75-588: Drama Centre London (often abbreviated as Drama Centre ) was a British drama school in King's Cross , London, where it moved in 2011 after a major reshaping of the University of the Arts London . It was part of Central Saint Martins , a constituent college of the university. Following a review in 2020, the school closed with the graduation of its final students in 2022. Whilst in operation, Drama Centre London
150-534: A " Wellbeing Walk" between Euston and St Pancras stations. The route avoids Euston Road , and the group claims that their route, compared to the Euston Road route, reduces pedestrians' exposure to air pollution by 50%. King's Cross St Pancras tube station is on several London Underground lines: The Piccadilly line links King's Cross directly to Heathrow Airport [REDACTED] and the West End , whilst
225-426: A 12-acre (4.9 ha) area. The estate continued to expand throughout the early 20th century in a piecemeal fashion, and attracted Greek, Cypriot and Asian immigrants following World War II. In the 1970s, the estate came under threat from property developers who wanted to demolish it and build offices, which led to demonstrations and protests, including supporters from University College . The plans were cancelled, but
300-412: A Mosque run by Hajie Mohammad Dollie who opened London's first Mosque previously at 97 Albert Street, Camden Town in 1895. The Midland Grand Hotel, fronting St Pancras station, was designed by George Gilbert Scott . It was built mainly with red bricks with a tower at one end and a spire at the other. It closed in 1935 and was repeatedly threatened with demolition until it was Grade I listed in 1967. It
375-499: A highway into a series of linked public spaces." The pedestrian crossing opened in March 2010. Livingstone's successor, Boris Johnson , favours keeping the Euston Road underpass and declared it to be a good place to test his nerves when cycling around London. In 2015, Transport for London announced its intention to close one lane in each direction on Euston Road between 2020 and 2026 to accommodate work on High Speed 2 . The decision
450-427: A joint partnership: Kings Cross Central Limited Partnership. Outline planning permission, prepared by Allies and Morrison and Porphyrios Associates , was granted for the whole site in 2006. Detailed planning applications for each part of the site are being made on a rolling programme basis. The area remains a major focus of redevelopment in the second decade of the 21st century. In 2017, Google, which already occupy
525-573: A large new building between St. Pancras and King's Cross stations, announced plans for a further £1 billion building stretching along the west side of King's Cross station towards the Regents canal. The area has also been for many years home to a number of trades union head offices (including the NUJ, RMT, UNISON, NUT, Community and UCU). The area has increasingly become home to cultural establishments. The London Canal Museum opened in 1992, and in 1997
600-597: A million books, including more than 6,000 Sanskrit manuscripts and the largest collection of Hindi and Punjabi medical documents in Europe. Its objects were transferred on permanent loan to the Science Museum in 1976. The University College London Hospital's archives are at No 250 Euston Road. In late 1898, 189 Euston Road (Where the Wellcome Collection is at present) was the location of
675-491: A more central position further south, is a result of the recommendations of the 1846 Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini that sought to protect the West End districts a short distance south of the road. Euston Tower is a landmark on the road and The British Library is just to the west of St Pancras station. The old and new headquarters of the Wellcome Trust are on its south side. From west to east
750-639: A new home for the British Library opened next to St Pancras station. There was a small theatre, the Courtyard, that closed in late 2006 as a result of the gentrification of the area caused by a number of regeneration projects there, in this case, Regent's Quarter, across the boundary in Islington. The Gagosian Gallery moved their main London premises to the area in 2004. The London Sinfonietta and
825-604: A plan to improve the road from the architectural firm, Terry Farrell and Partners . The original study proposed removing the underpass (which was subsequently cancelled) and providing a pedestrian crossing and removing the gyratory system connecting the Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street. The scheme was approved by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone as "the start of changing the Marylebone to Euston road from
