Photo by Ameen Amanat A teeming gaggle of phone phreeks / students / the unemployed (or a mixture of all three) has gathered outside the Apple Store at Westfield this morning to await the launch of the new iPhone. Don’t these people have jobs or …
Atop the unfinished concrete hulk of what will one day be a John Lewis car park, a curious collaboration has been brought to life. The Australian retail mega-corp Westfield has teamed up with Bethnal Green based gastronomists Bistroteque and a committee of cultural ‘leaders’ to …
Here’s what else has been going on today: Smash and grab Westfield: 3 have been arrested… ..just as the White City white elephant announces that Prince of Persia is to premiere there next week. There’s been a vicious teen murder in Sydenham. The Wire in …
Photography by Chris Osburn Well, the weather may yet deem us Londoners unworthy of a proper summer, but for a seasonally inspired taste of sunshiny goodness, Wahaca‘s new summer menu guarantees to add thoughtfully prepared warm weather dining with lots of irresistible sabor to the …
Happy birthday to our favourite (and least favourite) West London shopping centre. The Westfield complex in Shepherd’s Bush opened its many doors a year ago today. In those 12 months, the centre reportedly attracted over 23 million visitors, 15% more than anticipated by developers. Despite …
By Lady Vervaine via the Londonist Flickrpool There were teething problems with Europe’s biggest urban mall, of course, but they were largely of the overcrowding nature – a welcome headline maker for the spangly shopping behemoth arriving in time for Christmas shopping to defy encroaching …
Image by karin Bultje According to the Dickensian-named Andrew Slaughter, local MP, Shepherd’s Bush Market could be bulldozed as part of a project to raze the site and raise in its place a luxury housing project. The market, where you can famously pick up “TV’s, …
Oxford Street’s Very Important Pedestrian Day on Saturday was such a success there are calls for it to become permanently pedestrianised. The Evening Standard yesterday ran a cri de coeur to banish fume-belching, noise-throbbing, snail-crawling traffic from London’s world famous shopping district. We’ve been here …
Oxford Street and Regent Street went traffic-free today, with the odd free concert, massage, face-paint and, er, singing-nun-on-wheels thrown in – all in a concerted effort to attract shoppers to the West End and persuade them to open their wallets in a big way. With …
Shots from the opening day of the recession beating, traffic generating, inner city uber mall that is Westfield. Have you been yet? Tell us what you think in the comments. Thanks to Bonnvillekid, Martin Deutsch and Dean Nicholas from the Londonist Flickrpool.
Motorbikes are to get to use bus lanes. On a trial basis, so no wheelies. Have you seen Andrew Gosden? The missing laddie’s picture is to be featured on Iceland’s milk cartons. It’s Westfield week. Have you been? Did you like it? And is it …
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