Line Up Announced For Bloc 2012
Orbital, Flying Lotus and Gary Numan to headline electronica weekend at the historic London Pleasure Gardens
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Residents Call For Elephant And Castle Cycle Bypass
A group of concerned residents have started a campaign to have an eastern cycling bypass of the Elephant and Castle roundabout system included in the planned regeneration scheme.
Elephant & Castle Residents Fight To Save Trees
The Heygate Estate is going, but should its trees be saved?
Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre To Stay?
Could ‘improvements’ to the shopping centre mean just another lick of paint?
Round Your Manor: Portman Village Of The Dandy
A wander round an area just south of Marylebone that has transformed from a W1 backwater into a vibrant little quarter.
Seven Sisters Market Saved
Ward’s Corner, the indoor market and buildings above Seven Sisters station that Haringey council has spent years trying to scrub away in favour of a retail and residential unit, has been saved. A court of appeal judge decided this week that removing the market, a …
Victoria Parks Wins Lottery Money For Revamp
Tower Hamlets council has been successful in its application for a Lottery grant for Victoria Park, meaning that the planned £12 million regeneration of the east end greenspot will go ahead in time for the Olympics. The pockets of Britain’s legion Saturday night scratchcard addicts …
Noise Fears Could Stall Strata Turbines
Photo / suburbanslice The trio of wind turbines at the top of the Strata tower in Elephant & Castle might be turned off at night because of concerns over the noise they generate, reports Building Design magazine. The turbines, 9m in diameter each, sit on …
New Bridge And Tube For Nine Elms?
Image of Nine Elms from the river by tubb from the Londonist Flickr pool Regneration plans for Vauxhall / Battersea / Nine Elms have been announced by the Mayor’s office and by, do they sound grand. A new pedestrian and cyclist bridge linking Nine Elms …
Arise, Poor Doric: Euston Arch Stones Recovered
Alongside the Routemaster, the Crystal Palace, and basic civil manners, the Grecian arch at Euston is among the most lamented of London’s lost landmarks. The popular propylaeum, which was destroyed in a fit of Sixties planning madness that nearly claimed St Pancras station as well, …
Queens Market Saved From Skyscraper
Photo by Matthew Piper Queens Market in east London has been saved from the wrecking ball. The 110 year old market in Upton Park was under threat of being demolished and replaced with yet another tower block until yesterday, when planning permission was vetoed by …
