K-pop has become a K-pop-up. In the Design District, the futuristic assortment of shiny sheds by North Greenwich bus station, an Enhypen pop-up retail store has turned a few unused metres of floor space into a temporary embassy for the South Korean band and the whole K-pop movement — a place where music and merch […]
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Berkeley Homes and O2 bosses join Woolwich Works trustees
Woolwich Works has gained two new trustees – one from its landlord at Berkeley Homes, and the boss of the O2. The chairman of Berkeley Capital, Karl Whiteman, and Steve Sayer, the senior vice-president and general manager of the O2, have joined the trustees of the Woolwich Creative District Trust, which runs the arts hub […]
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Peter Kay helps O2 arena to record-breaking year for ticket sales
Shows from Peter Kay, Madonna and Elton John helped the O2 sell 2.5 million arena tickets this year – breaking a record for the venue. About 200,000 more tickets were sold this year than in 2022, with 216 different shows taking place in the arena on the Greenwich Peninsula. The first full year of Kay’s […]
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‘It’s got to be London’: We’re ready to be Eurovision host city, Sadiq Khan says
London should clearly be chosen as the host of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest because the capital has a significant Ukrainian population, Sadiq Khan has said. The UK will host the 2023 competition as this year’s winners Ukraine are unable to perform hosting duties due to the ongoing war with Russia. But as cities including […]
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Blackwall Yard: 39-storey block and 900 homes to be built across the Thames from the O2
By Alastair Lockhart, Local Democracy Reporter for Tower Hamlets A 39-storey tower block will be built across the Thames from the O2 after Tower Hamlets Council approved nearly 900 new homes at Blackwall Yard. The five buildings in the Poplar scheme, designed by three different architecture firms, will range between nine and 39 storeys tall, […]
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4,400-capacity events venue gets go-ahead for Greenwich Peninsula
Greenwich councillors have given permission for a “rival” venue to the O2 arena to be built on the Greenwich Peninsula – with an attempt to limit its opening hours failing. Peninsula developer Knight Dragon, which already has permission to build a luxury housing development on the site at the north end of Tunnel Avenue, wants […]
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Greenwich’s Peninsula Square welcomes the World Cup
A year ago, I wrote how Peninsula Square, the open space between North Greenwich station and the Dome, planned as “a buzzing, exciting place to visit”, had become a sorely disappointing spot – simply nothing more than a glorified holding pen for O2 Arena customers. Twelve months on, and here was the scene as the […]
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Trouble at North Greenwich: Council protects empty offices
Greenwich Council leader Chris Roberts is stepping into stop empty office space on the Greenwich Peninsula being converted into housing – although it’s unclear whether there are any actual threats to the office space. The four-year-old 6 Mitre Passage development remains largely unoccupied, with its biggest tenant being Greenwich Council itself. Greenwich has two floors, […]
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