Even with world-class parks, Londoners don’t have enough green space Opinion Even with our world-class parks aside, Londoners need more green space – here’s our plan to change it, writes Hilary McGrady.
Inside Finsbury Circus Gardens, the City’s biggest green space Life&Style Our Toast the City Awards are celebrating the City’s top spots and takes place this October. This week: the redesigned Finsbury Circus Gardens. If the Square Mile were to be designed today, it would feature a lot more green space. It wasn’t until the middle of the last century that architects realised the importance of nature in [...]
How London Bridge is fighting back against the ‘grotification’ of London Opinion With public finances increasingly unsafe, the private sector has a vital role to play in making streets cleaner, lighter and safer – and London Bridge’s business improvement district is showing how it’s done, says Rob Anderson Has London got dirtier, darker and more unsafe? As local authority budgets to maintain our high streets, parks and [...]