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Broad Street station is entirely gone, but Broadgate circle is above the outer end of Liverpool Street's platforms. The two stations were adjacent- the tower is on the site of one, the private open space above the still working other
Al__S | 28.10.20 - 7:36 a.m. | #
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sorry i didn't mean the Circle, i meant the square
Al__S | 28.10.20 - 7:37 a.m. | #
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A thorough description of what sounds like a fascinating area. A bit like Al_S I was initially confused by the mention of station platforms when I thought you were still on the Broad Street site.
I can remember when it used to be possible to drive down a suitable ramp and drop or pick up a passenger from between the platforms at Liverpool Street.
Malcolm of Kent | 28.10.20 - 9:26 a.m. | #
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Making me feel nostaglic for my office, I do hope the coffee cart guys who moved into the Broadgate Tower reception area are okay.
It will be interesting to see the smaller independents survive until we all get back into the offices around there.
Peter Ibbotson | 28.10.20 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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thank you for taking me on a walk i would not have attempted and enlightening me about what the eyes can see but is nevertheless hard to process i find.
the other eric | 28.10.20 - 10:02 a.m. | #
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The area around Liverpool Street station seems to drastically change each time I visit! Good to have the various locations pointed out.
I shall never forget the first time I stumbled on the former Turkish Baths a few years ago - so incongruous!
Cornish Cockney | 28.10.20 - 10:14 a.m. | #
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Wow, thanks for reminding me about my former journey to/from work ;)
Seriously, I would pass most of these buildings on my commute to Principal Place, just outside of Bishopsgate (and the City), making full use of the strange shortcuts in Broadgate, prior to working from home. That Pret in the penultimate picture was a frequent lunch stop when it was too wet to walk further to get something else.
It's also so strange to see these places barren of people (very unusual, even on weekends, pre-Covid).
Mo Hassan | 28.10.20 - 11:01 a.m. | #
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I too work around that area, or at least did until mid-March! Been back twice since then and it's an odd feeling...
As notice has been given on the office, I might not return again for quite some time!
Southern Heights (Light Railway) | 28.10.20 - 12:08 p.m. | #
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Can a Victorian Turkish baths be over-decorated?
Sarah | 28.10.20 - 3:17 p.m. | #
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I think 'Random Ward' might be my favourite new DG feature.
I've walked around here loads, and barely seen any of this (apart from the station)
R | 28.10.20 - 3:37 p.m. | #
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Despite having used the station sporadically for 30 years, I only discovered the view over the station from Exchange Square, and the entrance from Sun Street passage last year!
Mikey C | 28.10.20 - 3:53 p.m. | #
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"...remains a major thoroughfare."
Wondering if your photo was taken at a weekend. Weekdays (7 to 19) it's bus / taxi / cycle only, so perhaps less of a thoroughfare than it used to be. Though the few occasions I've been there lately car and van drivers are either ignoring (or ignorant of) these recently introduced restrictions.
I worked in various buildings in that area for more than 15 years so this post has a great resonance for me.
IslandDweller | 28.10.20 - 5:03 p.m. | #
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Greetings fellow former Broadgate area workers. It does have an odd no-man's-land feel. Perhaps because so much of it is insidiously privatised public spaces, like Finsbury Market. It's all a bit off kilter. Some of it looks like a 'normal' streetscape or municipal space.. but the cues are all off; all the private security furniture, the sterility, the odd demographics of visible denizens. Imposing this onto a geography with some of the densest history we can offer accentuates the disconnect somewhat.
Justin | 30.10.20 - 6:13 p.m. | #
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Should you ever fancy a lovely Japanese meal, we can highly recommend Moshi Moshi. It's at the end of the left mezzanine wing, above platforms 1 and 2. The food is great and the interior lovely.
Colin | 01.11.20 - 10:46 p.m. | #
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The former Broad Street Station which closed in 1986 could be approached along the disused and re-wilded Kingsland Viaduct. It made for an interesting walk from Dalston Junction (involving a scramble over the wall) through the undergrowth of birch trees and buddleia bushes, affording good views, quiet space for foxes to breed and unobtrusive access for burglars to the backs of buildings. The tracks had been taken up so the overgrown stoney walk came to an end shortly before the imposing back of the station.
the other eric | 14.09.21 - 10:50 a.m. | #
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