17th November 2010
All Change at King's Cross – Urban Renewal and Transport Improvements
Full Day Seminar
Mayfair Conference Centre, London, W2 2ESThe King’s Cross area of London has enjoyed a colourful and varied history over the past 150 years, being home to the Midland Grand Hotel (the first listed building in the country), the Great Northern Hotel and the railways with which they were associated.
Suffering significant damage during the second World War, King’s Cross has been an industrial area and tended towards the being one of the less prosperous areas of London for much of the second half of the 20th century.
All that has changed now and the area is rapidly resuming its former position as a key commercial and transportation centre, being the connection point to mainland Europe and well connected to most parts of the country by underground and overground rail links in addition to the historic canal links.
It is also undergoing an exciting redevelopment and currently represents the largest area of regeneration in central London with plans for new residential and commercial property alongside state of the art educational facilities. The open square planned to the south of King’s Cross station is set to become the largest public square in London next to Trafalgar Square.
So how did this happen, what came first, the development or the transport? What were the commercial and engineering challenges that had to be overcome? What role did the various organisations play, and in what order?
This seminar seeks to lay out the story of how this massively interconnected regeneration has come about and seeks to explore lessons for other developments in the future.
The seminar will be chaired by Andy Mitchell, Programme Director Crossrail. Contributors from the organisations involved will cover the tri-partite agreement, the planning application and approvals, the interface between rail infrastructure and train operations (overground and underground), construction and the private sector investment for legacy regeneration.
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