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Wembley Stadium, ok far from perfect but that old stadium, iconic it may have been but it was just awful in every possible way.

The Roundhouse, from down at heel theatre to London's best music venue.


errrmmmm


The Black Cherry -> Draught House?

El Pibe Wrote:

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> True. The Phoenix and the Plough are better than

> their previous incarnations too.



..which is ironic, because in their incarnations before those they were...The Pheonix* and The Plough



*and Firkin

Blackfriars Station - WAS a fetid series of tiny corridors with no room for people to move between overground and underground stations. NOW it's a bright, airy station with plenty of room to get about, and 2 extra overground platforms. And it's not even finished.


The HOB. WAS a nondescript boozer albeit with a decent pinball table. NOW it's one of the best comedy clubs in London and the boozer is slightly more script. Plus you can order or take in food from anywhere else. Bonus


Green & Blue site. WAS a good, if slightly overrated cafe, then a very sorry and sad Italian restaurant before becoming one of the best wine shops and bars around

Blackfriars, bits of it still a bit claustrophobic and can't wait for the hoardings to come down on the main platforms, but I'm genuinely excited about what it will become.


On a similar note Kings Cross is less the hell hole it has always been these days.

Claustrophobic? I suppose the northboundplatform was a bit temporary corridor, but it has opened right up this week. And I know what you mean about the hoardings


It's all golden compared to the temporary pedestrian bridge that was at Denmark Hill tho

St Pancras is now one of the nicest stations around. And while I've not been in the hotel, the frontage now looks absolutely stunning. And the wider Kings Cross area is smarter and less seedy than it used to be.


Locally... Foresters Arms was a complete shithole (I don't care if it had pool tables), The Bishop is a lot better, despite the influx of knobs on the weekends.


The Tiger in Camberwell is a massive improvement over the Silver Buckle.

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