Category Archives: Local issues

Unbelievable: New Private Community Block closes off key safe cycling route

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski

The new built estate, Bloomsbury Gardens, has this week closed off, what has become over the last few years, a key safe passage cycling route of Kings Cross. The access way to the estate and for deliveries of Westminster Kingsway … Continue reading →

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Towpath heroes and villains

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

Following my recent article about the London Wildlife Trust taking over maintenance of Regent’s Canal towpath from Camley Street to the Islington tunnel, I was reminded that up until 2012, much of that maintenance was done by the voluntary organisation … Continue reading →

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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 – not

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

Update on the event reported yesterday – Authoring King’s Cross. Just got an email from Rebecca Ross at Central St Martin’s to say the Wikipedia editing event will concentrate on King’s Cross Central, not King’s Cross. Click here for more. … Continue reading →

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King’s Cross – Gentrification/Regeneration

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

As part of the Expanded Boundaries/Restless Futures series, Central St Martin’s hosts a panel discussion about King’s Cross this Saturday evening. The event runs from 5 to 7pm at The Crossing, Granary Building, 1 Granary Square and places need to … 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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Awful Kember Street flat – links to the BBC documentary that exposed extent of unlicensed development

Posted on June 6, 2014 by William Perrin

It took a BBC documentary to uncover the extent of  irresponsible landlord-ism but, in all the chatter about the Kember Street flat few people seem to have gone back to the original source (which doesn’t Google up well). So here … Continue reading →

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