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Museum of London submits application to move to SmithfieldThe Museum of London has filed the formal planning application that will see it move from its London Wall site to the derelict market buildings at Smithfield.
Plans for a post-meat market Smithfield unveiledWith the City of London considering moving its historic meat market out of Smithfield, thoughts are turning to what could done with the empty buildings.
London’s first permanent “City Trees” soak up pollutionTwo large artificial "trees" have been installed outside Leytonstone tube station and on the High Road to help improve air quality in the area.
Underground reservoir in London revealedOne of Thames Water’s most spectacular structures – hidden under ancient woodland in London – was revealed in all its Victorian glory during maintenance work recently.
The Tide, Greenwich’s pointless follyIf someone said, design me something pointless then cover it in hype, then The Tide in Greenwich would be the result.
Expanding IBM’s brutalist office on the SouthbankThe Southbank's brutalist office block occupied by IBM could be getting bigger if plans by the owners are approved by the council.
The best brutalist staircase in LondonThere are many contenders for best staircase in London, but I am going to pitch this little known staircase on the Southbank for the title.
Exhibition about plans for 55 BroadwayLast week, an exhibition was held to show off the plans to turn London Transports former art-deco headquarters into a posh hotel.
The four staircases of Holborn Viaduct150 years ago, a deep sloping road in Central London was replaced with a marvelous bridge -- the Holborn Viaduct.
The less than iconic Icon Outlet at the O2You're a huge tent with large numbers of visitors thronging to see the latest instagram star, so what could be better than a long row of designer retailers to drain even more money from their wallets?
Fewer shops on Oxford Street in £3 billion revampThe shopping heart of London will soon have fewer shops, after the local trade group announced plans for a large-scale revamp of the area.
The St James’s Market PavilionOn a formerly oddly empty plot of land in Haymarket is a temporary exhibition pavilion.
National Portrait Gallery to close for 3 yearsA part of a major rebuilding project, the National Portrait Gallery has announced that it will be closing for three years, from the end of June 2020.
TfL starts renting out railway archesA long line of railway arches under the Hammersmith and City line are being rented out by TfL following refurbishment work.
See inside the Museum of London’s new Farringdon homeThe Museum of London is set to move soon from its current home into a cluster of semi-derelict Victorian iron and 1960s concrete buildings.
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