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#1732775969614900-489: A quicker route for army units to reach the Essex coast when there was a threat of invasion, without passing through the cities of London and Westminster, and was a barrier between the increasing urban sprawl that threatened to reach places such as Camden Town. The Capper family, who lived on the south side of the proposed route, opposed its construction and complained their crops would be ruined by dust kicked up by cattle along
975-481: A route along which to drive cattle to Smithfield Market avoiding central London. Traffic increased when major railway stations, including Euston , opened in the mid-19th century and led to the road's renaming in 1857. Euston Road was widened in the 1960s to cater for the increasing demands of motor traffic, and the Euston Tower was built around that time. The road contains several significant buildings including
1050-436: A sign for the fictional " Platform 9 + 3 ⁄ 4 " described in the books, and embedded part of a luggage trolley halfway into the wall. Film adaptations have used platforms 4 and 5, with the nearby St Pancras station and hotel acting as exteriors. King's Cross and its surrounding streets were also the setting for the 1955 Ealing comedy , The Ladykillers , two British drama films starring Max Bygraves — A Cry from
1125-521: A song featured on their 1987 album Actually named " King's Cross ": the melancholy track discusses the hopelessness of the AIDS epidemic during that time and uses the King's Cross area as the "backdrop" of the story, trading on the area's associations with drug use and prostitution. Tracey Thorn covered the song in 2007. Songwriter David Gedge also wrote a song called "King's Cross" while recording under
1200-740: Is Eurostar 's London terminus. International destinations include Amsterdam , Brussels , and Paris . The station is also the terminus of Southeastern High Speed services from Kent and Stratford International (where London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is situated). Other long-distance National Rail services are operated by East Midlands Railway to cities such as Leicester and Sheffield . Thameslink operates regional services across London, South East England , and East Anglia . Trains serve key UK destinations including Bedford , Brighton , Cambridge , and Luton . They also serve several major London destinations, including Farringdon , Finsbury Park , and London Bridge . These routes provide
1275-592: Is Pentonville Road . The road is part of the London Inner Ring Road and on the edge of the London congestion charge zone. Drivers are not charged for travelling on the road but may be if they turn south into the zone during its hours of operation. King's Cross and St Pancras railway stations are at the eastern end of the road, and Euston railway station is further west. The position of these three railway termini on Euston Road, rather than in
1350-546: Is a receiving and producing theatre in the Central Saint Martin's complex at King's Cross. It holds 360 in a variety of configurations, has an orchestra pit and a full flying tower and is equipped to high professional standards. It aims to present all aspects of the performing arts. Productions by students of Drama Centre London were presented there, and work by students of other colleges of the University of
1425-617: Is a road in Central London that runs from Marylebone Road to King's Cross . The route is part of the London Inner Ring Road and forms part of the London congestion charge zone boundary. It is named after Euston Hall , the family seat of the Dukes of Grafton , who had become major property owners in the area during the mid-19th century. The road was originally the central section of New Road from Paddington to Islington which opened in 1756 as London's first bypass . It provided
1500-607: Is still a small area named "Battle Bridge Place" between King's Cross and St Pancras stations, and "Brill Place", a road leading towards Euston from St Pancras station. An art installation named the Identified Flying Object (IFO) stands in Battle Bridge Place, part of the RELAY King's Cross Arts programme. The Roque map of 1746 shows the area as entirely undeveloped, however the opening of
1575-508: The Iceni tribe led by Boudica (also known as Boadicea). The tradition claims support from the writing of Publius Cornelius Tacitus , an ancient Roman historian, who described the place of action between the Romans and Boudica ( Annals 14.31), but without specifying where it was; Thornbury addresses the pros and cons of the identification. Lewis Spence 's 1937 book Boadicea – warrior queen of
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#17327759696141650-509: The King's Cross Central development, was a rail freight terminal. The Yard was designed by Lewis Cubitt in 1852. The nearby Granary Square is named after the Granary building . Trains carried Lincolnshire wheat to King's Cross, where the wheat would then be stored in the Granary building to be used by London's bakers. St Pancras International station is in the district. St Pancras
