I did something cool today.
September 27, 2026 at 4:18 AM
I did something cool today.
So excited to be involved with this new podcast project over at @opencity-uk.bsky.social
This week we are announcing a major refresh of the Open City Podcast with a new line up of shows and hosts – covering news and current events as well as in depth studies of landmark buildings, and cities around the UK and world.
January 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
So excited to be involved with this new podcast project over at @opencity-uk.bsky.social
recently figured out how to make government data requests via OpenCity and I just know they’re abt to be sick of me
August 31, 2026 at 5:17 PM
recently figured out how to make government data requests via OpenCity and I just know they’re abt to be sick of me
“They’re fun, inventive…they were ahead of their time in terms of their purpose. These are concepts we’d want to see now!”
Vickie Hayward speaks to @merlinfulcher.bsky.social about Millennium buildings on the #C20RiskList, for The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
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Vickie Hayward speaks to @merlinfulcher.bsky.social about Millennium buildings on the #C20RiskList, for The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
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April 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“They’re fun, inventive…they were ahead of their time in terms of their purpose. These are concepts we’d want to see now!”
Vickie Hayward speaks to @merlinfulcher.bsky.social about Millennium buildings on the #C20RiskList, for The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
Vickie Hayward speaks to @merlinfulcher.bsky.social about Millennium buildings on the #C20RiskList, for The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
Explained London Open House festival (@opencity-uk.bsky.social) to a passing Kier Starmer. He took a flyer.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Explained London Open House festival (@opencity-uk.bsky.social) to a passing Kier Starmer. He took a flyer.
Was recently reminded of my two @opencity-uk.bsky.social Pocket Guides I have written on Woolwich and Canary Wharf. Great for using as fans in the sunny weather 😎 #architecturalwalkingtour
April 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Was recently reminded of my two @opencity-uk.bsky.social Pocket Guides I have written on Woolwich and Canary Wharf. Great for using as fans in the sunny weather 😎 #architecturalwalkingtour
😂 🩲 ❤️ @modinmetro.bsky.social @iamundertow.bsky.social @seasideferry.bsky.social @createstreets.bsky.social @archhfund.org.uk @handhyorkshire.bsky.social @opencity-uk.bsky.social @planningshit.bsky.social @magicgareth.bsky.social
When Agatha Christie lost her knickers at the Isokon Flats where she was living: taguealibrary.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/4...
40 things: #3/40 Agatha Christie loses her knickers
The Archives holds the Pritchard Papers (papers of Jack Pritchard, entrepreneur and owner of the impressive “minimum” flats in Lawn Road, Hampstead). In a letter dated 23.3.42 the propr…
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December 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@magicgareth.bsky.social @oorpatts.bsky.social @ukrarthistory.bsky.social @theweeowl.bsky.social @lizcrosbie.bsky.social @ehijacked.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social @nelltheweaver.bsky.social @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social @rozzthomas.bsky.social @archhfund.org.uk @opencity-uk.bsky.social @
Barbara Hepworth garden, St.Ives, Cornwall, UK #WomensArt
April 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
🎙️"Cultural erasure disguised as progress?"
Sahiba Chadha and Mike Althorpe (aka The London Ambler) discuss the ongoing battle to save The Point in Milton Keynes, in this weeks episode of The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
open-city.org.uk/podcast
Sahiba Chadha and Mike Althorpe (aka The London Ambler) discuss the ongoing battle to save The Point in Milton Keynes, in this weeks episode of The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
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July 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🎙️"Cultural erasure disguised as progress?"
Sahiba Chadha and Mike Althorpe (aka The London Ambler) discuss the ongoing battle to save The Point in Milton Keynes, in this weeks episode of The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
open-city.org.uk/podcast
Sahiba Chadha and Mike Althorpe (aka The London Ambler) discuss the ongoing battle to save The Point in Milton Keynes, in this weeks episode of The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
open-city.org.uk/podcast
I visited the wonderful Rachwalsky House today, in Stanmore, as part of the @opencity-uk.bsky.social Open House Festival.
September 20, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I visited the wonderful Rachwalsky House today, in Stanmore, as part of the @opencity-uk.bsky.social Open House Festival.
🎧 The new De-constructed podcast from Open City sounds terrific, with Finsbury Health Centre a cracker of a building to kick-off. Bring on January!
