This large hole left by the levelling of Middlesex hospital is a very visual sign of the credit crunch. The planned complex of shops, flats and penthouses (is there a plural for that - penti?) which was to be called 'Noho Square' is no longer viable. Candy the construction company who bought the site, have dissappeared. Westminster council I believe now own it, having bought at a vastly reduced price. So what will it be? At the moment it's just a big boarded up hole. Lots of cafes sprang up around the site for workers and then potential residential customers, they too are feeling the pinch.
La Saga des Grands Magasins, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
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Yesterday I ran 🏃♀️ to see a new exhibit, *The Department Stores*.
Seeking escape at la Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine at Trocadero,
as a d...
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