Kfc And Wendy's Opened Today

[robwerwe]

Kings Cross and St Pancras, Somerstown and the other "railway lines" now under development again in London were located where they were to "deal with" i.e get rid of by demolition and clearance of one of the biggest "rookery" areas of disgracefully dilapidated housing areas in London at the time - filled mainly from rural migrants from other parts of the British Isles and Ireland who were then displaced in even more of a wretched state to other parts of the rapidly expanding industrialised city

There are more parallels. And if you think that the Victorians solved the London housing crisis they didnt - and there were shanty towns on the edges of London right up to the 1960's and the beginnings of similar in places like Newham again caused by the failure of public policy and the lack of housing.

And anyway Villa 31 was located where it was as a "temporary" housing expedient by the Government at the time who supported immigration from Europe and then failed them with the promises they had used to attract them here in the first place - a familiar story in many parts of the "New World" - and not "a load of people setting up a slum".

pass me a chill pill someone

But the Victorians did go a long way to help the situation by replacing slums with decent accommodation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Estate

 

[PhilinBSAS]

But the Victorians did go a long way to help the situation by replacing slums with decent accommodation.

http://en.wikipedia....Boundary_Estate

Yes excellent example

Edited - see this also

 

[PhilipDT]

Um sorry SB not best coffee in town

Corner Cafe coffee is variable - some very bad. Fun to search out the good ones and those with ambience of which there are so many fine and good examples

Starbucks on the other hand is consistantly bad soapy fatty mock-coffee that can only survive with taste destructive sugar by the bag load

If you know good coffee you will not go to Starbucks http://www.ihatestar...opic.php?id=496

why do people want to abandon the essence and individuality of Buenos Aries and turn it into yet another Clone Town?

Which has been so destructive elsewhere e.g the UK. http://www.neweconom...ne-town-britain


Hats off to the French and Italians in this regard

and to the Bares Notables

http://es.wikipedia..../Bares_Notables

My POV!

Starbucks will consistantly serve you average or above average espresso. Most of your precious bar notables won't even be able to serve you espresso and they will charge you more for the swill they do serve.

My POV is that you wouldn't know good coffee if you got hit over the head with a 150 Spanish pound sack of shade grown paso ancho.