Big congrats to host @matthewlloydr.bsky.social, listen to a trailer here: shows.acast.com/opencity/episo…
Big congrats to host @matthewlloydr.bsky.social, listen to a trailer here: shows.acast.com/opencity/episo…
December 20, 2024 at 4:36 PM
🎧 The new De-constructed podcast from Open City sounds terrific, with Finsbury Health Centre a cracker of a building to kick-off. Bring on January!
Big congrats to host @matthewlloydr.bsky.social, listen to a trailer here: shows.acast.com/opencity/episo…
Big congrats to host @matthewlloydr.bsky.social, listen to a trailer here: shows.acast.com/opencity/episo…
Last walk of 2025. Canary Wharf and East India for @opencity-uk.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Last walk of 2025. Canary Wharf and East India for @opencity-uk.bsky.social
Listen now to the @opencity-uk.bsky.social Deconstructed podcast with @matthewlloydr.bsky.social and I discussing Grosvenor Square, 1968 and protest.
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shows.acast.com/601c017e2709...
Deconstructed: Grosvenor Square - Protest and the State | Open City
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June 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Listen now to the @opencity-uk.bsky.social Deconstructed podcast with @matthewlloydr.bsky.social and I discussing Grosvenor Square, 1968 and protest.
shows.acast.com/601c017e2709...
shows.acast.com/601c017e2709...
It becomes extra exciting and lively when you no longer see where inside and outside begin.
#publicspace
#citiesforpeople
#placemaking
#urbanphotography
#streetphotography
#Opencity: urbanspringtime.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-...
#publicspace
#citiesforpeople
#placemaking
#urbanphotography
#streetphotography
#Opencity: urbanspringtime.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-...
May 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It becomes extra exciting and lively when you no longer see where inside and outside begin.
#publicspace
#citiesforpeople
#placemaking
#urbanphotography
#streetphotography
#Opencity: urbanspringtime.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-...
#publicspace
#citiesforpeople
#placemaking
#urbanphotography
#streetphotography
#Opencity: urbanspringtime.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-...
OpenCity Halifax tomorrow & it looks like we might have good weather most of the day!
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May 10, 2024 at 8:38 PM
OpenCity Halifax tomorrow & it looks like we might have good weather most of the day!
🎙️"It looks like it could be there for 500 years!"
@merlinfulcher.bsky.social and Dr Jane Hall of Assemble discuss the ongoing campaign to save the former Museum of London and Bastion House complex, in this weeks episode of The Brief podcast by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
▶️ open-city.org.uk/podcast
@merlinfulcher.bsky.social and Dr Jane Hall of Assemble discuss the ongoing campaign to save the former Museum of London and Bastion House complex, in this weeks episode of The Brief podcast by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
▶️ open-city.org.uk/podcast
September 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🎙️"It looks like it could be there for 500 years!"
@merlinfulcher.bsky.social and Dr Jane Hall of Assemble discuss the ongoing campaign to save the former Museum of London and Bastion House complex, in this weeks episode of The Brief podcast by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
▶️ open-city.org.uk/podcast
@merlinfulcher.bsky.social and Dr Jane Hall of Assemble discuss the ongoing campaign to save the former Museum of London and Bastion House complex, in this weeks episode of The Brief podcast by @opencity-uk.bsky.social
▶️ open-city.org.uk/podcast
"Is this an approach worthy of reappraisal, given its green potential?"
On The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social this week, the conversion of Croydon's 1970s space-race inspired Apollo and Lunar towers in the UK's largest office to residential development.
🎧 open-city.org.uk/podcast
On The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social this week, the conversion of Croydon's 1970s space-race inspired Apollo and Lunar towers in the UK's largest office to residential development.
🎧 open-city.org.uk/podcast
April 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Is this an approach worthy of reappraisal, given its green potential?"
On The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social this week, the conversion of Croydon's 1970s space-race inspired Apollo and Lunar towers in the UK's largest office to residential development.
🎧 open-city.org.uk/podcast
On The Brief by @opencity-uk.bsky.social this week, the conversion of Croydon's 1970s space-race inspired Apollo and Lunar towers in the UK's largest office to residential development.
