Pop-up high street (in London) anyone?

I've not checked it out yet, but I just heard about this pop-up high street in Shoreditch called Box Park. I can't wait to see if it works.....This temporary use thing is really catching on. As for Box Park, Estates Gazette is a fan, but you don't need to be a fortune teller to see how it will probably end up. "Expect a big grumble from the 'cool kids' in 5 years time, when the temporary use comes to a close and the market has picked up enough for Hammerson and Ballymore to stick a spade in the ground."

Power Up!

I dropped into a Friends of the Earth seminar designed to empower community groups to take on the vested interests - with money - in the planning system. I admitted to the organisers that I wanted to come because I felt the UCL course was lacking in planning law, and I wanted to know more. And they still let me come to their drop-in session and enjoy free sandwiches! Quite impressive that so many people are willing to dedicate so much of their free time to causes such as fighting the closure of a local park. A lesson perhaps in how much spaces mean to people, and how much they invest personally in them.

Homage to the tube

Map of cities with planned or current mass transit systems. I love it!