{"id":483,"date":"2007-01-17T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-17T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2007-01-17T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-17T11:24:00","slug":"clerkenwell-smithfield-and-red-cow-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/clerkenwell-smithfield-and-red-cow-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"Clerkenwell, Smithfield and Red Cow Yard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Save Smithfield!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/smithfield-market-12.jpg\" alt=\"General Market, Smithfields Market\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured above is the old General Market at Smithfields Market, part of a complex of fine Victorian buildings scheduled for demolition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/smithfield-market-05.jpg\" alt=\"General Market, Smithfields Market\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite much local campaigning and appeals from English Heritage, developers want to smash it down and replace it with a bland 7-storey office block.<\/p>\n<p>&raquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/smithfield-market.html\" target=\"_blank\">General Market, Smithfields Market photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A walk around Clerkenwell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/jan-2007-05.jpg\" alt=\"A walk around Clerkenwell\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clerkenwell&#8217;s a great area to walk about (even if it is pissing down), full of nooks and crannies and quirky old buildings. I&#8217;ll be doing another walk soon.<\/p>\n<p>&raquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/clerkenwell-2007.html\" target=\"_blank\">A walk around Clerkenwell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mystery of Red Cow Yard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/jan-2007-02.jpg\" alt=\"The Mystery of Red Cow Yard\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s not a lot to look at here, but what is the red cow that this Clerkenwell street is named after?<\/p>\n<p>&raquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/red-cow-yard.html\" target=\"_blank\">Red Cow Yard, Clerkenwell, EC1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Secret St Pancras<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/st-pancras-005.jpg\" alt=\"Secret St Pancras\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Urban explorer extraordinaire Paul Holmes has managed to sneak his camera into sealed off areas of the marvellous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/st_pancras.html\" target=\"_blank\">St Pancras\/Midland Hotel<\/a>, which is currently undergoing restoration.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the photos and story here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/st-pancras-photos.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mission #17: &#8216;Meet me at St Pancras&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Return of the Penny Dreadful<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/penny-dreadful-03.jpg\" alt=\"Penny Dreadful\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chris Roberts leads the revival of these damned Victorian novels!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/penny-dreadful.html\" target=\"_blank\">Return of the Penny Dreadful<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save Smithfield! 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