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Article: Goodbye, streets of shame ; (1)Eurostar's arrival at St Pancras later this year, and the launch of Europe's biggest city-centre regeneration project, mean it's all change for King's Cross(2)HOMES PROPERTY
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 21, 2007
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AS THE Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link nears completion and
the wraps start coming off the new state-of the art international
train terminal at St Pancras, there is, at last, a genuine feeling
of renewal about King's Cross.
Sandwiched between the more established neighbourhoods of
Islington and Bloomsbury, for years King's Cross has been known for
its thunderous traffic, cheap hotels and the capital's least
glamorous streetwalkers.
But, by the time Eurostar's trains start arriving in November,
the makeover of 67 acres behind King's Cross station will be under
way..
This is Europe's largest inner-city regeneration project, due for
completion by the time athletes start arriving for the ...