Sir Antony Gormley, the artist who created the Angel of the North, is among King’s Cross residents objecting to proposals that could see Coal Drops Yard, a grade II-listed industrial site, divided into streets of shops and “grab-and-go” food retailers.
Gormley and his artist partner, Vicken Parsons, who live in the nearby Gasholders building, said in a submission to Camden council in London: “We object to the destruction of the beautiful, unusually shaped, historic space of the yard.” They said that the plan “represents a lack of imagination, a lazy solution in a place that deserves more” and that “we will be left with something that feels sad and broken”.
