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Postcards from the future; London the new Venice
London becomes the new Venice. But where the city of the gondola has made an accommodation with the water it sits in, London has become uninhabitable, as every year the Thames Barrier is overwhelmed...
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The Big Blue Cock
Loving the new Blue Cock… The sculpture, a larger than life cockerel in ultramarine blue communicates on different levels. First of all is the consideration of the formal aspect of its placement: the...
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The 2016 London Tube Map
The shape of things to come (minus the robot overlords)… Back in July 2004 TfL released a “2016 Tube Map.” This was intended to give a potential vision of how both TfL and then Mayor Ken Livingstone...
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Refreshing the Central London Cycle map
I love these new updated Greater and Central London Cycle Maps, designed by Simon Parker and Illustrated by Jon Haste, they have a campaign to get it adopted as the official version for cyclists… We...
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London Olympic torch revealed
Beautiful, if a tad bit bling for my tastes… The torch was conceived of by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, the unfussy British furniture and industrial designers of BarberOsgerby, and despite all the...
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New pictures emerge of the building of Londons Tower Bridge
Beautiful photography… A wonderful collection of photos showing Tower Bridge under construction has come to light. The sepia shots from the 1880s were, unbelievably, recovered from a skip outside the...
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Floating London airport proposal to replace Heathrow
A pretty amazing proposal… The proposal comes as the UK government looks at ways to increase airport capacity in south-east England. Called London Britannia Airport, it would comprise four floating...
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The circular London Underground map
I love this concept, makes lots of sense now that London has two circular lines, via Metro… Commuters and tourists may sometimes feel like they are getting nowhere on the London Underground, but a new...
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