Tag: London downtown
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Iconic Budapest restaurant closing as downtown challenges mount: Owners
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A landmark downtown London restaurant is closing after nearly seven decades in business, citing problems plaguing the core for the decision to shutter.
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Fire at downtown apartment building suspicious: Police
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London police have ruled a fire at downtown apartment building that injured one person to be suspicious. Emergency crews responded Tuesday around 3:50 p.m. to a fire a 186 King St., west of Clarence Street, where firefighters doused the blaze that caused $100,000 damage, police said Wednesday. Paramedics took one person to hospital with minor…
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No loitering, good security: Downtown businesses’ wish list for homeless hubs
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No loitering or open drug use. Tighter security. And a crackdown on litter.
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Calling it “the most exciting development in city history,” a London builder wants to bring twin towers of 53 and 43-storeys each to the Forks of the Thames.
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Calling it “the most exciting development in city history,” a London builder wants to bring a more than $400-million project with twin towers, 53 and 43 storeys high, to the forks of the Thames.
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City hall wants a crackdown on downtown parking lot owners, saying the open asphalt should be for homes, not cars.
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City hall wants a crackdown on downtown parking lot owners, saying the open asphalt should be for homes, not cars.
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‘Huge opportunity’: City mulls converting empty core offices to apartments
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London’s empty downtown offices may be converted to apartments as city hall looks to bring new life to old buildings and solve two downtown property issues at once. With one in four core-area offices vacant and apartment availability at a tiny 1.7 per cent, converting offices for residential use just makes sense, said Coun. David…
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New 35-storey highrise backed as Hilton drops plans for residential units
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A proposed 35-storey highrise on a DoubleTree by Hilton parking lot in downtown London is a double dose of good news for the city’s core. The 435 units will bring more housing downtown and will also keep the hotel from converting rooms to rental units. “This is an incredibly important development. We talk about infill…
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Driver waiting at downtown train crossing injured in random stabbing: Police
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A driver waiting in his car at a downtown rail crossing suffered critical injuries when he was stabbed Tuesday in what police say was a random attack. A man was sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle while waiting for a train to cross Richmond Street near Piccadilly Street at about 2:30 p.m., London…
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Old downtown eatery space reopening as the Mule, serving tacos and tequila
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During the COVID-19 pandemic that hammered the restaurant business, an odd thing happened at London’s Hunter and Co.