Category Archives: Architecture

Help Bob Stuckey create a plaque to commemorate George IV – the ‘King’ in Kings Cross

Posted on April 28, 2014 by William Perrin

Local Bob Stuckey has got in touch with a lovely proposal to raise funds for plaque to put the King back into Kings Cross – Bob writes: ‘During his lifetime as Prince of Wales, Prince Regent and King George IV … Continue reading →

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Grays (Inn Road) Anatomy – post your pictures on Kings Cross Gallery

Posted on March 10, 2014 by William Perrin

Gray’s Inn Road is a fascinating place with hugely diverse range of architecture, people and land use.  And it is adamantly un-gentrified, even occasionally a bit shabby.  I took a lovely stroll along the road in the sun last week … Continue reading →

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Redevelopment of Belgrove House

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

Local resident and activist Richenda writes: Belgrove House is the low red-brick building currently housing Access Storage, the King’s Cross post office and so on. It sits opposite King’s Cross Station forming the south end of King’s Cross square, and … Continue reading →

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97 Caledonian Road – refurbishment starts on local eyesore

Posted on February 4, 2014 by William Perrin

Observant readers will have noticed some activity at this dreadful site on the corner of the Cally Road and Wharfdale Road.  It’s been a dead duck, open to the weather for so long the only option is to demolish and … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross MP raises Mount Pleasant development at Prime Ministers questions

Posted on January 31, 2014 by William Perrin

The huge post office yards about half a mile from kings cross at Mount Pleasant are due for redevelopment.  And a lot of the traffic comes through Kings Cross.  Mount Pleasant isn’t in our Kings Cross patch, but is close … Continue reading →

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Development Forum set to meet – community gains from N1C on agenda

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

King’s Cross Development Forum was set up in 2002 by Camden Council in association with Islington Council to be a key means by which our local community can give our views on the massive King’s Cross Central development taking place … Continue reading →

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Google rethinks KX HQ design

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Sophie Talbot

Announcing that Google will delay moving into its new King’s Cross HQ from 2016 to 2017 to enable them to design a more ambitious building Joe Borrett, Head of Real Estate and Construction at Google, said in Tuesday’s Telegraph: “We … Continue reading →

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Celebration of Vert – the KX green sculpture

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Sophie Talbot

Invitations went out last week for a celebration of “Vert”, the KX green sculpture. Was your name on the list? King’s Cross Community Projects, a charitable trust set up to manage the project, raised many thousands of pounds in cash … Continue reading →

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