Ramona from London

Hello! I'm a born New Yorker, adopted Londoner, and occasional Berliner. I've been in London on and off since 1995, and every time I move back to the city, it has changed yet again.  Neighbourhoods transform, green spaces and cycling become more available, and entrepreneurs set up businesses that improve and diversify the food and coffee scene.  It's always vibrant and always changing.  My work in...
Sep 25, 2025

Goodmans Fields London

Green in the City

"Tucked in the glass-and-steel towers, Goodmans Fields is a new green area with benches, sculptures, and a play area. a perfect to pause and soak up some sun."

The City of London has a number of ancient green spaces, usually next to churches (such as the St Botolph without Bishopsgate Gardens), or the former plague burial grounds of Bunhill Fields.  As the City has newly expanded eastwards, most of the buildings are glass and steel towers that give this ancient quarter the feeling of being in a mini Manhattan.

All the more delightful then to come upon a pocket of new green space, so new it isn't even formally on the map.  The development at Goodmans Fields has a number of welcome amenities, such as a new branch of the arts cinema Curzon and a branch of Tian Tian Market for all your Asian grocery needs.

But walk to the east side of Goodman's Fields and you come to a playful green square, complete with benches, metal sculptures, and a play area. It's a great spot to sit for a moment amid the steel and glass and catch your breath, or enjoy a sandwich in the sun.

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