Last week on Londonist, in numbers then translated into a visual pictogram:
125 metres from South Quay DLR station where a new South Quay DLR station has been built
3 years (or nearly) lifespan of London Lite, now to disappear from the streets just like The London Paper
1.2 million tonnes of London CO2 emissions could be reduced by a certain rubbish idea
35 years old: happy birthday Hello Kitty! She’s from London, but you knew that, didn’t you?
2.8 miles on the Londonist Weekend Walk #1: Regent’s Canal, Paddington to Camden
(125 + 3) x (1.2 + 35 + 2.8) = 4,992 in the Londonist Flickr pool, which is the top right hand corner of the Gates of Hell, as snapped by Zefrog
This Week In London’s History
- Monday – 2nd November 1785: London coachbuilder Lionel Lakin patents the first ‘unsinkable lifeboat’.
London Quote Of The Week
Pitt is to Addington what London is to Paddington.
George Canning, The Oracle.
