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• The London Buzz – 18th July 2024

  18-07-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s round-up of what’s happening in London:
  Just Stop Oil protesters receive record jail terms for disrupting M25 Metro
  An historic, century-old sign in Southfields from the earliest days of commercial coach travel has been restored to its original glory. PutneySW15
  Radically upzoning London and allowing millions more people to move to the capital could make Britain as rich as America with a welfare state surpassing that of Denmark or Sweden, says Sam Bowman CityAM
  A “spre
  
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• Big changes for Canary Wharf’s HSBC Tower includes a new public roof terrace

  18-07-2024 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  One of Canary Wharf’s big three skyscrapers is about to have large holes knocked out of it, and the roof will be opened to the public for the first time.
  Rendering of 8 Canada Square, London. Credit: Kiasm
  The redevelopment will see a building design that if presented as a new-build wouldn’t be overly radical, as this form of mid-level roof terraqces are quite popular at the moment.
  However, as it’s blasting holes in the sides of the existing rectangular tube of the HSBC tower,
  
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• Tim Dunn unveils the inspiration behind the London Overground’s new names

  18-07-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Ahead of the forthcoming London Overground renaming later this autumn, a podcast series hosted by TV presenter Tim Dunn is exploring the inspiration behind those new names.The six-part Mind the Gap podcast series sees Tim take listeners on a journey to discover what inspired the new names for London Overground lines. It starts with the story behind the Mildmay line, which runs from Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford.
  For this episode, Tim Dunn visits three people who have a special relat
  
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• Open House offers a sneak peek at September’s free architecture visits

  18-07-2024 15:03 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  It’s just over a month until bookings open for the annual Open House Festival, the annual chance to see inside normally private buildings, and the organisers have released a preview of some of the buildings that will be open to visit for free in September.
  Taking place from 14th to 22nd September 2024, the festival will feature over 700 free open days and events across all 33 London boroughs.
  Royal Courts of Justice (c) ianVisits
  Architectural gems new to the programme include the former B
  
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• Havering Council revives Beam Park station plans with new consultation

  18-07-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Havering Council has launched a consultation to support plans to build the long-delayed Beam Park station in east London.
  Beam Park station location map (c) Havering Council
  The station at Beam Park has been stuck in limbo every since the previous government put a hold on it opening citing a poor business case for the station at that location, despite the potential for thousands of homes to be constructed in the area if the station opens.
  At the moment, the various parties are still working on t
  
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• Nostalgic treasures filling a disused pub in Croydon: A joyful dive into collectables

  18-07-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A disused pub in Croydon has been filled with ephemera that have become collectables, from Star Wars toys to small stones, costumes and play to cigarette packs and old plastic bags.Over 14,000 objects, from as small as a thumbnail to as large as a small car, now fill the former Weatherspoons pub, transforming it quite unexpectedly into a joyful space full of nostalgia and memories.
  Although it looks like an unlabeled exhibition, it’s actually an art project by Hetain Patel and ArtAngel to
  
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• Gunnersbury Station may get step-free access as part of a housing development

  18-07-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Gunnersbury station in west London could get step-free access as part of a refurbishment of a local office block, according to a consultation about the plans.
  Gunnersbury Station platforms (c) ianVisits
  The station, which is served by both London Overground and District line trains, is somewhat hidden behind the Chiswick Tower, a large office block. It didn’t used to be like that, as the station used to have a grand entrance building at street level set back from the main road by a side ro
  
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