A dazzling corten and yellow staircase brightens the City’s revived pedway

A section of the City of London’s pedway network recently reopened after being closed for several years, and it has one particular joyful moment to explore.The pedway network was a plan for raised pedestrian walkways around the City, avoiding the roads below. Born of the motor car, it never really took off, thanks in no small part to heritage lobbyists preventing the demolition of older buildings that stood in the way.
Long a series of half-joined bits, most of the pedway network has close