LIF COMMUNITY MEETING SEPT 10th 2013 @ LSE AGENDA Introduction and Background/Aim of the event What is the Council’s position What are the facts about homelessness and rough sleeping in this locality What are the alternatives to soup runs? Update from Faith Group Coordinator Update from Streetsafe and Fact sheet Questions and concerns from …
Filming in local streets today
I received a note through the door yesterday giving 24 hours notice of yet more local film crews, this time filming in Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields , Serle Street and Portugal Street. I have spoken with the location manager. There will be one quick shot in the Fields as it closes, using hand held equipment …
Huge crowd of cyclists for #spaceforcyclists protest
A remarkable crowd gathered apparently spontaneously in Lincoln's Inn Fields last night to protest the death of a cyclist on High Holborn.
Air ambulance takes off from Lincoln’s Inn Fields
The air ambulance attended today following a collision between a cyclist and a construction lorry on High Holborn near the junction with Kingsway. Sadly this turned out to be fatal for the cyclist and the helicopter took off apparently empty. http://youtu.be/epOBffuFJeM
Air ambulance lands in Lincoln’s Inn Fields
At about 0930 the London air ambulance landed in the Fields
Giant crane in Lincoln’s Inn Fields
This vast crane was assembled in LIF over the weekend of 15-16 June to lift the cabins from the Africa House building site (project value £22 million, over-running its original Autumn 2012 completion date). The huge machine (pictured here just as set up was finished) was required for its long reach - it had to …
Road closure Remnant Street and Lincoln’s Inn Fields between Remnant Street and Sardinia Street 15-16 June 2013
A big crane is coming in to dismantle, at last the site offices for the Africa House project on Gate Street. The West side of the Fields will be closed over the weekend 15-16 June with no access from Remnant Street. Access will have to be via Sardinia Street and the Chancery Lane system.
Terrace Restaurant to become ‘Lincoln’s Bar and Kitchen’ operated by Benugo in association with Soane Museum
The long saga of The Terrace restaurant has moved on another iteration with news that it is to become Lincoln's Bar and Kitchen. Finchannel.com says: 'The 88-cover restaurant, in which Benugo will invest £500,000 in the redesign and the refurbishment of the building, is set to open in July in conjunction with Camden’s historic Sir …
Road closures for Margaret Thatchers funeral
Margaret Thatchers funeral tomorrow will see closure of Fleet Street and the Strand from at least 0730 to as late as 1500. The Holborn traffic circulation relies on these two arteries so there will be much congestion in the roads around the Fields. It isn't yet clear if/how traffic will get to the Fields. Closures …
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Tweed invasion
The Fields were invaded by a hundred or so tweed-wearers on bicycles today from the London Tweed Run. It was all quite surreal with penny-farthings a plenty.