http://www.mayfair.org.uk Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:21:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rock legend, Robert Plant, was in Mayfair last week to play a 'secret gig' at a former church. One Mayfair, formerly St Mark's Church, in North Audley Street was the venue for the Led Zeppelin legend and his new Band of Joy. Plant performed a number of tracks from his new album, ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/09/robert-plants-secret-gig-in-mayfair.html ASIL Nadir has been ordered not to leave his Mayfair home between the hours of midnight and 6am. The curfew has been imposed on the businessman as part of the bail conditions laid down by the Old Bailey where he appeared yesterday. It is reported that Nadir is renting a £20,000 a ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/09/asil-nadirs-mayfair-curfew.html A large sculpture will be temporarily displayed in Mayfair's Brown Hart Gardens after Westminster City Council gave planning consent. 'Chaos Mundaka' by American sculptor, Jedd Novatt, is just over 4m tall and sculpted from bronze. Novatt says of the work, "its sturdiness is practical, and I associate it with something lasting ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/08/chaos-mundaka-to-go-on-display-in-mayfair.html The public will get a rare opportunity to see the Mayfair home of legendary musician, Jimi Hendrix. The guitarist and singer lived at 23 Brook Street with his English girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, between 1968 and 1969. The apartment will open for just 12 days from August 25th as part of an ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/08/mayfair-home-of-jimi-hendrix-opens-to-public.html A Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant is to open a new venue in Mayfair later this year. Hakkasan, which currently has one other restaurant near Tottenham Court Road station, will open its new site in Mayfair's Bruton street. Hakkasan describes itself as a "cinematic vision of the sexiest night club you've never been to" ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/08/hakkasan-coming-to-mayfair.html The Financial Times has reported that the luxury brand Chanel is taking over a retail unit in Bond Street - and paying a pretty penny for it too. If the reports are to be believed a £4million deal has been agreed for the new store which is opposite the new Louis ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/07/chanels-record-fee-for-bond-street-shop.html Le Méridien hotel on Piccadilly has been sold for £64 million, according to reports. The five-star hotel has been purchased by American company, Host Hotels & Resorts. They describe themselves as one of the "largest owners of luxury and upper upscale hotels". Before the sale, Le Méridien, which has 266 guestrooms and ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/07/le-meridien-piccadilly-is-sold.html Legal action to try and prevent a new bicycle hire station being put in South Audley Street has failed. Last week, we reported on Noel Carroll's attempt to get the High Court prevent the installation of the bike hire station which is part of a new scheme by the Mayor of ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/07/south-audley-street-bike-hire-station-to-go-ahead.html A chambermaid was shocked to find jewellery with a value of up to £500,000 in a Mayfair hotel room, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. The shocked employee found the precious jewellery in a night safe whilst cleaning a room at the Westbury Mayfair hotel, off Old Bond Street. She ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/07/chambermaid-finds-jewellery-stash-in-hotel-room.html A MAYFAIR resident has gone to the High Court to try and prevent a the installation of a new bike dire docking station. Westminster Council has given consent for the docking station - part of the Mayor of London's new bicycle hire scheme - to be installed in South Audley Street, ... http://www.mayfair.org.uk/blog/2010/07/mayfair-bike-hire-docking-station-causes-row.html