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Brenda's Visit

Brenda is popping by later this week to open the new Wellcome Trust building on Euston Road and the three years worth of building, from demolition to completion, are finally coming to close. Actually what was more annoying than the dirt, noise, and vibrations, was the builders taking all the seats en masse when I went for coffee, but I digress.

All that remains is for Camden to finish relaying the roads, having already done the pavement, so that everything looks swanky and clean for her visit. Personally, I would have left a bit more time than one day to lay a road and let it set, but thats just me. Needless to say that our Estates dept started panicing this morning, so we had all the contractors here this morning, cleaning the light well (like Brenda is going to climb over a fence look at our A/C plant out of choice) and general facade of the building.

If only someone had done the joined up thinking and removed the obsolete pay and display ticket thing, or the old street lights, rather than paving round them. Or even finish Euston Square Station, although perhaps they will blame TFL, or just go round the other way. Given the effort gone to cleaning up the area, planting trees (which again I would have done before laying the pavement) locking up the smack heads, it actually looks really quite nice.

I can only hope she makes mutterings about walking along Acton High Street...

30 Nov 2004 13:48 | (0) comments | London

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