London’s Pocket Parks: Pearl and Mizanur’s Memorial Garden, E1
A local community garden recently took over a plot of land next to Shadwell station that appears to have never been built on in its entire life.
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London’s Pocket Parks: Pearl and Mizanur’s Memorial Garden, E1
A local community garden recently took over a plot of land next to Shadwell station that appears to have never been built on in its entire life.
The Troxy – East London’s art-deco gem
One of East London's art-deco gems is being restored to its original glory as decades of clutter and mess are cleared away.
London’s Alleys: Graces Alley, E1
This is a short alley leading to a former public square lined with nice houses, but the alley is now much more famous than the public square.
Improved links between Shadwell Overground and DLR proposed
In Shadwell, there are two stations very close to each other, but separated by a busy and often quite dirty street. Plans have been announced by Tower Hamlets council to improve the area.
London’s Pocket Parks: Cavell Street Garden, E1
A side street in Shadwell has a small pocket park with gates leading to a space once filled with housing.
Rebuilding Shadwell DLR station
Shadwell has two railway stations right next to each other, for the Overground and the DLR, and yet separate, and unsurprisingly, TfL has looked at how it could merge the two into one.
A brief look inside St Mary’s Cable Street
There's a rather fine looking church in East London that I have passed on many an occasion with doors locked, but last week, the doors were open, so inside I went.
London’s Alleys: Abel’s Buildings, E1
This is an unmarked alley that runs under the DLR and railway tracks into Fenchurch Street and somehow survives as a narrow smelly dank alley way. So obviously, it's marvelous.
The memorial to a failed North-East Passage
As motorists journey through the Rotherhithe tunnel, little do they know that there's a memorial to another greater journey above their heads.