Entries from Londonist tagged with 'hatecrime'
May 22, 2008
Nasty people need not apply: 198 hate criminals were arrested across London yesterday. Boris has his thumb on high rise development… ..and on the traffic light control button: he wants to cut traffic jams. We’ll drink to that. Kew Gardens has gotten itself some twiddly add-ons with the opening of a tree-top walkway. The Carlton Club is to allow women members for the first time ever. Woop-di-doop. Enfield Lock Station. At 4.37am. From Nicobobinus’......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"February 17, 2008
Photo by Phillyist's Matt Johnson, SkyscraperSunset.com, December 19, 2007. Phillyist explored an impending implosion and lived to tell the tale.Gothamist marveled at the city's new NYC-branded condom campaign - especially the use of a Toronto landmark in the advertising. (Also, fun fact: Gothamist turned five years old yesterday.)Tired of the worldwide Scientology protests? Torontoist totally isn't: they covered the big downtown protest the day it happened, and followed up with an examination of all......
Continue Reading "Week Around the -Ists"February 14, 2008
Sickening news this morning that the aspirational Stephen Lawrence Centre, which only opened last week, had bricks thrown through its beautifully designed front windows this morning. It's shocking enough that there are are people out there who are so against a community centre designed and purpose-built to encourage young people, help them out of deprivation and foster better community relations that they feel the need to damage it. Shocking too that this act of......
Continue Reading "Stephen Lawrence Centre Vandalised"