Last week on Londonist, in numbers:
15 lively years that web legend Urban 75 has been going
15 disputed kilometres covered by the domino rally of breeze blocks across Olympic boroughs
12 same sex couples taking part in the London 2012 Open Weekend hand-holding relay
48 hours of rail strike leaving Liverpool Street bereft of commuters and (thankfully) flashmobbers
176 times Oxford Street was subjected to roadworks in one year, to be taken into consideration by TfL for future fines against late completion of roadworks
(15+15) X (12X48) + 176 = 17,456 which is a collection of old flames on the underground in the Londonist Flickr pool, as snapped by our photographer friend chutney bannister.
This Week In London’s History
London Quote Of The Week
If the parks be the lungs of London, we wonder what Greenwich Fair is - a periodical breaking-out, we suppose; a sort of spring rash; a three days' fever, which cools the blood for six months afterwards, and at the expiration of which London is restored to its old habit of plodding industry as suddenly and as completely as if nothing had ever occurred to disturb them.
Charles Dickens, Greenwich Fair