I'd second that, Benderish.
I'd third that, rshdunlop.
Good pavements make such a difference.
Look at how popular Oxford Street is in Big London. People come from all over the world to shop there.
We could do the same.
And we are just a short hop away by the Jube Tube and the Gingerline. And far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
A cinema instead of a weatherspoons
You and me, Southlonder, need to sit down together and write a letter to a Mister Timothy Randall Martin and see if we can get him on-board.
He is this bloke that I sometimes see in The City on Gracechurch Street.
Just last month he hosted the AGM of J D Wetherspoon plc, as he is the current Chairman. This little shindig was just down the road from my temporary orifice in The City at The Crosse Keys.
I didn't get a chance to say G'day to him at The Crosse Keys as I was stuffing my face with free food and drink but he actively encourages people to get in contact with him with business ideas.
His little firm now runs hotels as well as pubs.
Why not cinemas?
It works well enough for Picturehouse cinemas (City Screen Ltd) which is now owned by Cineworld Plc.
They serve well priced food and drinkies at their cinemas across the capital.