1725-543: The Midland Railway , lies immediately to the west. They both had extensive land ("the railway lands") to house their associated facilities for handling general goods and specialist commodities such as fish, coal, potatoes and grain. The passenger stations on Euston Road far outweighed in public attention the economically more important goods traffic to the north. King's Cross and St Pancras stations, and indeed all London railway stations, made an important contribution to
1800-787: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment are based in King's Place , on Battlebridge Basin next to the Regent's Canal . King's Place is also the home of The Guardian and The Observer newspapers, and of the UK Drug Policy Commission. In September 2011 the University of the Arts London moved to the Granary Complex. A whole series of new public squares and gardens have opened, among them Granary Square with its spectacular fountains, Lewis Cubitt Park and Square and
1875-676: The River Fleet . The original name of the bridge was Broad Ford Bridge. The original parish church, St Pancras Old Church , located behind the stations, was built on a knoll on the west bank of the Fleet, and is believed to be one of the oldest Christian sites in Britain. The corruption "Battle Bridge" led to a tradition that this was the site of a major battle in AD 60 or 61 between the Romans and
1950-627: The Wellcome Library , the British Library and the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel . The road starts as a continuation of the A501, a major road through Central London, at its junction with Marylebone Road and Great Portland Street . It meets the northern end of Tottenham Court Road at a large junction with an underpass , and it ends at King's Cross with Gray's Inn Road . The road ahead to Islington
2025-755: The Yevgeny Vakhtangov and Jacques Lecoq traditions. It offered a theatre-based training incorporating both modern and classical texts; and prepared actors for the demands of screen acting, for which it had a two-year postgraduate course. In September 2005, it launched its MA Acting course (formerly 'European Classical Acting') including residencies at both the Vakhtangov Theatre Institute in Moscow and Imalis Center for Ancient Hellenic Theatre in Epidaurus, Greece. The Drama Centre
2100-468: The 1990s warehouse rave scene on the site of Goods Yard behind King's Cross stations, now part of the redevelopment area known as the Coal Drops adjacent to Granary Square. In the 1990s, the government established the King's Cross Partnership to fund regeneration projects, and the commencement of work on High Speed 1 in 2000 provided a major impetus for other projects. In 2001, Argent was selected as
2175-522: The Arts, London. 51°31′22″N 0°6′33″W / 51.52278°N 0.10917°W / 51.52278; -0.10917 Kings Cross, London King's Cross is a district in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington , on either side of Euston Road in north London , England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Charing Cross , bordered by Barnsbury to the north, Clerkenwell to
2250-540: The British Library) and Judd Street. Northbound, Cycleway 6 passes east of Camden Town en route to Kentish Town. Southbound, the route links King's Cross to Farringdon, the City, and Elephant & Castle. The Regent's Canal Towpath runs westbound from King's Cross to Camden Lock , Regent's Park , and Maida Vale . The Islington Tunnel means that eastbound cyclists must bypass the canal through Angel , but
2325-511: The Britons includes a map showing the supposed positions of the opposing armies. The suggestion that Boudica is buried beneath platform 9 or 10 at King's Cross station seems to have arisen as urban folklore since the end of World War II . The area had been settled in Roman times, and a camp here known as The Brill was erroneously attributed to Julius Caesar , who never visited Londinium. There
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2400-693: The Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, and Northern lines link the area to the City . Euston tube station is nearby, which is served by both branches of the Northern line, and the Victoria line. Both stations are in London's Zone 1 . With three railway stations in the immediate area, and two tube stations, much of the area is used as a transport interchange. London Buses 17 , 30 , 46 , 63 , 73 , 91 , 205 , 214 , 259 , 390 and 476 serve
2475-629: The Community Creation Trust took over the disused coach repair depot and built it into the largest Ecology Centre in Europe with ecohousing for homeless youngsters, The Last Platform Cafe, London Ecology Centre (after its demise in Covent Garden), offices and workshops, gardens and ponds. It was destroyed to make a car park for the Channel Tunnel Regeneration. Bagley's Warehouse was a nightclub venue in
