The winter 2011 issue of the Soho Clarion contains a article about the likely short-term and medium-term effects on Soho of the huge demolition and building programme being implemented by Crossrail. The article which is signed by Leslie Hardcastle OBE (President of the Soho Society) and Kaye de Ville (Chair of the Soho Society) may be read by clicking here.
 

The Mayfair Library will not close. But it is in need of modernisation and disabled access more up to date than Westminster Council are prepared to do.
 
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• An Italian Evening at Finos in Mount Street, Monday 27 February 2012
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Under the heading CrossRail threatens to ruin Soho icon the Evening Standard newspaper for 18 February 2011, page 17, carried some details of the Star Café's battle for survival against the massive disruption caused by the CrossRail development.
 
West End Extra, 25 February 2011: Crossrail ‘is ruining businesses’ says Star Café owner Mario Forte - Shop and cafés suffering downturn in takings as huge project restricts access

The Cleveland Street workhouse, an architectural survival from late eighteenth century Georgian times, is located at 44 Cleveland Street in Fitzrovia and only a few minutes walk from Soho. It is believed to have been the inspiration for Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, the author having lived but a few doors away in Cleveland Street.
 
The workhouse is now under threat from the demolisher's wrecking ball and redevelopment and you are kindly asked to support an e-campaign to save the workhouse by signing the e-petition. The e-petition will remain open until victory is achieved.
 
Please sign the e-petition and thereby help save a part of London's rich and diverse history.