Fri, 11 March 2016, 8:46: One of my favorite elements of return visits to favorite cities is witnessing the evolution of the landscape.
During my first stay at London’s Mad Hatter Hotel in July 2014, the lots directly across the street were bare dirt. I think there were some stakes in the ground and a fence around the perimeter.
On my spring 2016 adventure, my second stay— also a six night hitch— gave me this view from my street-facing first floor window. (Remember, in the UK and Europe, the first floor is what we Yanks call the second floor.)
Big things are coming to those previously vacant lots.
Two or three blocks south of the Mad Hatter, further down Blackfriars Road, there are smaller projects that still are changing the face of the neighbourhood.
I can’t wait to check into the Mad Hatter again in May 2017 and see how these sites have progressed.