Italian Vogue's Collest Place in London - Dalston!

With a nod of thanks to Mwmbwls at London Reconnections, he (or she, but it's such a geeky site I'm guessing he) draws our attention to an article in Construction News, which references an Italian edition of Vogue magazine, which allegedly claims that Dalson is the coolest place in London. So let's recap. I'm telling you that London Reconnections tells us that Construction News tells us about an article in Italian Vogue. Clear? Good. Because I didn't believe a word of it and went in search of hard evidence, and it took a lot of furious Googling before I found it here.

Anyway. I'm excited about the arrival of Haggerston station, as it'll be within stumbling distance of my house, and will take me direct to somewhere within stumbling distance of my studio, which will shave my morning and evening journey times by a half. To be honest, looking at it, I can't really see who else is going to benefit from the East London Line extension, but I for one can't wait.

But the whole vogue connection set me wondering. Can a place retain its cool once it's properly connected to the transport network? Are the floods of vogue-reading Italians going to take the place downhill? I already exclaimed in horror to my wife as we passed an Art Gallery on Kingsland Road the other day - an Art Gallery! Kingsland Road! It can only be a matter of time before Matalan is replaced by Heals. What if Kingsland Waste gets all antiquey?

And combine that with the claims of the New York Times that Deptford is the hippest place in London, and we're going to find the East London Line is one to be avoided because of the rapid shuttling of the in-crowd backwards and forwards between Dalston and New Cross.

I'm going to have to take the rough with the smooth, I suppose. Or start shopping in Archway. Or maybe Upper Street will be overtaken by Deptford High Street and Kingsland Road, and we can all have a relaxed quiet value-for-money Friday evening again.