We have created a homage to riding a bike on a Summer’s morning around Hackney. Thanks to progressive urban planning Hackney is a cycling paradise with little traffic and lots of cycle lanes. Have a look…
Today the London Independent has published photos of progress at Crossrail. The £14.8bn project, slated for completion in 2018, will connect Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east.
The developers claim it will increase London’s rail capacity by 10 per cent.
The pictures show the five tunnelling machines carving new paths under the capital, and remodelling old ones, some of which were first used in 1878.
Over 7,000 people are working on the dig, which goes on 24 hours a day. Click image for more.
Click to view Crossrail image gallery from The Independent
Architects have come up with a new way to solve the UK’s chronic housing shortage – converting garages into tiny homes. A row of out-of-use lock-ups in Hackney are due to be turned into cosy bedsits for young professionals and people unable to find a home. Click image to go to story.
The FT reports that overseas investors’ appetite for London property sharpened in 2012, as foreign buyers poured £2.2bn into new-build homes, up from £1.8bn in 2011.
Singapore and Hong Kong led the field, with a 23 and 16 per cent share respectively of the central London new-build market, research by Knight Frank, a property agent, showed.
British buyers remained the largest group in the new-build market, accounting for 27 per cent of transactions last year, roughly similar to 2011 levels. But the number of other nationalities buying “off-plan”, or before a property was built, in London rose from 43 to 52, Knight Frank said.
London’s position as an international financial centre, as well as its schools and universities, were key factors attracting foreign buyers.
The acclaimed chef of Bethnal Green’s Viajante (1 Michelin Star), Nuno Mendes gives a tour of his favourite destinations on Broadway Market. Included in Nuno’s guide is Yum Buns who have a stall in Broadway Market Schoolyard and whose steamed pork buns are attracting foodies from far and wide to E8.
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Boris Bikes not strenuous enough? Proposal by Y/N Studio would transform canals into a swimmable network, from Little Venice to Limehouse via Broadway Market. Click image below to go to the story.
London's proposed 'Lido Line' at Broadway Market
While the Shard steals most of the attention, three of the City’s daftly nicknamed skyscrapers are reaching noteworthy heights and a fourth is at planning…
The Walkie Talkie
Nicknamed the Walkie-Talkie because of its bulbous top. Due to be completed in the summer of 2014. The building will be 160 m (525 ft) tall, with 36 storeys.
The Walkie Talkie
The Helter Skelter
The Helter Skelter is suffering from funding problems and is expected to be finished by 2013/2014. On completion it will become the tallest building in the City of London and the second-tallest in both the United Kingdom and the European Union
Helter Skelter
The Cheese Grater
With its distinctive wedge-shaped profile the Cheesegrater will be 225 m (737 ft) tall, with 48 floors, when it is completed in 2014.
The Cheese Grater
The Scalpel
The Scalpel is proposed for construction, if it gets the go head it will complete in 2017. The building will be 190 m (623 ft) tall, with 35 storeys.
The Scalpel (ThisIsLondon)
The New York Times has featured Findlay Property’s favourite Hackney restaurant in the Travel Section in a piece called The Hidden Gems of Europe. Click here to go to the story.
A new report has been published on the predicted effect Crossrail will have on London property prices. The headline is that “Residential capital values are projected to increase immediately around Crossrail stations in central London by 25 per cent, and by 20 per cent in the suburbs, again above a rising baseline projection. In many locations, Crossrail will have a transformative effect on the property market and development activity over time.”
Crossrail is among the most significant infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the UK. From improving journey times across London, to easing congestion and offering better connections, Crossrail will change the way people travel around the capital. Crossrail’s new stations will revitalise the concept of the station being the centre of the community it serves.
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