2550-649: The East Midlands, Yorkshire , North East England and Scotland , including Leeds , Newcastle upon Tyne , and Edinburgh . In fiction, the station is the London terminus of the Hogwarts Express , which carries Harry Potter to Hogwarts. In the Harry Potter films, however, the exterior shots of the station are those of neighbouring St Pancras station. Some interior shots were filmed at York railway station . The Goods Yard complex, part of
2625-651: The King's Cross area with direct links to Gatwick and Luton Airports [REDACTED] . Euston station sits around one-half mile (800 m) west of King's Cross. National Rail trains from Euston serve the West Midlands , North Wales , North West England , and Scotland . Destinations include Birmingham , Liverpool , Manchester , Holyhead , and Glasgow . London Overground ( [REDACTED] ) services run between Euston and Watford Junction , via Willesden Junction , Wembley Central , and Harrow & Wealdstone . A business partnership group has designed
2700-466: The London Borough of Islington. The eastern boundary of the parish and borough of St Pancras has become the boundary of the larger modern borough and is locally formed, in part, by the course of the River Fleet . The southern boundary of the parish and borough ran along Guilford Street and in places slightly further south where, on the north side of Long Yard and along Roger Street it followed
2775-560: The Religious Society of Friends, better known as Quakers , is at Friends House , No. 173 Euston Road. It was built between 1925–7 and holds the society's library dating back to 1673, including George Fox 's journal covering the foundation of Pennsylvania . Euston Road School was opened at No. 314 in 1934 by William Coldstream, Victor Pasmore and Claude Rogers to encourage artwork in an atmosphere different from traditional art schools. The school struggled and closed by
2850-641: The Streets (1958) and Spare the Rod (1961)—as well as Mike Leigh 's High Hopes (1988). Anthony Minghella 's 2006 film Breaking and Entering is also set in King's Cross. Iin 1972 it was the setting for Kings Cross Lunch Hour , one of four plays set in different parts of London, written by John Mortimer for the BBC drama series Thirty-Minute Theatre . "Vale Royal", an epic poem in 700 triads by Aidan Andrew Dun probes into this zone of London; "Vale Royal"
2925-646: The Western theatrical tradition that began with the Greeks, on which the school placed great emphasis. When the school was founded, it was England's only drama school with an acting class, and was considered the first Method drama school in Britain. Because of its rigour, the school's nickname was "Trauma Center". Like most drama schools, Drama Centre placed a particular emphasis on the work of Konstantin Stanislavski , also training students in improvisation through
3000-411: The capital's economy. After World War II the area declined from being a poor but busy industrial and distribution services district to a partially abandoned post-industrial district. By the 1980s it was notorious for prostitution and drug abuse. This reputation impeded attempts to revive the area, utilising the large amount of land available following the decline of the railway goods yard to the north of
3075-477: The city. Euston Road was originally part of New Road, promoted by Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton and enabled by an Act of Parliament passed in 1756. Construction began in May that year, and it was open to traffic by September. The road provided a new drovers' road for moving sheep and cattle to Smithfield Market avoiding Oxford Street and Holborn , and ended at St John's Street, Islington. It provided
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3150-475: The council pay him £1 million if they wanted to compulsorily purchase the site. Over the next four years, Levy bought properties along the north side of Euston Road, and an agreement was reached so that the council built the underpass and he built a complex of two tower blocks with office shops and apartments, the Euston Tower. The tower attracted a number of significant tenants, including Inmarsat and
3225-493: The course of a now culverted tributary of the Fleet, a tributary which was historically dammed to form Lamb's Conduit . The London Borough of Camden has an electoral ward called King's Cross . In the Harry Potter books, King's Cross station is where the protagonist boards the train for Hogwarts . However, author JK Rowling later admitted she had confused it with nearby Euston station . The railway station has put up
