4. More glamour down the road in King’s Cross
What with Gatsby mania sweeping across the country this week, you could always go for a pre- or post-movie cocktail at the Great Northern Hotel, which has just opened right in between King’s Cross station and St Pancras International.
Originally designed by architect Lewis Cubitt, the swanky hotel dates back to 1854 and was one of the first of the new generation of Victorian railway hotels. It has apparently cost millions to refurbish and provides another reason to hang out in what is now a pretty exciting neighbourhood.
We popped down last week for an upmarket cocktail or two (they cost around £9). The bar felt quite Manhattan-esque – and you could, if you choose, bandy about words like Art Deco and Belle Époque. Or just guzzle one too many libations and scream as loudly as Zelda Fitgerald.
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5 thoughts on “Pinboard: a date set for Kentish Town Carnival – and other spring festivals”
10k! Woah!
So now they start asking for 10k to put it on?
Why so much money? I’m sure that other events (e.g. the Alma Street Fair) don’t cost anything like that.
I also have the echo the surprise at £10k. Good luck to them, they’ll need it.
There used to be a decent summer festival/fayre in Talacre Park a few moons ago. Before they built the sports centre.
I can rememebr one in Talacre in 1973.
They currently have £145 of the £10,000. Surely it would be better to have had most of the funding in place a lot sooner. To put on a disastrous event would do more harm than good. It would be better to start planning for 2014 and avoid a fiasco in 2013.