Granary Square

{{Short description|Urban square in the London Borough of Camden}}

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Granary Square is a large open space in the London Borough of Camden. Comparable in size to Trafalgar Square,{{cite web|url=http://londonist.com/2012/06/granary-square-opens-in-kings-cross.php|title=Granary Square Opens In King's Cross|publisher=Londonist.com|date=June 7, 2012|accessdate=2012-09-02}} it is part of the larger King's Cross Central development. It has been cited as an example of a privately owned public space in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jun/11/granary-square-privately-owned-public-space|title=Public spaces in Britain's cities fall into private hands|date=11 June 2012|work=The Guardian|author= Jeevan Vasagar|accessdate=2012-09-02}} The new Central Saint Martins complex is adjacent. Visitor attractions in the square include Queer Britain, the UK's first dedicated museum of LGBT history and culture.

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The square incorporates a fountain consisting of 1,080 individual jets {{cite web|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent-business/county-news/medway-firm-fountain-workshop-ma-a63601/|title=Medway firm Fountain Workshop makes a splash at Kings Cross|publisher=Kent Online|date=13 June 2012|accessdate=2015-03-10}} rising from the flush paved surface of the plaza.{{cite web|url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2012/jun/property-spectacular-fountains-provide-centrepiece-king%E2%80%99s-cross-development-close-univ|title=PROPERTY: Spectacular fountains provide centrepiece for King's Cross development close to university|publisher=Camden New Journal|date=7 June 2012|accessdate=2012-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181728/http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2012/jun/property-spectacular-fountains-provide-centrepiece-king%E2%80%99s-cross-development-close-univ|archive-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead}} Each jet has its own independently controlled pump and multi-color illumination.{{cite web|url=http://njoleds.co.uk/portfolio/granary-square/|title=njo Technology portfolio: Granary Square, Kings Cross|accessdate=2015-03-10}} As of March 2015, visitors to the square can interact with the fountains to play a mobile version of the Snake{{cite web|url=http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2015/03/10/the-fountains-in-kings-crosss-granary-square-are-secretly-a-giant-playable-version-of-snake/|title=The fountains in King's Cross's Granary Square are secretly a giant playable version of Snake!|publisher=Time Out|date=10 March 2015|accessdate=2015-03-10}} game.

Other squares in the development will include Station Square, Pancras Square, Cubitt Square, and North Square.

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