isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
Got a text on Monday from someone going past the Queen on the train. It was being demolished. Very sad. 
(More yuppie flats, I guess
).
(More yuppie flats, I guess
).
The Queen being demolished (pics)
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Demolished? I thought they were just converting the building into yuppie flats?
aurora green
Tectonic
I'm also astonished they can demolish such an integral part of the street, just like that...
Very sad.
Incidentally, I walked past the site of the old Harriers yesterday (Loughborough Junction way) and saw that the hole in ground, left after speedy demolition, is now up for sale...
Very sad.
Incidentally, I walked past the site of the old Harriers yesterday (Loughborough Junction way) and saw that the hole in ground, left after speedy demolition, is now up for sale...
ChrisSouth
Well-Known Member
aurora green said:I'm also astonished they can demolish such an integral part of the street, just like that...
Very sad.
Incidentally, I walked past the site of the old Harriers yesterday (Loughborough Junction way) and saw that the hole in ground, left after speedy demolition, is now up for sale...
The Harriers site has become my bete noire. I think it's a disgrace that this has been allowed to happen.
The site on HH road has actually been up for sale for quite a while, since the last developers pulled out. At least one for sale sign has been there for a year or so. I've written to the council three times about this, with no response, and to my local councillors - Jim Dickson, Kirsty McHugh and Pete O'Donnell twice - again with no response. But what did I expect?
The hoarding makes it nearly impossible to walk on the pavement and the blocks of wood on the road make it vile to cycle up/down HH Road during the rush hour.
I'm also becoming increasingly suspicious of what's going on at the ex-Green Man and the ex-Junction. How long does it take to convert something into a block of flats? Surely not as long as these two have been taken. Or perhaps someone could advise otherwise.
clandestino
no llevar papel
i couldn't believe it. i literally gasped when i saw the gap where the queen used to be. there's just the front facade left now, bits of the pillars and, um, ballustrades (ed, check this), and what have you. go round the right side and you can look in on the demolition guys ripping the guts out. it's an unsettling, strangely depressing sight. you can see the mirror from the toilets on one wall.
lots of late night, drunken memories from that pub. farewell...!
lots of late night, drunken memories from that pub. farewell...!
editor
hiraethified
Here's some pics - and it makes for a depressing sight.
The amount of mad, crazy nights I had there...
Article (more to come): http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/the-queen.html
The amount of mad, crazy nights I had there...
Article (more to come): http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/the-queen.html
Looks like a new pub/twb is getting built?
from:
http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/publ...eno=IABGDDBOUN000&searchtype=PROPERTY&module=
from:
http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/publ...eno=IABGDDBOUN000&searchtype=PROPERTY&module=
aurora green
Tectonic
Those pictures are shocking.What the hell is wrong with re-developing them like they've done in the Wickwood? At least then the street stays looking the same. I think it's dreadful.
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
aurora green said:
What the hell is wrong with re-developing them like they've done in the Wickwood? At least then the street stays looking the same. I think it's dreadful.
It is terrible, when I heard it was being turned into flats I was pissed off but at I remember thinking at least it will make decent sized and unique flats.
But no, they tore it down to ensure the flats would look like all the others being built at the moment.
editor said:
That much is true, MDF and laminate flooring all round at a guess.
One other straw to be clutched at (other than the planing application including a pub of some sort) it looks from your picture like they are saving some of the bricks. Assuming they aren't just flogging them off to a reclemation yard, maybe they are saving them for inclution in the new building?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
memespring said:
I doubt it, unfortunately. That's probably the contractor making himself a few bob as yellow stocks in good condition fetch a good whack from people wanting to make their home extensions look authentic.
pootle
little moran
To be fair, the Harriers being closed/knocked down was hardly a loss, was it.
The ridiculous length of time it's been a hole in the ground is shocking though.
As for the Green Man, well, sometimes it takes time to get projects moving eh? It's being worked on at the moment. What's "sinster" about that?
The ridiculous length of time it's been a hole in the ground is shocking though.
As for the Green Man, well, sometimes it takes time to get projects moving eh? It's being worked on at the moment. What's "sinster" about that?
aurora green
Tectonic
Are you sure the Green Man is actually being worked on? Everytime I pass by, it looks exactly the same. I never see anybody working on it, and it has sat in that exact same state for at least two years now.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Ol Nick said:
bet the residents there never knew they'd be boarded up for that length of time
Pictures above are downright depressing
prunus
Tick tock.
aurora green said:
It definately is - I walk past it every morning and there's always a hive of activity - it sometimes looks like not because they've been doing the inside so far - get a look in through the open door and you can see it's all been remodelled with new interior walls.
They took delivery of f*ckloads of wooden (roofing?) panels the other day, so I reckon it'll start looking different from the outside too soon.
The Warrior/Junction is also busy busy, and as you've said, has grown enormously!
The Harriers on the other hand is a disgrace (search the forum for various other rants on that one). That 'for sale' sign has been on it for over a year; I tried calling the number on it once and they had no idea what I was on about, so don't take it too seriously.
aurora green
Tectonic
prunus said:
Well at least that's some good news. Loughborough Junction really needs those two developments to be finished.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
yeah, totally scandalous. We should be able to protect nice old buildings like this through the planning process, even if they're not listed....but of course it's all about £££.editor said:
RIP The Queen
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
cos they're cunts, basically
editor
hiraethified
Here's the thing that's going up in its place:
More: http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/the-queen.html
More: http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/the-queen.html
clandestino
no llevar papel
it looks to me like some architect has thought it would be a jolly wheeze to build a mini version of the academy just round the corner from the real thing. it's a bizarre design, however it turns out.
