Roland Perry wrote:
In message -septem
ber.org, at 01:15:47 on Mon, 9 Mar 2015, Recliner remarked:

It entirely depends on the walkways agreements negotiated by local
authorities with the companies managing these spaces. We didn't let them go
that far when I was involved but it is getting harder to fend them off
sometimes.

I must admit I wonder why they sometimes bother restricting photography,
though I can fully understand why they don't welcome protestors or
occupiers.

I was taking some pictures outside the then very new M&S Simply Food in
the "Circle" bit of St Pancras when the bouncer on the door (why would
they need one?) got very aggressive and demanded I stop, and delete any
photos I had already taken. He seemed to be suggesting that I was
involved in industrial espionage. I must have had a pretty desperate
client if they didn't already know what goes on inside an M&S SF.

As luck would have it a BTP chap was nearby and I asked him if there was
a ban on photography there and he chuckled a bit and said "of course not".

ps Is that bit of St Pancras public or private - it belongs to LCR I suppose.

I think the whole of all railway stations is private, owned by NR, LCR,
TfL, etc. Ditto with enclosed shopping malls. And, of course, the shopping
areas in St P are both.

The southern embankment near the mayor's office is also private land. I
went on a photography walk, and the guide said that, as a pro photographer,
he knew exactly where he could set up a tripod unmolested, and other areas
where he'd soon be evicted if he looked like a pro.

I think the new Granary Square is the same. You can wander around taking
pics to your heart's content with an amateur camera (I have), but set up a
tripod or start taking videos with what looks like pro gear and the private
security guards will soon approach you for a chat.