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A real community invests in its own community
By Pinar Kaymak If the riots showed us anything positive, it was that local communities came together to support one another. From sweeping the streets, helping people who lost their homes to helping...
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Saatchi & Saatchi will be priced out of Fitzrovia by Derwent London
By Angela Lovely Derwent London plc have made few friends in Fitzrovia. After last week’s endorsement of their unpopular plans by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson they will have even fewer. Saatchi...
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Bicycle collective loses corporate virginity
By William Rider The collective of bicycle mechanics who took over a run-down shop on New Cavendish Street in 2010 seem to have shrugged off their anti-corporate image. With the terrible weather this...
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Fitzrovia business improvement district could marginalise residents groups
By News Reporters Residents and voluntary groups in Fitzrovia could be marginalised by the power of a business group after its financial details emerged this week. An annual income of up to £1.5m could...
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Hanging chairs from the ceiling and why the pink stripe gains us good trade
Barbara Corr talks to Ian Marson who recently moved his business of carpenters, painters, plumbers, plasterers and electricians from Soho to Fitzrovia. Barbara Corr: Are you glad you moved from Soho to...
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Reindeer’s head in new jewellers
By News Reporters Nicky Hadjithoma (pictured) must have a unique view on today’s Euro crisis, her father is Greek Cypriot and mother is German. She has just opened “Neony” a contemporary jewellery...
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The craft of button making continues in Cleveland Street
By Peter Whyatt Taylors Buttons have been established in the West End for over 100 years. They offer hand covered fabric buttons for wedding dresses, evening wear, hand made fabric upholstery buttons,...
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Charlotte Street buildings empty and boarded up for no good reason
By News Reporters It looks like a run-down part of the street to the passer-by. But don’t be fooled, it is nothing of the sort. Three shops along Charlotte Street are empty because the landlord emptied...
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Derwent London names grant recipients and announces major projects timetable
By News Reporters Derwent London has named the Fitzrovia community organisations who will be recipients of a package of grant aid. The announcement in August came shortly before CEO John Burns...
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Double J’s cafe re-opens on Euston Road
By News Reporters Long-established Fitzrovia cafe Double J’s has this week re-opened for business on the Euston Road. Having closed the shop on Charlotte Street at the end of last year it’s been a long...
View ArticleStore Street shops still mostly empty but The Bedford Estates hopeful of new...
By Linus Rees A parade of shops along Store Street remains mostly boarded up after landlord The Bedford Estates raised rents and refurbished the shop units over the past year. The Bedford Estates is...
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Toy museum closes at Scala Street and appeals for help in relocating
The End. Final curtain falls on Pollock's home in Fitzrovia. Photo: Fitzrovia News. One of Fitzrovia's most famous and much-loved businesses has had to leave its home on the corner of Scala Street and...
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Tailor chalks up his last made-to-measure at Cleveland Street shop
Leaving Fitzrovia. Paul Kitsaros has closed his workshop at 66 Cleveland Street. Photo: Fitzrovia News. One of the few remaining bespoke tailors operating from a building in Fitzrovia has pulled down...
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Tailor returns to Cleveland Street shop to open a new chapter in his career
Paul Kitsaros sitting in his tailor's shop. Image: Paul Kitsaros promotional video. Readers will be pleased to hear that master tailor Paul Kitsaros’s establishment at 66 Cleveland Street will be...
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