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Author Archives: William Perrin
Filthy streets – Randell’s Road, Rufford Street, Vibart walk
Neighbour Stuart has been having a crazy exchange over a couple of weeks with Contact Islington trying to get Rufford Street swept properly (I own a flat there). It looks like it's finally had a sweep but neighbouring street such … Continue reading
Copenhagen Street to be closed for two weeks at York Way – let’s keep the zebra
Contracters BAM working on the Kings Cross railway lands are to close Copenhagen Street at York Way for about two weeks from 8 September (date corrected). They are building a junction with the new road running across the railway … Continue reading
Kings Cross – with hindsight…..
DfT's blatant ignoring of community campaigns against Network Rail's Platform Zero was pretty poor. They didn't tell the Secretary of State about the campaign on his 20 May visit nor did they mention in his briefing Network Rail's appalling overspend … Continue reading
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Street issues in Kings Cross and Islington
Neighbour Stuart Cottis reports yet more street sweeping problems in Rufford Street. Fly tipping around the bins, a need for street sweeping after a car break in and missed recycling collections (archive photo). It was problems in Rufford Street that … Continue reading
Kings Cross ‘broadly on schedule against the budget’ say Office of Rail Regulation
Back in July I got in touch with the Office of Rail Regulation who are responsible for detailed monitoring of Network Rail's expenditure on stations to ask them about the budget and out turn for Kings Cross. I rang them … Continue reading
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King’s Cross Station – community campaign whitewashed out by DfT and Network Rail
Phillip Hammond, the new Secretary of State for Transport was whisked to Kings Cross in his first few days in the job to ‘open’ the new Platform Zero on 20 May. Platform Zero and the Eastern Range offices have become … Continue reading
Young people’s body image – summer holiday photography and modelling project
Y-Touring at OneKX on Cromer Street (just off Judd Street) have let us know about this fascinating project running during the summer holidays that local young people can get invovled with. For more information please contact Steve Byrne on 020 … Continue reading
Murals and Mosaics Walk
Ruth Miller from the London Mural Preservation Society (LMPS) will be leading a ‘North London Mural Walk’ exploring the murals and mosaics hidden away in the back streets of Kings Cross and Islington on Sunday August 15th. LMPS’s mission is … Continue reading
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