View Larger Map Everyone knows about London Bridge moving to the States. Most people are aware that Marble Arch was formerly outside Buckingham Palace, and that the Crystal Palace hopped from North to South. But a Christopher Wren church in Missouri? Part of the House …
London and its environs – if Google maps had a cultural bias setting. We want your distorted images of London. Have a look through our archives, be inspired, and send entries to londonist at gmail dot com. Image by M@
View Larger Map Cold War bunkers, abandoned Tube stations, buried rivers, deep level shelters…London’s concealed features are among its most intriguing. So, in age-old Londonist tradition, we’ve created a map to try and show what a hollow city this is. And we need your help. …
St Pancras International has reopened after years of restoration. The sumptious Euston Road frontage to the station was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, one of London’s most important architects. But what else did the Great Scott design in London? The Scotts were a remarkable …
You want entertainment in London, you say? And you want it for free? Well, good sir or madam, you’ve come to the right place. Anyone who’s lived in this fair city for a while knows that free entertainment is actually all around us. From our …
Well, the big man’s in town – over thirty times – so we thought it apt to track down his other work in the capital. On the map at the bottom, green points indicate temporary installations that form the Event Horizon project, and purple markers …
UPDATE 5 October 2010: This wifi map is now available as an iPhone app. We’ve phoned every venue on the map and verified their facilities. Please check it out, and give us any feedback, including additions. Note that the map above has not yet been …
A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways. 36. Marble Arch Underpass Where? It’s an underpass. It passes under Marble Arch. Like, dur. What? This haphazard collection of tunnels was constructed in the early 1960s, to improve pedestrian access to Hyde Park. Ha! It’s …
Antony Gormley’s rooftop statues are this year’s Sultan’s Elephant. The tourist bewilderment devices (TBDs) have been appearing on the highpoints around the Hayward Gallery like petrified chimneysweeps. In response to our first post about this, someone suggested we map them. Well, here you go. It’s …
In a reverse of the old cliché, here’s a few thousand words painting a picture. This typographical image of London is by NB: Studio, and can be yours for £100. Blurred lady not included. If you want to try before you buy, a much-condensed PDF …
And by ‘random’, this week we really do mean random. OK, so it’s just a shitty bit of scawl on City Road, but is there anything more behind the message ‘Brooke Shields Alphabet” that we’re not getting? Is it some kind of advert for the …
