Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyrb78GrI61qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Westminster really seems to have some sort of fever for redesiging its major junctions at the moment. Piccadilly Circus is next, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8548670.stm">according to the BBC</a>:</p> <blockquote><span> <p class="first">Piccadilly Circus will be made pedestrian-friendly as part of a £14m revamp, which will rid the busy central London junction of guard railings.</p> <p>Westminster Council approved the plan that will see the area go back to what it looked like in 1963, as more than one kilometre of railings are uprooted.</p> <p>A central island will be built along Piccadilly and Pall Mall and two-way traffic will be reintroduced.</p> </span></blockquote> <p><span>Meanwhile, the firm that planned the revamp of Oxford Circus last year (<a href="http://notes.husk.org/tagged/oxford+circus">previously</a>) <a href="http://www.atkinsglobal.com/media_centre/press_releases/Oxford_Circus_really_has_the_X_factor.aspx">reports</a> that it’s worked out:</span></p> <blockquote><span><span>The Atkins-designed Oxford Circus diagonal crossing has proven an instant success with reduced pavement congestion, a doubling of walking speeds and one in six visitors using the diagonal routes. </span></span></blockquote>http://notes.husk.org/post/426123615http://notes.husk.org/post/426123615Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:11:32 +0000imagelondonpiccadilly circusoxford circustrafficpedestrianstreets<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvo7bxKZqi1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A page from This Is London, by M. Sasek (1959)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/314548898http://notes.husk.org/post/314548898Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:14:00 +0000imagelondontubeundegroundbakerloopiccadilly circusillustrationm sasek<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp980dpCkK1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Piccadilly Circus, 1968, by <a href="http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=5AABA0D915B869A85BFA600250CCC5F4">Rudi Meisel</a></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/176422655http://notes.husk.org/post/176422655Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:43:24 +0100imagelondonpiccadilly circusrudi meisel<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/rdI4dCBFkp2axvquoFCu7DtSo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_,_Kodachrome_by_Chalmers_Butterfield_edit.jpg">London in Kodachrome</a> from Wikipedia.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/128771234http://notes.husk.org/post/128771234Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:14:27 +0100imagelondonpiccadilly circus1940skodachrome