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Weekend Round-Up

News. Because not everything grinds to a halt in the snow.

The changing face of Spitalfields, by M@.

Bishopsgate Voices: Recording The Memories Of East London

Lived or worked in the East End? This project is looking for interviewees to share their memories.

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New Restaurant Review: The Drift, Heron Tower

Hit and miss dining at the base of the city’s tallest building.

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Monday Miscellanea

More trivia for a Monday morning.

On the rooftop balcony, looking up to the spire.

The City’s Tallest Building: Inside The Heron Tower

We explore the first of a new generation of towers, currently changing London’s skyline.

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Construction Of The Pinnacle To Go Ahead

Work on the Helter-Skelter tower to resume after developer secures extra funding.

Photography by Chris Osburn

New Menu Items at Tsuru Japanese Restaurants

Photography by Chris Osburn The London duo of Japanese restaurants that is Tsuru (Bankside and Bishopsgate) has updated its already yummy menu with a half dozen or so items priced between £4.50 and £7. After a sampling of the new dishes, Londonist is pleased to …

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24 Hours of Free Bacon Rolls at One of London’s Oldest Caffs

Polo Bar (176 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4NQ) – one of London’s longest standing 24 hour caffs – is to offer freebie bacon rolls (one roll per person, subject to availability) from 7.30am Thursday 2nd September to 7.30am Friday 3rd September 2010. The promo is to draw …

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Spire Placed On Top Of Heron Tower

Yesterday morning the 28m-long spire was craned into place on the top of the Heron tower on Bishopsgate. Depending on your point of view, the spire increases the building’s height to 230m, or is in fact nothing more than a bauble, with the tower’s true …

Photo of Kodo drummer announcing the opening of Tsuru's new Bishopsgate location by Chris Osburn

Tsuru Japanese Restaurant Opens Second Location at 201 Bishopsgate

Photo of Kodo drummer announcing the opening of Tsuru’s new Bishopsgate location by Chris Osburn As long time fans of stylish little Tsuru on Canvey Street, we’re more than chuffed to announce the opening of the Japanese restaurant’s second location, this one at 201 Bishopsgate …

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Viewing Platform Planned For Pinnacle

There’s still not much to see at the construction site of the Pinnacle tower (aka the Helter-Skelter) in Bishopsgate, but when the 288m-tall skyscraper is complete, it’ll offer the public some of the finest views of the capital. Plans for what will be the Square …