55 Gracechurch Street

The City of London Corporation has in the last week of January 2021 green-lighted the planned construction of a new 30-storey office development at 55 Gracechurch Street. This is the Square Mile’s first tall building approval of 2021 and demonstrates the Corporation’s optimistic outlook for the post Brexit and post-Covid future of the City.

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Time And Tide: Plantation Lane

To the many hurried commuters who pass by, whilst transfixed to their smartphones, Plantation Lane simply provides a convenient pedestrian passageway connecting Rood Lane, next to St Margaret Pattens church, to Seething Lane, opposite the main steps of Minster Court. It is however much more than just an alleyway and hangout for office smokers.

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Lost London: Dance’s Square, Crescent and Circus

In an earlier post regarding the remains of the Roman city wall at Cooper’s Row, the adjacent location of The Crescent, EC3 was featured several times. I had originally intended just to add a few lines about the history of The Crescent as a side note in that post, but whilst researching further into its history I discovered it is part of a wider story which includes the neighbouring locations of America Square and the now vanished Circus.

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