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Category Archives: Local issues
King’s Cross Station Access at Wharfdale Road – Is this the beginning of the end?
A pix is a 1000 words, so this will communicate the problem. The sign below indicated a "temporary closure," however we'll see what happens in the coming days.
DVD Xtra (formerly The Bleu Danube) consigned to history!
Change at the lower end of the Caledonian Road has at times seemed to be slow at coming…but it has come. The latest transition is the closing of what was one of our few remaining "seedy" "book" stores, DVD Xtra … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Licensing and Regulation
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The great KX/St Pancras taxi debacle
Matt, writing for The Londonist last week asked of our local stations, “Is this the longest taxi rank in central London?”. He estimated it as almost a kilometre in length. The biggest transport hub the the country, soon to be … Continue reading
KX Station petition closes – Happy New Year!
In just six months the campaign for a pedestrian and cycle bridge across the rear of King's Cross Station gathered 1016 signatures to our petition. We are not expecting great things as a result as it is highly likely the … Continue reading
Posted in Road Safety in Kings Cross
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TFL Open up Pentonville Road at off peak hours!
Mayor Boris Johnson has promised to make road traffic more fluid in London. Here a suggestion for Kings Cross that will also help local residents get a lighter traffic flow. Pentonville Road has been closed for normal traffic for quite … Continue reading
Posted in Road Safety in Kings Cross
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Kings Cross “King Rooster’s” ever broken windows!
King Rooster at the corner of Swinton Street Kings Cross Road must be a very poor man's business, for one of its windows have not been repaired there now for over six months and another for maybe two, leaving … Continue reading
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Giant ashtrays land on Cally Road
The big ugly brick building on the Cally Road has recently become even uglier with the installation of some giant ashtrays along the pavement. Lisa has sent in pictures of these new steel planters that have mysteriously appeared outside the … Continue reading
Domestic dispute leads to murder on Havelock Street
Police were out in force in the Bingfield area this evening on a reassurance exercise folloing last week's murder. The police were making the point that this was not drug related nor a random attack but a specific domstic incident. … Continue reading
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