Liverpool Street’s Edwardian Arcade is to become a Boxpark

An Edwardian shopping arcade opened in 1912 above the London Underground has been taken over by the operator of shops in metal boxes, Boxpark.
The Arcade, just outside Liverpool Street station exists thanks to the advent of electricity — as it sits directly over the railway tracks of the Metropolitan line, which at the time was a steam railway. When the line switched to electric locomotives, they were able to build over the station and The Arcade opened on 11th March 1912, offering a long