two restaurants.

For culture, not viticulture?

Get ye to the Globe, that faithful reconstruction of an Elizabethan theatre, for the largest exhibition on the Bard ever staged, scheduled to open this month.

What's your favourite?

On May 18 the cultural shrine will be unveiled.

Eye, eye . . .

No, a £134-million, glass-lidded conversion of the old Bankside Power Station, destined to be a model of born-again creativity.

Apart from the name.

As the Tate Modern, it will house Picasso, Monet, Matisse, Mondrian, Rothko, Dali, Bacon, Giacometti, Pollock, Warhol et al.

Has there been a new wave of investment in boats?

City Cruises' four 500-passenger, £1.25-million "riverliners" are all called Millennium something.

The South Bank complex is still a mess.

Plan B is to transform the entire area into a single set piece of design.

Who's paying for all this?

The Lottery has provided much of the seed money, but the row of crops now has a momentum that will sustain life on the Thames way beyond the year 2000.