A message from Fr. David Armstrong: In just over a month’s time, we will hold our Animal Blessing Service here at St Botolph’s. Each year we host this special service on the Friday closest to St Francis’s Feast Day which…
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Bishopsgate: Annual Voter Registration
Each year, the City of London Corporation write to all of the businesses and residents who occupy property within the Square Mile, asking them to return a registration form which allows them to vote in City elections. As with most…
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Bishopsgate: Half Term ‘Intro to Architecture’ Workshop
Calling all budding architects, future designers, natural creatives, urban explorers – aged between 14-17, living on Mansell and Middlesex Street Estates. Join us for a free 3-day creative workshop (30 Oct-1 Nov) exploring building(s), design, history – and making stuff…
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Bishopsgate: 1 Exchange Square – Green Roofs & Living Walls Plan
This week, the City of London Corporation has received 1 Exchange Square’s plans to introduce green roofs and walls. Green roofs and living walls act as natural air filters, with plants absorbing pollutants and CO2 while releasing oxygen through photosynthesis. In…
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Banksy Installation Appears in the City of London
There has been much excitement over the past 24 hours, following street artist Banksy’s announcement on Instagram that they had been responsible for the redecoration of a City of London Police sentry box on Ludgate Hill with a piranha design.…
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Bishopsgate: Street Cleaning Improvements
Regular readers will be aware that I have written about the declining standards of cleanliness in Bishopsgate, particularly around Liverpool Street Station before (here and here). Data from the City Corporation, an audit by Keep Britain Tidy and feedback from…
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Bishopsgate: Jubilee Garden Redesign Update – August 2024
As readers will have noted from my previous post, the City of London Corporation is investing £680,000 in a project to improve Jubilee Gardens on Houndsditch (next to Devonshire Square). Works include relandscaping the gardens to create a more open,…
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Bishopsgate: London Liverpool Street Station Improvements Programme
Network Rail are delivering a range of changes at London’s busiest train station, Liverpool Street, which will improve the experience for passengers, which are outlined by them below... We are increasing pedestrian capacity by adding more ticket gates serving Platforms…
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Work Begins at BoxHall City – 29 Liverpool Street, London
As many of you will be aware, the Edwardian shopping arcade which was originally opened in 1912 on Liverpool Street, has been taken over by Boxpark. The buildings are still owned by Transport for London, but they have signed a…
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City of London: Celebrating Diversity with Pride 2024
This week, I was honoured to represent the City of London Corporation at its annual Pride event at the Guildhall. There is something magical about the history and grandeur of the Guildhall. It has a unique ability to draw together…
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