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£10m to make smartest streets smarter

20.11.09
These are the first images of a £10million scheme to reduce street clutter in Mayfair and Belgravia... more

David Bowie album cover site gets a £1.5m revamp

11.08.09
Back-alley street made famous by a David Bowie album cover has undergone a £1.5 million revamp... more

I see my ship: Victory model to stand on fourth plinth

17.07.09
Model of the ship on which Admiral Nelson was fatally wounded will join his column in Trafalgar Square next year... more

Westminster could flood in 30 minutes

10.07.09
Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and MI5 are most at risk if the Thames breaches it banks, a study claims... more

West End shows hit the streets

19.06.09
Crowds of 200,000 are expected to enjoy the best of the West End’s entertainment at a free festival in Leicester Square this weekend... more

New venue to rise from the Westminster Theatre’s ashes

15.05.09
The West End is to get its first major new theatre for decades. Westminster council has granted planning permission for a 314-seat auditorium in Palace Street, Victoria... more

Street divided over MTV chief's plan for 30-metre spire

24.04.09
A millionaire music television boss has angered residents in north London after announcing that he intends to build a 30-metre high church steeple on his house... more

Soho Lodge to be restored for summer

20.04.09
One of Soho's most famous landmarks is to be restored to its former glory... more

Watchdog backs Rogers design in Charles row over barracks

09.04.09
The Government's architecture watchdog is opposing Prince Charles's vision for the Chelsea Barracks development... more

Baseball caps thrown in air as church is saved from spa plan

12.12.08
Plans to convert a Grade I-listed church in Mayfair into a health spa have been rejected unanimously by Westminster council's planning committee ... more

Writing is on the wall for Banksy's West End mural

24.10.08
A Banksy mural off Oxford Street worth tens of thousands of pounds is to be removed... more

Developers in scramble to get hands on site of US Embassy

21.10.08
Developers are already lining up to buy the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, even though the Americans will not vacate the site for five years... more

Is the cell comfortable, sir? Bow Street court hotel gets go-ahead

20.10.08
A multi-million pound hotel development in Covent Garden which offers visitors the chance to spend the night in a former police cell has been approved... more

Property

08.10.08
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch. ... more

US Embassy could be most expensive flats in the world

03.10.08
The Candy brothers want to convert the US Embassy site in Grosvenor Square into luxury flats after the American Ambassador announced it was moving to south London... more

Westminster takes dim view of tower across river

30.09.08
A legal challenge has been launched against a planned tower which objectors claim would ruin historic views from St James's Park... more

Theatreland 'needs a slice of Olympic cash'

29.09.08
Town hall bosses have called on the Government for a cash injection in the West End before the Olympics... more

£2m revamp for Chinatown to make it more... Chinese

16.09.08
London's Chinatown is to be made more authentically Chinese with the help of a £2 million revamp, backed by Prince Charles's architecture charity... more

Yes, I’m Boris’s chief enforcer – the supertanker is now turning

08.09.08
In his first interview since becoming City Hall chief of staff, Sir Simon Milton talks about the problems at the top and his own battle with leukaemia... more

Former home of Playboy bunnies to become hotel

03.09.08
More than 20 years after closing its doors, the Playboy Club in Park Lane is to be reborn as a hotel... more

West End stars at biggest free festival

22.06.07
Thousands of people are expected to turn out for London's biggest free theatre festival, West End Live, over the weekend... more

West End casts in free festival

13.04.07
The casts of hit West End shows including Chicago and Dirty Dancing will perform in Leicester Square as part of a free summer theatre festival. ... more

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