please empty your brain below
"The City's only 'London Street' lies before you"

Could you elaborate on what a London Street means in this context?

dg writes: I've added links to two photos.

Mark | 05.01.21 - 8:46 a.m. | #

All Hallows by the Tower has a wonderful interior but was not aware there was a museum in the undercroft.

davews | 05.01.21 - 8:46 a.m. | #

Part of The Crescent was rebuilt in the '80s. I remember seeing the tower crane working on site from the C2C train.

The old OS map showed that only 6,7 & 9 were around in the 1950's.

This link says the 3-5 were lost due to the construction of the Metropolitan district railway.

Fred | Homepage | 05.01.21 - 8:56 a.m. | #

I have visited All Hallows by the Tower a couple of times, but was also unaware there was a basement museum. Another on the increasingly lengthening list, for when we embark into New-Normal Time.

Frank F | 05.01.21 - 9:04 a.m. | #

Mark Lane is better known than most streets of its size, not just for the Corn Exchange, but as a stop on the Metropolitan District Railway until 1946 when it was renamed Tower Hill. It was replaced in 1967 by a new station further east.

timbo | 05.01.21 - 9:09 a.m. | #

TImbo's comment must be in DGs sealed envelope for today

Daniel | 05.01.21 - 9:13 a.m. | #

There's a perfectly lovely place named St Dunstan-in-the-East somewhere around there, but perhaps that's in another Ward?

dg writes: It is.

Leuconoe | 05.01.21 - 9:20 a.m. | #

I believe London Street was named after an Earl of London, rather than after the city itself - cf Liverpool Street, Bedford Square, Devonshire Place etc etc.

Philip | 05.01.21 - 9:25 a.m. | #

Am unrepentantly fond of the PoMo excesses of America Square. Sure, it's jukeboxy and wafer-thin, but there's relatively little of the stuff in the City, and this is boldly done in a curious backwater.

Philip | 05.01.21 - 9:28 a.m. | #

I'm very much "It's vile because it's PoMo" on America Square, but I will admit that it's one of the better examples of the style.

Chz | 05.01.21 - 10:22 a.m. | #

I'm confused - I thought Fenchurch Street station had closed down?

cau1khead | 05.01.21 - 11:49 a.m. | #

Used Fenchurch Street station a lot many many years ago when living in East London.

Wonder why Tower Hill tube station is not actually located at Fenchurch Street. And the terminus and tube station then both called Tower Hill or else both Fenchurch Street. It would have also provided more traffic for the District line.

Kevin | 05.01.21 - 12:23 p.m. | #

Nice to have the illusion that I’m out and about whilst being locked down

Brian | 05.01.21 - 12:51 p.m. | #

I had to attend a training course at one America Square a couple of years ago and the original Roman Wall also survives within the building.

Incidentally I happened to arrive early, so after parking up my scooter I went for a walk around the area and found some great hidden back streets. I really must dig out the photos sometime.

Your notes on Seething Lane have helped me understand why Pepys Street is next to it

Sarah | 05.01.21 - 3:37 p.m. | #

Ten Trinity Square is familiar to those of us of a certain age from featuring heavily in the opening titles to the Professionals.

Ned | 05.01.21 - 4:23 p.m. | #

cau1khead: you may be thinking of Broad Street, which closed in 1986.

Alex | 05.01.21 - 6:19 p.m. | #

Eh? Is that ARCADIA sign really the artwork rather than just the label for the artwork itself?

dg writes: Question To Which The Answer Is Yes.

Andrew S | 05.01.21 - 7:52 p.m. | #











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