Category Archives: Community stuff

Taking care of the canal towpath

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

The Regent’s Canal towpath is a vital green corridor providing wildlife habitat and rare green open space in King’s Cross. Since the demise of British Waterways, the new Canals and Rivers Trust is responsible for the canal. Now the London … Continue reading →

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Putting streets on the general election agenda

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

This year the Living Streets Supporters Conference will be held right here and will gear the campaign up to get living streets on the political agenda for the 2015 general election. Living Streets is the national campaign for safe, attractive … Continue reading →

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Authoring King’s Cross

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

The Contested Spaces forum at Central St Martins is running an event, ‘Authoring King’s Cross’ to discuss the King’s Cross Wikipedia entry. The King’s Cross Wikipedia entry has long been controversial with authors of this site having had references deleted … Continue reading →

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King’s Cross Farm Drop

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

Judith Paris, founder of King’s Cross special enterprise group, Get More, has set up a Farm Drop in King’s Cross and will be hosting a taster evening this Friday. Farm Drop is a new way of buying food produced within … Continue reading →

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Waste Policy in Kings Cross (and the rest of Camden): A wish list!

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski

There is hardly a time when the roads at Kings Cross are free of rubbish, especially plastic bags of any size with waste can be found in many locations, many corners have dropped unwanted furniture, and some communal recycling bins … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross suffers from Angel Islington’s ‘Not In My Back Canal’ problem

Posted on March 31, 2014 by William Perrin

A couple of readers and now the council have got in touch to point out the issues caused by canal boats moored in the Kings Cross basin.  It turns out that council regulation of smoke and noise from issues caused … Continue reading →

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Are these barges polluting homes alongside Regents Canal?

Posted on March 31, 2014 by William Perrin

British Waterways has been asked to examine reports from local residents that these two barges are polluting canalside homes with fumes from their generators.  There’s a very diverse community who lives alongside the canal in Kings Cross – from expensive … Continue reading →

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‘Very High’ air pollution forecast by Met Office

Posted on March 30, 2014 by William Perrin

Kings Cross has relatively bad air: it’s a huge transport hub with very high levels of car, taxi, bus, lorry and diesel train movements.  I lived in the gyratory for a while and the pollution was ghastly.   But it … Continue reading →

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