Gordon Square is back April 17, 2007
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Camden , trackbackLike a good-looking but slightly vague academic who has just had his favourite, well-worn, well-tailored suit dry-cleaned, Gordon Square has reopened after nearly a year of renovation. This was always one of the more haphazard of the Bloomsbury squares, never open at weekends and rather overgrown. Unlike the manicured precision of Russell Square or the spiritually uplifting memorial garden that is Tavistock Square, Gordon Square has always felt a bit like the rambling garden of someone who enjoys their space but can’t quite be bothered weeding.
Its tidier now, the paths have been relaid with gravel and there’s a kiosk at one end which purports to be open from 0800-1600 during the week, but it still feels its old self. The lawn is more meadow than cricket pitch, and bluebells are everywhere. The ancient limes tower over the blossom and spring growth which is abundant right now. Its a perfect urban garden.
If summer lives up to the promise of the last week or so, I’ll be spending a lot of time there this year.
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I will look forward to seeing Gordon Square in its new guise….used to visit it often years ago when I was a student at Birkbeck college.
Back to the Anchor & Hope for a(nother) wonderful Sunday lunch…
I thoroughly enjoyed Sunday lunch with my chums Cathryn, Aboodi and the newly-wed Leanne and Craig (Verity was supposed to be there too, but bailed at the last minute - boo!). Always the considerate one, Cathryn had gone to the……