3300-503: The death of the hospital's founder, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , the first woman in England to qualify as a doctor of medicine. The Euston Road premises closed in 1993, its services transferred to University College Hospital . The current hospital is at No. 235. The Wellcome Trust , a private medical research charity, was established in 1936 and has premises at No. 183 and No. 210 Euston Road. Its library holds about half
3375-573: The development partner. The London terminus of the Eurostar international rail services to Paris and Brussels moved to St Pancras station in November 2007. Following the opening of the High Speed 1 to the station, redevelopment of the land between the two major stations and the old King's Cross railway lands to the rear commenced. In 2008, Argent, London & Continental Railways and DHL formed
3450-561: The district during the daytime. National Express coach A8 connects the district to Stansted Airport , whilst Green Line coach 748 links the area to Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire . Several cycle routes pass through King's Cross. Cycling infrastructure is maintained by the London Borough of Camden and Transport for London (TfL). Cycleway 6 runs north–south along Midland Road (between St Pancras station and
3525-549: The estate was still bulldozed and replaced by tower blocks . The area around the junction with the Tottenham Court Road suffered significant bomb damage during the Second World War . Patrick Abercrombie 's contemporary Greater London Plan called for a new ring road around Central London called the 'A' Ring, but post-war budget constraints meant that a medley of existing routes were improved to form
3600-466: The ground floor, but this seems not to be true. It is a grade II listed building. King's Cross station now stands by the junction where the monument stood and took its name. The station, designed by architect Lewis Cubitt and opened in 1852, succeeded a temporary earlier station, erected north of the canal in time for the Great Exhibition of 1851. St Pancras railway station , built by
3675-489: The independent radio station Capital Radio . The ITV broadcaster Thames Television 's corporate headquarters were nearby at No. 306–316 Euston Road from 1971 to 1992 when the station closed. That building was demolished in 1994 and redeveloped when Thames, now a production company, moved all operations to Teddington Studios . In the early-21st century, the Greater London Authority commissioned
3750-561: The king; it was described by Walter Thornbury as "a ridiculous octagonal structure crowned by an absurd statue". The statue itself, which cost no more than £25, was constructed of bricks and mortar, and finished in a manner that gave it the appearance of stone "at least to the eyes of common spectators". The architect was Stephen Geary , who exhibited a model of "the Kings Cross" at the Royal Academy in 1830. The upper storey
3825-475: The main property owners in the area, and in 1857 the central section of the road, between Osnaburgh Street and Kings Cross, was renamed Euston Road after Euston Hall , their country house. The eastern section became Pentonville Road, the western Marylebone Road. The full length of Euston Road was dug up so that the Metropolitan Railway could be built beneath it using a cut-and-cover system and
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#17327759696143900-444: The mid-1990s. The introduction of the Eurostar rail service at St Pancras International and the rebuilding of King's Cross station helped stimulate the redevelopment of the long derelict railway lands to the north of the termini. The area, historically the south-eastern part of the ancient parish and subsequent Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras , was previously known as Battle Bridge or Battlebridge after an ancient crossing of
3975-584: The name Cinerama . King's Cross station is a railway terminus and London Underground interchange, and a focal point in the district. Commuter services from King's Cross are operated by Thameslink and Great Northern , serving destinations in north London, such as Finsbury Park , Harringay , and Enfield Town . Destinations further afield include Welwyn Garden City , Stevenage , Peterborough , Cambridge , and King's Lynn . Long-distance departures from King's Cross are operated by Grand Central , Lumo , Hull Trains , and LNER . Trains serve destinations in
4050-403: The new Euston Road (originally New Road ) in 1756, opened the area up for development. The current name has its origin in a monument to King George IV which stood from 1830 to 1845 at "the king's crossroads" where New Road (later Euston Road ), Gray's Inn Road , and Pentonville Road met. The monument was sixty feet (18 m) high and topped by an eleven-foot-high (3.4 m) statue of
