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It contains many fashionable shops, pubs, restaurants and theatres, especially towards the northern half of the road, including the now closed Granita Restaurant where Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were said to have made their deal on leadership once the Labour Party won power. It also includes a famous antiques market at Camden Passage, and also Chapel Market is near Angel which sells fruit n' veg, clothes etc. In 2005 Islington Council launched "Technology Mile", a project to turn Upper Street in a large scale Wi-fi Hotspot . Using routers mounted on lamposts anyone with a wireless enabled device can connect to Council services and the internet the entire length of Upper Street, although the best signal is found in the Islington Green /St. Mary's church areas. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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