Misc

12 August 2010

Watch the Astoria be torn down

This video, shared on the London Reconnections blog, shows the complete demolition of 157 – 167 Charing Cross Road (which includes the Astoria), 9 – 15 Oxford Street and 1 – 6 Falconberg Court. In this small corner of Soho lived both the venues for G-A-Y and Ghetto nightclubs. They have been removed to make way for a Crossrail station.

These images were taken from TFLs offices in Centre Point tower across the street from the site.

Gone, but for many gays of a certain age, never forgotten.

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Caspar Aremi

Caspar grew up in north Scotland, but fled to London in 2002 where he has since become an honourary EastEnder. He manages user generated content and social media accounts for government agencies while not nagging SSG contributors to write more.