Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads.
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- • London’s other massive tunnel under construction (E&T)
- • London’s lost canal network (Londonist)
- • How Roman roads predict modern day prosperity (WashingtonPost)
- • Vancouver’s multi-modal success story (StreetFilm)
- • New York City Subway signage & design highlights (TheBeautyOfTransport)
- • US National Links: Cars Behaving Badly (TheOverheadWire)
- • Transport barriers to employment in low-income neighbourhoods mapped (TransportFutures)
- • Orbital suburban line opens in Seoul (RailwayGazette)
- • Gas stations can be beautiful (AtlasObscura)
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The Thames Tideway programme currently on BBC Iplayer is fascinating. In a similar vein to the Crossrail one that was produced.
Londonist’s article is under informed and inaccurate. Dont even know why it’s being touted as a Friday read!
Thank you for introducing me to the Beauty of Transport blog!
@ROG
My concern is more the age of the article – last edited November 2017.
And whilst I don’t regard the Friday Reads as a news source (ianvisits is better for that) it’s more of a magazine I do think the articles should still be pretty fresh
That said I generally find something interesting to read
Rog
I no longer read “Londonist” as they seem to have succumbed to both the advertisers & face-grabbing stuff that looks flashy on a smartphone or tablet.
There is no dounbt that the actual factual content has dropped
Greg.
Yes I agree. Its all click bait in pursuit of ££££!
I am currently writing my umpteenth post on the Grand Surrey Canal, its factual, with historic photos. Unfortunately publication is running late due to my computer having given up working and having to find another I could afford….
Nevertheless I hope people shall like it.
There are actually two remaining sections of the Croydon Canal with water. The first is shown in the Londonnist artcile (Betts Park), the second is a smaller section in Dacres Wood Nature Reserve in Sydenham. See:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.431482,-0.05117,18z?hl=en
And there is a raised embankment at the back of Honor Oak Crematorium.
@Le Ver – Don’t forget Norwood Lake, which was a reservoir for the Croydon Canal:
https://lpag.wordpress.com/history-of-south-norwood-lake-and-grounds/
clearly visible on the right-hand side when travelling by train down the hill from Crystal Palace towards Norwood Junction/Birkbeck.
@Le Ver, Graham Feakins: I thought Surrey Water was the original start of the canal?
@ SH(LR) – I think you may be confusing the Croydon Canal with the Grand Surrey Canal, which the former joined. Here is an interactive map of the route:
https://tinyurl.com/ycfp4w4f