Chinatown already sports more plaques than Willy Wonker’s teeth, and this week saw the unveiling of yet another. The green memorial at 16 Gerrard Street commemorates the Mont Blanc restaurant, former haunt of literary types such as Joseph Conrad, Hilaire Belloc and GK Chesterton. The …
This bizarre mantle can be found inside the ground floor gents’ at Mansion House (as an adornment, not as the urinal itself). Before its transformation into a rather decadent water closet, the room was part of the servants’ quarters. The mantlepiece bears a number of …
Here’s a local history riddle courtesy of Richenda Walford at the wonderful London Remembers website. She found the pictured plaque down Wynyatt Street, a quiet side road in Islington (click here for map and further info). Richenda has located, transcribed and mapped hundreds of London’s …
It’s not often Londonist highlights a Lewisham Council plaque unveiling, but when it’s of one commemorating such a great Londoner, we’re glad to make an exception. The plaque in question was unveiled early this month on Camplin Street, New Cross, and marks the site where …
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