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Anyone who has taken their time to contribute their local Placemarks will no doubt also have an interest in the future of one of our most important thoroughfares - St Thomas Street.
Transport for London (TfL) has launched their consultation process. It proposes to reopen the street one-way – westbound – for access only, to keep motorised traffic to a minimum and prioritise walking and cycling.
To make sure your views are considered, visit the TfL website before 10 April.
And, of course, please do continue to add your Placemarks to our website. Take a look - we're building a fascinating map of these highly valued assets and we need as many contributions from our community.
Our Placemarks project is now a month in and hundreds of people have been viewing our online map to see which local items of interest have made it on our Placemarks list so far. We’ve had some really interesting Placemarks added and comments that have been both inspiring and insightful, including a number of additions that we hadn’t previously considered.
We were pleased to see that Jacob the Dray Horse has been recognised for his majestic presence outside The Circle in Shad Thames. Much more than simply a wonderful work of art, Jacob signifies the period of time that dray horses worked throughout the area, carrying loads to and from the huge ships that docked here and delivering beer from the many breweries that were based in the area.
The Rill on More London Place has been nominated as an unexpected architectural feature that people enjoy for adding an element of fun amid such a high profile business district. Another water feature, the fountain in Tanner Street Park, was one of the first Placemarks on the map. Originally part of the tower of St Olave’s Church on Tooley Street, it was relocated to Tanner Street in the 1920s. Today it’s looking unloved and one suggestion was to have it renovated and made to supply clean drinking water.
Placemarks can be anything that you feel is important to the character of the area or that you simply love, enjoy and want to share with everyone else! They can be views, buildings, open spaces, trees, public art, street furniture, rights of way, signs, names and many other things.
It looks like we’re going to end up with a fantastic Placemarks listing and we want every conceivable item of interest on it. If you’ve already told us about your Placemark why not add another or get your friends to add theirs, just click here to add a Placemark .
On 28 June Team London Bridge closed off St Thomas Street beside London Bridge station and hosted their Open Kitchen event along the facade of the newly renovated railway arches.
The hugely successful evening saw over 2,000 people enjoying the wares served up by some of the area's top restaurants, brewers and distillers. Firm London Bridge favourites such as Texas Joe's and Hutong thrilled tastebuds alongside Bob's Lobster and Savanna - two new restaurants that will be opening up on the street over the coming months.
Apart from the overall excitement about the culinary offerings, the main feedback from the event was that people wanted to see this space activated much more in the future; closed to traffic and brought to life with entertainment and markets. This is something that Team London Bridge will be discussing with TfL and Network Rail in coming months. We know the Victorian arches themselves are hugely significant to the character of the area and we are keen to celebrate them as much as possible.
We're still on the look out for other significant places and spaces in London Bridge, Shad Thames and Old Bermondsey. These Placemarks help define the area and want to gather ideas about how to make better use of them.
To tell us about your special placemark, go to our map and leave a comment.
An audience of over 50 place making professionals, academics, community enthusiasts and inquisitive locals met at The Hive in London Bridge on Wednesday 14th June to attend the ‘What Makes a Place’ talks as part of the LFA 2017.
The three expert speakers discussed the features that make a place distinctive and unique, how they impact our experience and how our memories are formed in relation to where we go and what we see.
Team London Bridge , Bermondsey Street Area Partnership and Shad Thames Area Management Partnership (STAMP) launched our Commonplace consultation to identify the ‘Placemarks’ of London Bridge, Bermondsey and Shad Thames, and how they can be celebrated in new development.
The audience all registered and will be identifying their Placemarks as over the coming days.