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Thank you,DG,I really enjoyed that stroll around the City this morning.As I wait for the pills to quieten my iffy knees, it was a pleasure to accompany you around the walks I know well. 👍🏻 😉
Jo W | 15.09.20 - 7:41 a.m. | #
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Totally enjoyed your city photos. During the noughties I temped on switchboards in the city, & sometimes found myself in one of the mundane offices at the Guildhall, but at lunchtimes with a staff pass you could wander almost anywhere in the complex.
Down in the Guildhall basement (underneath Gog & Magog) there was a staff martial arts class with a beautifully restored medieval ceiling, probably closed now due to Covid if not attrition.
Toni | 15.09.20 - 7:46 a.m. | #
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Pity the mauve roundel does not say Crossrail 1.
John | 15.09.20 - 8:06 a.m. | #
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Thanks for the wander through the City and the nostalgia it evokes for my pre-covid commute. Never thought I would miss that so much. Now that we are being encouraged to go back to the office I guess it won't be so long before I get to see these streets for myself.
Jack | 15.09.20 - 8:26 a.m. | #
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I visited London on Monday of last week and I had a wander through the City - it really didn't look much busier around Bank than it does on your Sunday photos!
David | 15.09.20 - 9:32 a.m. | #
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There weren't that many private cars in the City beforehand anyway. I imagine a high percentage of the road traffic is commercial
Mikey C | 15.09.20 - 10:46 a.m. | #
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As a non railway specialist I'm puzzled by the Elizabeth line. Crossrail was initially presented as offering through journeys on overground, as can already be done north-south say from Horsham to Peterborough. But now it just seems to be an additional underground line.
Cau1khead | 15.09.20 - 10:59 a.m. | #
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(last para) - it ain't tedious!
The only surprise about CrossRail / Crossrail / Elizabeth Line is that so many people are surprised and upset about the project running late. The way we do major projects absolutely guarantees (a) not on time, (b) cost over-runs, and (c) not delivered as designed... No-one learned the lessons of the mess-up of the Jubilee Line Extension (I dealt with fire safety issues), and we're paying yet again for that.
Joel | 15.09.20 - 11:21 a.m. | #
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You've reminded me DG that this week, had it not been for covid, my organisation would have encamped to the Guildhall in its entirety for our annual away day. There's always a guided tour of the gallery and amphitheatre included which I enjoy. Good times and I'm not sure many people would say that about their away days! A mass zoom call just won't be the same.
E1W-er | 15.09.20 - 12:20 p.m. | #
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I came through the City a week ago during the working day, and it felt like visits up there on Sundays used, before the "Big Bang" in 1986 sent everything into overdrive.
It was just so unbelievably quiet. There was no vitality, no buzz, not much at all really. Unthinkable a year ago.
You wonder how much longer the few refreshment places and other shops that were open will remain trading in such a commercial desert.
IanD | 15.09.20 - 2:56 p.m. | #
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The street art at Cheesegrater is part of London Mural festival londonmuralfestival.com and is by DRT
andrew | 15.09.20 - 8:46 p.m. | #
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That'd explain why I couldn't find it on the LDF webpage, thanks.
That said, I have also completely failed to find it on the LMF website.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 15.09.20 - 8:53 p.m. | #
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It's worth noting that the City (well, bankers) substantially cleared out before the government called the lockdown, so I wouldn't expect them to return in great number while the new infections figure remains so high, whatever the government implores.
Business has taken me there every few weeks; there is a bit more activity on weekdays due to continued work on construction sites, though it has been empty enough for me to cycle through Paternoster Square and other alleyway shortcuts that were not previously possible.
In contrast, the West End now has something that could be called footfall, albeit light.
NickW | 15.09.20 - 11:54 p.m. | #
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