This is what happens when streets are designed for people and pollinators, not cars! During one of London's hottest weeks, feels fitting to share the recent transformation of St John Street, one of its oldest streets.
Not long ago this was a sea of tarmac. Now look at it...
🌿 Southbound traffic lane removed, with a traffic filter to reduce through traffic so cleaner air and safer
🌿 Rain gardens (SuDS) with 1,500+ plants, 12 ivy posts, bee posts, sand for solitary bees and wasps, and a pollinator hotel (thanks, Meristem).
🌿 Restaurants spilling out onto the street, and the first evening of open air live music and cocktails planned (thanks CDA)
🌿 Wider pavements for walking and wheeling
🌿 A new cycle lane and plenty of cycle parking
🌿 Thames wall granite, kerbs and paving reused
Delivering projects like this isn't easy! Huge credit to a visionary client at Islington Council, together with Central District Alliance Cross River Partnership and the project team: LDA Design public realm lead and planting design NRP (Norman Rourke Pryme) transport, QS and civils. Marlborough Construction Services Limited and Meristem Design (planting).
This is such a unique area of London with a fascinating history. Once the principal route into medieval London, where livestock roamed and coaches, inns, alehouses and makers bustled, it was also home to Hicks Hall, London's first Sessions House.
Via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-thompson-51b4748/ia
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