Drummond Street is a street in London just north of the

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, located near

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and running parallel with

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. It is best known for its

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and

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restaurants and supply shops, including Diwana Bhel Poori House which claims to be the oldest

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in Britain, having opened in 1970. It is the site of Schafer House, a student hall of residence of University College London. Drummond Street used to be considerably longer, continuing north-eastwards through what is now Euston station and also including what is now Doric Way. On this part of Drummond Street was the main entrance to the station and the site of the

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. The eastern part of Drummond Street was built over when Euston station was rebuilt and extended southwards in 1961; the Euston Arch was demolished, the far north-eastern part of Drummond Street was renamed Doric Way, and Drummond Street was separated from the formerly-adjacent Drummond Crescent to the north. Since 2019 the eastern extremity of Drummond Street has seen mass demolition of various properties to accommodate the expansion of Euston station for the construction of the

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railway line. – most notably the original surface building of

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at the corner of adjacent Melton Street which was originally constructed by the

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in the 1900s to a standard design by

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. The

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is a

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at 137 Drummond Street. In June 2021 an enterprise called the "Drummond Streatery project" was launched to help revive the street's restaurant trade after the disruption caused by the

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and the engineering works at the nearby station. The project is a collaboration between

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and the local

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team, with the involvement of local traders.

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Streets in the London Borough of Camden {{London-road-stub