Post Tagged with: "King’s Cross"

• The new Kaleidoscope building opposite Kings Cross

  Take one perfectly decent old building. Paint with migraine inducing colours and, hey presto, you have this clash of the old and the spew.

   

• London’s bookshops: Housmans, a radical bookseller

  Just round the corner from King’s Cross station, technically on the Camden and Islington border but in reality in the nether space that exists around large stations, lies Housmans bookshop.   Housmans was founded in 1945 as a mail order book club for pacifists. As the fire of world war […]

   

• Funky Buskers Kings Cross

  90% of buskers are a welcome addition to or streets in my opinion, but few go to the effort of having a three piece electric ensemble including drums and a super funky beat. It was all I could do to resist dancing there and then. Well done everyone.

   

• Strange smoke near St Pancras

  Passing by the building works behind St Pancras I peeked through the fence and was surprised to see a long pipe pumping out smoke. The air was quite sweet and I did wonder whether it was perfume designed to mask something less fruity… anyone know what these pipes that leak […]

   

• The best street food in London?

  Tucked behind King’s Cross station we have a very strong statement – the best street food in London. Now, the food’s pretty good – so no disrespect – but the best? that’s a bold claim “Eat Street”, a very bold claim.

   

• Action: Bikes Alive at King’s Cross. Monday 6th Feb.

  King’s Cross Station, Monday 6 February, 6pm-7pm Dear friends of Bikes Alive, If you’ve been keeping an eye on the Bikes Alive website (bikesalive.wordpress.com), or if you follow Bikes Alive on Twitter (@BikesAlive), or if you’ve been picking up on Bikes Alive coverage on other websites, then you’ll know about the […]

   

• Protest: Bikes Alive 2: This Monday (23rd Jan)

  BIKES ALIVE ANNOUNCES MORE DIRECT ACTION – RETURNS TO KINGS CROSS ON MONDAY 23 JANUARY Bikes Alive – the direct action campaign to resist the violence inflicted on cyclists (and on other people) by motor vehicles – is following up its blockade of the Kings Cross one-way system on Monday 9 […]

   

• Event: Cyclist memorial Tuesday 20th December

  On Tuesday 20 December 2011, from 6pm, cyclists, pedestrians, and friends and family of recent crash victims will gather outside Kings Cross station to remember loved ones and highlight the unacceptable death toll on the capital’s roads. The London Cycling Campaign, RoadPeace, London Living Streets, and prominent bloggers are inviting all Londoners to […]

   

• A year in the life of Islington Living Streets

  Islington Living Streets has had a year of great achievements all on the back of persistent, hard work

   

• Review: False Economy Benefit Gig

  Tonight I attended a great benefit gig at the Star of Kings, near kings Cross, for the wonderful False Economy an organisation that is well worth putting your heart and soul into – if you have either. Over the years I’ve attended some pretty sparse benefit gigs, some of which I […]