Farringdon Within

Update for Farringdon Within Ward meeting

June 5, 2023 – 4:40 pm

Here’s a round-up of stories that may be of interest to the Ward meeting on June 8.

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Clerkenwell Walks

New Footways maps celebrating Clerkenwell’s heritage and radical history

June 5, 2023 – 10:06 am

Clerkenwell Design Week provided an oppoortunity to promote Footways maps about Radical Clerkenwell and Historic Clerkenwell, by embedding QQ codes in pavement markers.

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Barts Fair Destination City

Destination City: just what is it?

May 21, 2023 – 6:04 pm

A report to Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee tells us about the website and brand – but little about the substance of Destination City.

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Public realm

New City square near St Paul’s set for approval

May 19, 2023 – 3:56 pm

The City Corporation is set to approve plans for the spectacular new square that I reported last year. The scheme will transform the southern end of King Edward Street, in front of the new Panorama St Paul’s development on the site of the former BT headquarters. The developer is expected to make a contribution. The read more »

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BID Forum Smithfield

The new City Neighbourhood Forum is a good idea. If …

May 15, 2023 – 8:12 am

Proposals for the City’s first neighbourhood forum are a good idea – but residents outside Barbican and Golden Lane Estates need to have influence too.

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Barbican BID Forum LWW

Barbican and Golden Lane Estates propose City’s first neighbourhood forum

May 9, 2023 – 7:38 pm

Residents on the two major estates in the north west of the City have made the bold move of proposing a forum with powers to develop its own plan for the neighbourhood.

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Barts Fair Destination City MotS

How Bartholomew Fair might benefit City residents and visitors all year

April 19, 2023 – 6:07 pm

Update: the Policy and Resource Committee approved plans for the Bartholomew Fair spectacular, with some discussion of wayfinding, maps and media. See note at end. The promise of an aerial dance display on the facade of St Paul’s Cathedral in September as part of a revived Bartholomew Fair has understandably captured the headlines in the read more »

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Barts Fair Destination City

Corporation plans a spectacular City-wide Bartholomew Fair throughout September

April 13, 2023 – 4:20 pm

Update: the Evening Standard has picked up on the plans saying “The city is increasingly trying to throw off its “nine to five” image and become a leisure destination for Londoners and others” When Matthew Bell and I floated the idea of re-staging Bartholomew Fair (1123-1855) in the EC1 Echo last year little did we read more »

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LWW

City explores repurposing Museum of London site

April 5, 2023 – 2:33 pm

I’m not sure what to make of the latest move by the City of London on the former Museum of London buildings – and I don’t think campaigners against demolition are yet sure either. The City has been pressing ahead with plans to redevelop the London Wall West site with offices aimed at yielding £70 read more »

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Barts Fair MotS Museum Smithfield

City announces ‘cultural transformation’ of Smithfield

April 2, 2023 – 3:08 pm

When I was floating the idea of a Museum of the Streets last year, I wrote: “In December 2022 the Museum of London closes after 45 years on the edge of the Barbican estate, and prepares for a move to former market buildings in West Smithfield. “The new museum promises to be amazing – but read more »

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