🎧 open-city.org.uk/podcast
We're opening our own listed building as part of this year’s @opencity-uk.bsky.social. We are based in Bedford Park in Chiswick. The building is Grade II, built in 1880, and designed by E. J. May. We are just a few mins walk from Turnham Green tube. Drop-in between 11.00 am & 4.15 pm on 12th Sept 🧵
August 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We're opening our own listed building as part of this year’s @opencity-uk.bsky.social. We are based in Bedford Park in Chiswick. The building is Grade II, built in 1880, and designed by E. J. May. We are just a few mins walk from Turnham Green tube. Drop-in between 11.00 am & 4.15 pm on 12th Sept 🧵
🙂❤️ @archhfund.org.uk @createstreets.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social @ukrarthistory.bsky.social @nelltheweaver.bsky.social @opencity-uk.bsky.social
Modernist architecture in art: The wedding of Ruth Williams and Seretse Khama, painted by Kerry James Marshall at the Royal Academy. In the background, the National Assembly Building in Gaborone, Botswana. Does anyone know who the architect was?
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“It's part of our city....that generous mix of uses and its architectural language; something like that would probably never be built again.”
Billy Reading and Sahiba Chadha discuss the campaign to save the brutalist former CYMCA on this week’s Open City Podcast.
🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
Billy Reading and Sahiba Chadha discuss the campaign to save the brutalist former CYMCA on this week’s Open City Podcast.
🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
June 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“It's part of our city....that generous mix of uses and its architectural language; something like that would probably never be built again.”
Billy Reading and Sahiba Chadha discuss the campaign to save the brutalist former CYMCA on this week’s Open City Podcast.
🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
Billy Reading and Sahiba Chadha discuss the campaign to save the brutalist former CYMCA on this week’s Open City Podcast.
🎧 shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
🗺️ LONDON FEEDS ITSELF 🗺️
The revised and updated second edition of LONDON FEEDS ITSELF, which we co-published with @opencity-uk.bsky.social last year, is available to order from our website. It is also included in our ongoing Spring Sale: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/london...
The revised and updated second edition of LONDON FEEDS ITSELF, which we co-published with @opencity-uk.bsky.social last year, is available to order from our website. It is also included in our ongoing Spring Sale: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/london...
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🗺️ LONDON FEEDS ITSELF 🗺️
The revised and updated second edition of LONDON FEEDS ITSELF, which we co-published with @opencity-uk.bsky.social last year, is available to order from our website. It is also included in our ongoing Spring Sale: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/london...
The revised and updated second edition of LONDON FEEDS ITSELF, which we co-published with @opencity-uk.bsky.social last year, is available to order from our website. It is also included in our ongoing Spring Sale: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/london...
Please pop over to Argyle Fine Art today, between raindrops.Want to WIN a $50 certificate? When you arrive declare to staff:I love ART in the Rain.Meet artists from 1:30-3:30pm! Free fun and art for everyone!
#halifaxns #opencity #novascotialocal #cana #buyart #mothersday #giftideas #galleryhop
#halifaxns #opencity #novascotialocal #cana #buyart #mothersday #giftideas #galleryhop
May 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Please pop over to Argyle Fine Art today, between raindrops.Want to WIN a $50 certificate? When you arrive declare to staff:I love ART in the Rain.Meet artists from 1:30-3:30pm! Free fun and art for everyone!
#halifaxns #opencity #novascotialocal #cana #buyart #mothersday #giftideas #galleryhop
#halifaxns #opencity #novascotialocal #cana #buyart #mothersday #giftideas #galleryhop
Featuring Simon Jenkins on the podcast this week... Some very *interesting* opinions 🤔😅 deffo worth a listen even if you disagree with his general indictment of C20 architects, planners etc shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
December 5, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Featuring Simon Jenkins on the podcast this week... Some very *interesting* opinions 🤔😅 deffo worth a listen even if you disagree with his general indictment of C20 architects, planners etc shows.acast.com/opencity/epi...
In Avondale, the city council voted 6-1 on June 15 to approve Resolution 1049-0626 for the FY 2027 Property Tax Levy. Ask your AI what this means for local tax rates by checking the record on OpenCity.
October 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
In Avondale, the city council voted 6-1 on June 15 to approve Resolution 1049-0626 for the FY 2027 Property Tax Levy. Ask your AI what this means for local tax rates by checking the record on OpenCity.
Great @opencity-uk.bsky.social walk around Elephant and Castle led by Joseph Granata. So much local knowledge and it is great to go on other people's tours.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Great @opencity-uk.bsky.social walk around Elephant and Castle led by Joseph Granata. So much local knowledge and it is great to go on other people's tours.