A Soundmap Of London’s Waterways
Rivers and canals shown like a Tube map, with embedded sound files.
waterways
Boris Johnson Backs Water Grid
Save water. Bath with a friend.
Preview: Bike Week 2010
by mikeheller via the Londonist flickrpool If you are a cyclist or are thinking of becoming one then Bike Week is for you. Running from the 19 to the 27 of June it is a celebration of all things cycling related. There’s a huge number …
Thames Eel Population Plummets
Eel be dead, then. The number of eels in the Thames and its tributaries has dropped by 98% in five years, say scientists from the Zoological Society of London. The quantity caught in special test traps (and later released) nosedived from 1500 in 2005 to …
Extra, Extra
The Intelligent Transport Society (now there’s a silly title for an organisation if ever we heard one) has anointed TfL ‘clever clogs of the year’ for its iBus system. East London could become a new Amsterdam. Um, that’s in terms of usable waterways, of course. …
Waterfront London at New London Architecture
Waterfront London, which opened today, looks at waterside development in London; recently completed, underway or in the pipeline. It considers how our waterfronts are transforming and being embraced as essential public spaces whereas, not long ago, we buried rivers, turned them into sewers or filled …
