Endangered Art

Tottenahm Court tube station is about to undergo the next stage of redevelopment as part of the new cross rail work. The tiling created in the last renovation may be destroyed in the process.

An extract from TFL's site telling us the disruption we can expect here:

To enable the Bond Street station upgrade to get underway, Oxford Street will be closed eastbound between Duke Street and Vere Street for utility works from 14 February for nine months and several bus routes will be on diversion. From April, for eight months, the Northern line won’t stop at Tottenham Court Road station so that major structural works can take place in the platform tunnels. The Central line will continue to serve the station as normal.

You may like to revisit a post I did on this station last April

Art in the Window

A select group of art students from UCL Slade school of fine art have been selected to be artists in residence in the store windows of Heal's furniture store in Tottenham Court Road, as part of the Heal's Reveal's program.

An amazing opportunity for you to be able to watch these very talented artists working. They will be creating here until 6 February.
The talented painter above is Sian Landau. You can follow her progress here: The Art Student.

The Knowledge

If you see a bike with a clipboard on the front riding around the streets of London, you can be pretty certain they 'are learning the knowledge'.
The knowledge as it is commonly known, is what one must acquire to be a black cab driver. What this man is learning is detailed knowledge of 25,000 London streets. He will be tested on hundreds of routes. He will need to know about all the major tourist attractions in the city. It will take him 2-3 years to learn.

Whew. With my memory think I'll find another career.

Well yesterday's caption challenge resulted in lots of great captions.

I suggest you go to the comments and read them all.

However my judging team picked these three as the best:

Gillian

I just tramped in dog shit, didn't I?

glduro_marieloupe

You are all torn … Who knows you come with me and we beg a few clothes for you?

marley

Can you tell me how to get to St Pauls?

Think I'd better have a prize next time, you're all so good.

Mid-Month Subway Day - Tottenham Court Tube

Tottenham Court Road tube stop is at the corner of Tottenham Court Road, Oxford St and Charing Cross Road. Books, technology and shopping depending which road you take.
This station has been in existence since 1900. The tile work part of the 1984 renovation was the work of Eduardo Paolozzi.

subway day is a mid-month theme shared by the following blogs:
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