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Corporate Fitzrovia is hoping to attract more people into the neighbourhood during June by putting on a series of events starting with a floppy-eared, architectural installation outside Warren Street tube station, and a two-day street party.

Due to be unveiled on Thursday 6 June, “Rabbit Warren Street is a fun and bold solution which will improve the pedestrian area outside the station and encourage passers-by to ‘dive into’ Fitzrovia through eye-catching wayfinding,” states The Fitzrovia Partnership (TFP), which runs two business improvement districts covering most of the neighbourhood.

Details of the installation are being kept a secret but we are told it “will guide pedestrians to less polluted and safer pathways through Fitzrovia,” states TFP — presumably in an attempt to stop tourists getting lost or being robbed of their phone on Tottenham Court Road.

The exact location of the installation has not been revealed but the pavement on Warrren Street at the junction with Tottenham Court Road is already heavily congested and there is not much room for another piece of clutter for pedestrians to trip over.

The rabbit-themed “temporary intervention” will be revealed at midday on Thursday 6 June — “transforming the area into a pedestrian-friendly ‘meadow’.

“Local independent bars, restaurants, retail outlets will showcase their offerings, with playful themed menu items and drinks and local discounts. A live band will be present on Thursday,” states the promo material.

The main spectacle will continue on Friday but the way-finding bunny, created by architects Able Partners and Elliott Wood, outside the tube station is due to remain for the rest of the month.

This event is billed as a “re-imagining of Warren Street” and the architectural installation is the result of a competition run by TFP with the London Festival of Architecture.

It is the first part of a four-year collaboration between TFP and the London Festival of Architecture, which will focus on “improving gateways into Fitzrovia and testing and implementing successful public realm schemes to improve navigation and the overall experience around the area”.

TFP want to increase commercial activity in Fitzrovia East and this current marketing exercise is part of its place-making strategy first announced in November 2022.

Rabbit Warren Street will run from 12noon to 8pm on Thursday 6 June, and on Friday 7 June from 8am to 8pm where there will be stalls along the street with offerings from Warren Street businesses.

Some residents had expressed concern to the Fitzrovia News about possible smells and smoke from food cooked outside in stalls in the suspended parking bays, and if there were going to be any noisy and polluting power generators in use.

“We are still finalising the food offering with the businesses, but so far, the only food being cooked in the street will be from The Feathers pub.

“All the others have indicated that they will cook inside their premises and serve outside. There will be no generators as power will be run from each venue to their stall — if required,” says TFP in a statement to the Fitzrovia News.

On Friday 7 June from 8am to 3pm there will be free cycle checks with free bike registering. Donations will be taken for Fitzrovia Youth in Action for their campaign in support of Champions for Children, which provides unrestricted funding to charities working to alleviate the impact of poverty on children across London.

A number of road closures and parking suspensions will be in place in and around Warren Street from Tuesday 4 to Friday 7 June. The road closure will be from Wednesday to Friday inclusive and between Tottenham Court Road and Fitzroy Street.

Nothing is taking place in the parking bays west of Fitzroy Street except possibility The Smugglers pub which may also use a marquee in the street.

Throughout June, Fitzrovia will be a destination for the London Festival of Architecture. Fitzrovia is apparently a “new destination” for the festival. However, LFA has been here most years since at least 2010 when the Fitzrovia News even took part in it.

Timetable for events

5 June from 2pm (press): Pre-reveal of Rabbit Warren Street
5 June, 5pm-6pm: Warren Street Resident thank you by invitation
5 June, 6pm-8pm: TFP Member Pre-Reveal Party

6 June from 12pm: Launch of Rabbit Warren Street
6 June, 6pm-9pm:  Studio Lates in Fitzrovia

7 June, 8am-8pm: Rabbit Warren Street

The Fitzrovia Partnership: London Festival of Architecture — Fitzrovia Events.

https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/05/27/business-groups-rabbit-themed-design-and-street-party-on-warren-street/

#LondonFestivalOfArchitecture #TheFitzroviaPartnership #WarrenStreet

Part of Warren Street in Fitzrovia will be closed to all vehicles, and parking suspended, for part of the first week of June 2024 due to events taking place in the street.

Warren Street will be closed to all motor vehicles between Tottenham Court Road and Fitzroy Street from Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 June 2024 for events organised by The Fitzrovia Partnership, according to a temporary traffic order issued by Camden Council.

Parking bays between Tottenham Court Road and Fitzroy Street will be suspended for 24-hours-a-day from Tuesday 4 to Friday 7 June due to “events”, according to notices placed by Camden Council.

There will also be no access to Warren Street from Whitfield Street or Grafton Mews.

From Fitzroy Street to Cleveland Street the road will remain open and diversions will be in place.

However, parking bays will also be suspended between Fitzroy Street and Conway Street, according to notices on the street.

Residents and business owners are advised to check the street notices for up-to-date information. The latest Camden road closure information can be found here.

Residents in Warren Street were sent a letter about the road closure in early May. Fitzrovia News is asking for more details of the events and will be reporting on these when we have them.

https://fitzrovianews.com/2024/05/27/warren-street-road-closure-and-parking-suspensions-june-2024/

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