Architecture practice to hold street party

Courtesy Stephen Burch Squire and Partners Architects, of Wicklow Street WC1, have announced an 'urban street party' in 'Wicklow Village' for Thursday 1 July. The event is part of the London Festival of Architecture, 19 June to 4 July.

I can't trace the original reference to 'Wicklow Village' mentioned, but it could catch on as a useful name for the cluster of cobbled streets and its unusual assortment of bars, flats, institutions and galleries.

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3 Responses to Architecture practice to hold street party

  1. Tobias Newland's avatar Tobias Newland says:

    I can see why they chose the name “Wicklow Village” as Wicklow Street connects all of the streets in the area. But it seems a bit artificial. St Chad’s would seem a better name as it refers to an actual landmark in the area St Chad’s Well. which was a medicinal spring for which a pumphouse was built in 1833, before being destroyed by the Midland railway in the 1860s.

    More details can be found in Chesca Potter’s 1985 article ‘The River of Wells’

    http://people.bath.ac.uk/liskmj/living-spring/sourcearchive/fs1/fs1cp1.htm

    It would be interesting to hear what people actually living in these streets refer to as.

  2. Leah Dixon's avatar Leah Dixon says:

    I live on Britannia street (off Wicklow street) and refer to it as the forgotten part of Kings Cross!

  3. Jo Foy's avatar Jo Foy says:

    My Nan used to live in Derby Buildings in wicklow Street I am getting down to London soon and would love to know if it is still there so that I could just go and have a look and reminisce. Can anyone help. Thanks

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