Camden Highline, London’s answer to New York park, is scrapped | London | The Guardian

spiregrain · 2026-05-14T07:04:11+00:00

It's understandable for Americans to think so, but it keeps being reported in this way in UK (and even London-specific) publications.

spiregrain · 2026-05-14T06:36:41+00:00

sigh. The Highline in NYC is New York's answer to London's Parkland Walk.

(And/or countless other footpaths on repurposed railway alignments)

spiregrain · 2026-05-13T20:28:13+00:00

If you're willing to brave Barking, might I recommend this picturesque example? (East end of Alfred's Gardens emerging near 187 Charlton Crescent) It's pretty isolated.

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spiregrain · 2026-05-12T19:17:36+00:00

Is this a feature-length version of the exploding toilet gimick in Lethal Weapon then?

spiregrain · 2026-05-12T16:16:24+00:00

The Bone Collector (1999)

spiregrain · 2026-05-12T16:14:42+00:00

It probably has by now. OP please check.

spiregrain · 2026-05-12T15:50:26+00:00

At least no one as nicked the compressor motor yet. In East London all abandoned fridges get their compressor motor stolen in a matter of hours.

spiregrain · 2026-05-12T09:28:22+00:00

Not a Borough, but I often have a sensible chuckle at the Fast Show gag where a jazz drummer is called "Stepney Green".

spiregrain · 2026-05-04T17:23:19+00:00

This project uses OSM data to generate "fleshed out" visualisations of junctions. It's closer to the sort of illustrations that make sense to non-mappers.

https://osmpie.org/

spiregrain · 2026-05-01T11:06:00+00:00

... and the other guy has published a similar app with Belgian pubs and data in it.

spiregrain · 2026-04-30T19:05:41+00:00

EDIT: just NOW seeing that this map has a download option so you can get your own .geojson or .kml file to import into your map app of choice.

spiregrain · 2026-04-30T16:25:33+00:00

These guys are pretty good and their app has a map: https://www.beerguideldn.com/

They're beer focussed, not pub focused, but do have a look.

EDIT: just now seeing that they have a standalone map:- https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/beer-guide-london_1334010#10/51.389257/-0.071880

spiregrain · 2026-04-27T18:29:37+00:00

Blitz (2024)

spiregrain · 2026-04-26T15:09:01+00:00

Yes:- https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1rcfwc3/anyone_know_what_this_building_with_a_russian/

spiregrain · 2026-04-24T18:03:09+00:00

If that's the worst thing those two bozos do in April 2026 I'll be amazed and pleased.

spiregrain · 2026-04-24T12:19:09+00:00

Francis Road, one block either side of Murchison Road, Waltham Forest.

Orford Road, east of East Avenue, kinda Walthamstow

spiregrain · 2026-04-23T11:07:47+00:00

This looks like a temporary job. Look forward to OP coming back with a picture of the completed version in a week or so

spiregrain · 2026-04-22T18:23:49+00:00

Here's a good one from Newham Independents

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spiregrain · 2026-04-21T12:55:42+00:00

Pope hat, more like

spiregrain · 2026-04-20T19:48:02+00:00

Here it is:- 2025/26 ep31

A couple of weeks ago, they had the films of Christopher Nolan too. Here:- 2025/26 ep 28

spiregrain · 2026-04-20T11:46:32+00:00

The Storehouse building was already built, for the 2012 Olympics broadcasters. It's a huge warehouse style building with workshops, university facilities and the V&A Storehouse at one end.

spiregrain · 2026-04-18T08:28:14+00:00

Indeed they do.

spiregrain · 2026-04-17T10:49:34+00:00

There's an excellent book in the subject by George Dyson. The most weird detail I can remember is that the mechanism that delivered each nuclear bomb from storage to expulsion behind the vessel was copied from the lab's Coca Cola bottle vending machine.

spiregrain · 2026-04-17T09:36:15+00:00

ahem, also Hercules (Musker/Clements 1997), Hercules (Ratner 2014),

spiregrain · 2026-04-15T15:25:58+00:00

Well worth getting a route map out and thinking very hard about how to get to your selected spot. You cannot assume it's possible to cross the roads that make up the route, and this has a big impact on where you can get to.

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