{"id":69,"date":"2009-09-09T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2009-09-09T21:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-09T21:58:00","slug":"london-astoria-nearly-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/london-astoria-nearly-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"London Astoria: nearly gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen some great gigs at the Astoria in central London, but the end came on 14th Jan, 2009 when the venue was closed to make way for the construction of a new station for the Crossrail project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Goodbye to the London Astoria music venue, Charing Cross Road, London, 14 January 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/astoria-london-2009-01.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The building, which was&nbsp; opened as a cinema on 1927, is now being flattened. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few photos documenting its sad demise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Goodbye to the London Astoria music venue, Charing Cross Road, London, 14 January 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/astoria-london-2009-06.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" \/><br \/>Looking up, January 2009 view.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Goodbye to the London Astoria music venue, Charing Cross Road, London, 14 January 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/astoria-london-2009-25.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" \/><br \/>Similar view, September 2009.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Goodbye to the London Astoria music venue, Charing Cross Road, London, 14 January 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/astoria-london-2009-14.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" \/><br \/>Around the back of the venue, Jan 2009.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Goodbye to the London Astoria music venue, Charing Cross Road, London, 14 January 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/images\/astoria-london-2009-24.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"315\" \/><br \/>Similar view from September 2009, showing just the ground floor of the building left. <\/p>\n<p>Full article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/astoria-london-music-venue.html\" target=\"_blank\">Goodbye to the London Astoria<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen some great gigs at the Astoria in central London, but the end came on 14th Jan, 2009 when the venue was closed to make way for the construction &hellip; 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