4125-460: The new Gasholder Park. The station's redevelopment led to the demolition of several buildings, including the Gasworks. King's Cross forms the south-east part of the ancient parish and subsequent borough of St Pancras , which is now the major part of the London Borough of Camden . The importance of King's Cross station means that use of the place name term spills over into neighbouring parts of
4200-439: The path continues to the west of Angel towards Hoxton , Victoria Park , Mile End , and Limehouse . Cycling infrastructure is also provided along Mabledon Place (towards Bloomsbury ), York Way (towards Barnsbury and Kentish Town ), Pentonville Road (towards Farringdon ), Goods Way (between St Pancras International and York Way), and Argyle Street (between Gray's Inn Road and Euston Road). Euston Road Euston Road
4275-562: The ring road, including Euston Road. An underpass to avoid the junction with the Tottenham Court Road was proposed by the London County Council (LCC) in 1959, with construction beginning in 1964. The property developer Joe Levy was keen to develop buildings in the area and bought various properties. When the LCC refused planning permission because of the underpass development, Levy, who had outline planning permission, insisted
4350-412: The road passes Regent's Park , Great Portland Street , Warren Street , Euston Square , Euston and King's Cross St Pancras tube stations. Bus routes 30 and 205 run along the entire extent of Euston Road from Great Portland Street to King's Cross. Before the 18th century, the land along which Euston Road runs was farmland and fields. Camden Town was a village retreat for Londoners working in
4425-515: The road was then relaid to a much higher standard. The new Anglican church of St Luke's Church opened on Euston Road in 1861; it was shortly afterwards demolished and replaced by St Pancras railway station , which opened in 1867, with the fronting Midland Grand Hotel following in 1873. The Euston station complex was controversially demolished in 1963 to accommodate British Rail 's facilities. The replacement building opened in 1968, and now serves 50 million passengers annually. Tolmers Village
4500-476: The route. Capper Street, a side street off Tottenham Court Road , is named after the family. A clause in the 1756 Act stipulated that no buildings should be constructed within 50 feet (15 m) of the road, with the result that most of the houses along it lay behind substantial gardens. During the 19th century the law was increasingly ignored. Euston station opened on the north side of New Road in July 1837. It
4575-515: The school's founding was to bring some of the major developments in American and European theatre to the training of British and international actors. Its approach articulated Stanislavski's system , with the movement work of Rudolf Laban and the character typology of Carl Jung to produce a 'movement psychology' for the analysis and development of characters. Its work also drew on the English tradition, particularly that of Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop . These approaches were taught as part of
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#17327759696144650-454: The southeast, Angel to the east, Holborn and Bloomsbury to the south, Euston to the west and Camden Town to the northwest. It is served by two major rail termini, St Pancras and King's Cross . King's Cross station is the terminus of one of the major rail routes between London and the North. The area, which was historically the south-eastern part of the parish and borough of St Pancras , has undergone significant regeneration since
4725-447: The start of World War II. It was demolished in the early 1960s; the cover shot of the Beatles ' Twist and Shout EP was of its remains after demolition. The British Library moved to No. 96 Euston Road in 1999 into a new complex designed by Colin St John Wilson and opened by Queen Elizabeth II . It was built using more than ten million bricks and has a floor area of 112,000 square metres (1,210,000 sq ft). Although it
4800-522: The station and the many other vacant premises in the area. Relatively cheap rents and a central London location made the area attractive to artists and designers and both Antony Gormley and Thomas Heatherwick established studios in the area. In the late 1980s, a group of musicians, mechanics, and squatters from Hammersmith called Mutoid Waste Company moved into Battlebridge Road warehouse. They built huge industrial sculptures out of scrap metal and held raves. In 1989 they were evicted by police. In 1992,
4875-413: The theatre's front was removed but was subsequently reinstated after protests. The New Hospital for Women moved to No. 144 Euston Road in 1888, and was rebuilt by J.M. Brydon two years later. It housed 42 beds and was staffed entirely by women, which made it a comfortable environment for patients with gynaecological problems. It was renamed the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in 1918 following
