Old London Underground Company
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The Old London Underground Company is a British
startup company
proposing to turn 26 disused stations on the London Underground into tourist attractions. The company was founded in 2009 by Ajit Chambers, a former executive of JPMorgan Chase. Chambers is currently writing a report at the request of the Mayor of London regarding the Legacy Project. The idea is similar to (but not inspired by) Xiuli Hawken, ranked 61st in the Sunday Times rich list, who converted air-raid shelters in China
into underground shopping centres.
The proposal will see disused underground tunnels and shafts, and above-ground buildings where they exist, converted to restaurants, cafes, bars, nightclubs, gyms and other commercial operations. Historically significant portions of stations will become galleries or museums. Chambers has spent two years building the company around a custom made financial methodology for the credit crunch which has lead him to meeting requests from a big four bank and two middle east investment organisations to fund the project in its entirety.
United Kingdom
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proposing to turn 26 disused stations on the London Underground into tourist attractions. The company was founded in 2009 by Ajit Chambers, a former executive of JPMorgan Chase. Chambers is currently writing a report at the request of the Mayor of London regarding the Legacy Project. The idea is similar to (but not inspired by) Xiuli Hawken, ranked 61st in the Sunday Times rich list, who converted air-raid shelters in China
China
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into underground shopping centres.
The proposal will see disused underground tunnels and shafts, and above-ground buildings where they exist, converted to restaurants, cafes, bars, nightclubs, gyms and other commercial operations. Historically significant portions of stations will become galleries or museums. Chambers has spent two years building the company around a custom made financial methodology for the credit crunch which has lead him to meeting requests from a big four bank and two middle east investment organisations to fund the project in its entirety.
Proposed development sites
- Brompton Road tube stationBrompton Road tube stationBrompton Road tube station is a disused station on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. It is located between Knightsbridge and South Kensington.-History:...
- Aldwych tube stationAldwych tube stationAldwych is a closed London Underground station in the City of Westminster, originally opened as Strand in 1907. It was the terminus and only station on the short Piccadilly line branch from Holborn that was a relic of the merger of two railway schemes. The disused station building is close to the...
- Down Street tube stationDown Street tube stationDown Street, also known as Down Street , is a disused station of the London Underground's Piccadilly line which closed in 1932. During World War II it was used as an air-raid shelter, notably by Winston Churchill and his War Cabinet.-History:...