4950-442: Was used as offices until a major restoration in the early 1990s. The hotel reopened as the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel in 2011. Camden Town Hall , formerly St Pancras Town Hall, opened in 1937. The Euston Theatre of Varieties was based at No. 37–43. It was renamed the Regent Theatre in 1922, and converted to a cinema in 1932. It was demolished in 1950 so that the town hall could be extended. The headquarters of
5025-633: Was a member of the Federation of Drama Schools , it offered BA (Hons) and MA acting courses. Drama Centre London was founded in 1963 by a breakaway group of teachers and students from the Central School of Speech and Drama , led by John Blatchley, Yat Malmgren and Christopher Fettes. It was originally on Prince of Wales Road, Chalk Farm , but moved first to Back Hill, Clerkenwell in 2004, then to King's Cross in 2011. From 1999 to 2020, it operated as an integral school of Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design , offering degree programmes in acting, directing and screenwriting. A principal aim in
5100-470: Was condemned by Camden Borough Council as it could affect business and cost more than £1 billion in lost revenue. The AA said the works were the largest ever proposed in London and would affect far more than local traffic due to its Inner Ring Road status. About halfway along Euston Road, at the junction with Upper Woburn Place , is St Pancras New Church , built in 1822. Designed by William and Henry Inwood and costing around £90,000 (now £10,359,000), it
5175-458: Was given a critical reception by architectural critics, visitors have enjoyed the welcoming entrance and praised its internal arrangements. Around 16,000 people visit each day. In Oscar Wilde 's The Picture of Dorian Gray , the characters Sibyl and James Vane live at a "shabby lodgings" on Euston Road. The street is a property in the United Kingdom edition of the board game Monopoly , which features famous London areas on its gameboard. It
5250-415: Was in the tiny triangle (less than 2 hectares (4.9 acres)) on the north side of Euston Road between Hampstead Road and North Gower Street. It was built in the early 1860s over a former reservoir to provide affordable middle-class terraced housing but its proximity to a main road and the Euston Station complex meant it ultimately catered for the working classes. By 1871, around 5,000 residents were housed in
5325-481: Was launched at the Albert Hall in 1995. A triad of Dun's, excerpted from another poem, "The Brill", has been installed at the western end of Granary Square in a small grove of trees beside the new Central Saint Martins. It reads: "Kings Cross, dense with angels and histories, there are cities beneath your pavements, cities behind your skies. Let me see!" The Irish rock group the Pogues was founded in King's Cross. The British pop music duo Pet Shop Boys recorded
5400-442: Was planned by Robert Stephenson on the site of gardens called Euston Grove, and was the first mainline station to open in London. Its entrance, designed by Philip Hardwick , cost £35,000 (now 4,017,000) and had the highest portico in London at 72 feet (22 m). The Great Hall opened in 1849 to improve accommodation for passengers, and a statue of Stephenson's father George was installed in 1852. The Dukes of Grafton had become
5475-658: Was the first British drama school to introduce some of the great classics of the Spanish, German and French repertoires, a precedent reflected in connections between many schools in the UK, US, Russia and China. In March 2020 UAL announced that they were to close the Drama Centre, following an unfavourable review of the centre's provision for academic development, quality assurance and equal opportunities. Students currently enrolled would complete their training. The Platform Theatre
5550-418: Was the most expensive religious building in London since St Paul's Cathedral , completed in the previous century. Almost opposite is Euston Road fire station, built 1901–2, in an Arts and Crafts style by Percy Nobbs . The Shaw Theatre opened at No. 100–110 in 1971, in honour of George Bernard Shaw . It was refurbished in 2000 as part of an adjacent Novotel development. The Keith Grant sculpture at
5625-441: Was used as a camera obscura while the base housed first a police station, and later a public house. The unpopular building was demolished in 1845, though the area kept the name of King's Cross. A structure in the form of a lighthouse was built on top of a building almost on the site about 30 years later. Known locally as the "Lighthouse Building", the structure was popularly thought to be an advertisement for Netten's Oyster Bar on
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