Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and Vauxhall - redevelopment plans and news

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I am surprised that no one has mentioned the chopping of the affordable housing in the developement by nearly 50%

That's just so fucking standard it's not worth commenting on any more.

(((London)))

 

[DotCommunist]

remember when the first council housing was built some of the reactions to it. It really did have to be forced over the wailing of local bourgoisie in some places. The cunts. One place even payed and built a wall to block of the new estate so they din't have to look at it.

 

[Artaxerxes]

After years of discussion, failed plans Etc. at least something is being done and it has been saved sighs...
I am surprised that no one has mentioned the chopping of the affordable housing in the developement by nearly 50% (there wasn't much in the first place), but I guess it was no surprise; the good folk who won't live down there don't want affordable housing occupiers down there Mayor of London brands Wandsworth Council ‘shameful’ for decision on affordable homes at Battersea Power Station

I like how the definition of "affordable" has stretched higher and higher beyond reach.

 

[RoyReed]

Well it is called Kuala Lumpur on Thames now to match with Dubai on Thames a bit further downstream at Nine Elms so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised by anything that happens there. Many of the flats that were bought off-plan and still haven't been finished are being sold already for massive profits.

 

[hash tag]

The bastards that move in to there won't like it when the protests start happening outside the American Embassy just across the road

 

[editor]

Look at the state of the area. Luxury everywhere.

Here's What The Battersea Development Looks Like From Above

 

[kabbes]

I miss Donna Ferrentes

 

[hash tag]

Look at the state of the area. Luxury everywhere.

Not quite. Just outta shot of bottom picture is the new American embassy, with nowt, drawbridge and all

 

[Leafster]

I must have missed this the first time it was proposed but they are planning on putting a glass lift in one of the chimneys.

More on the current state of play here: Battersea Power Station dusts off plans for chimney-climbing ‘great glass elevator’

 

[pesh]

if you come into Victoria from SE London you use the tracks closest to the flats, it always amazes me to think just how much money they’ve paid to live like Elwood Blues.

 

[editor]

Here's how it looked a couple of weeks ago. You can barely see any of the power station from some angles now.

 

[hash tag]

BTB you can walk quite close/through the middle of it should you wish. There is a road going through it; is it pump house lane?
The logistics of the construction are amazing. They must have the monopoly of the UK's cranes.
The last time I looked, it did not look like it was going to be ready for a good year or two.
With regards to being able to see it; I suppose we should be grateful it has been saved after all its future has been in doubt for 40 maybe 50 years

 

[Leafster]

I've just been re-reading the thread. I went to the same exhibition as oryx and ska invita back in 2006. I wasn't bothered with the artwork, I just wanted to look at the building.

Here's a few photos of it back in 2006. It was massive close up but once inside you could see just how badly it had decayed.











I even tried to sneak a photo of those rotten apples but caught after just one shot.

 

[hash tag]

Did you keep a little "souvenir"?

 

[Leafster]

Did you keep a little "souvenir"?

Although there was plenty of rubble, none of it was accessible, even if I'd thought of it at the time.

 

[agricola]

I only like Chelsea FC twice a season, but it is a crying shame they were not able to use the station as part of their new ground. It would have been amazing and certainly far better than what it will be now.

 

[editor]

This is interesting;

Nearly 40 years after it closed down, Battersea Power Station is about to start generating electricity again.

Although this time, via an underground gas powered plant rather than in the famous power station building itself, which is being turned into an array of expensive homes.

Situated ten metres below ground and directly in front of the Power Station building, the new Energy Centre will supply heating, cooling and electricity to the 42-acre regeneration site, with the potential to supply energy to residents and businesses across the wider Nine Elms regeneration area.

When operational, the vapour plume from the underground plant will be expelled through the rebuilt north-east chimney of the original power plant.

They also plan to occasionally colour the plume of emissions for special events.

Battersea Power Station to start generating electricity again

 

[hash tag]

I bet the residents will be charged a small fortune for their hot water and heating

 

[editor]

Here's how it looks now:

In photos: Battersea Power Station redevelopment – luxury flats, trendy shops and security guards -

Once a vital London power station fuelled by Welsh coal, Battersea Power Station is now undergoing the full luxury redevelopment treatment, offering unaffordable apartments and "world-class bars and restaurants, interspersed with the finest British and global retail brands." We passed the site...

www.urban75.org

 

[hash tag]

It's crap isnt it. Totally lost at the sides as well. But at least it has been saved. I would love to live there.

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Seems like it's Malaysia as well - I beds starting at £1M heaven knows what the service charges are like.
Would have loved to live there Battersea Power Station Phase 2 launched at double the price of Phase 1

 

[Leafster]

It's crap isnt it. Totally lost at the sides as well. But at least it has been saved. I would love to live there.

I saw your photos you posted on the walk thread. You're right, one of the reasons it remained an iconic building was that it stood out against the skyline but with all the development around it something has been lost.

 

[hash tag]

It's very sad that we are losing such an icon, but hey, we move on.
If you can stand it. there is 10 minutes or so at the beginning of this and a further few minutes mid programme in this

My5

www.channel5.com

I am sure they said they are making over a million bricks for the development and all by hand!

Home | North Cotswold Brick

Home - North Cotswold Brick

www.northcotbrick.co.uk

 

[RoyReed]

It's very sad that we are losing such an icon, but hey, we move on.
If you can stand it. there is 10 minutes or so at the beginning of this and a further few minutes mid programme in this

My5

www.channel5.com

I am sure they said they are making over a million bricks for the development and all by hand!

Home | North Cotswold Brick

Home - North Cotswold Brick

www.northcotbrick.co.uk

It's a shame the programme didn't mention once that despite any restoration, all the views of the power station had been destroyed by the development, with the single exception of the view from the north bank of the river.

 

[clicker]

It always looked to me like a huge, flailing mammoth on it's back, legs in the air. The earthy, dirty brick base so massive and solid, but it seemed to heave and breathe.
The skies are often moody and magnificent at that stretch. They provided a perfect backdrop. I did love that building.
Now it's lost and glassy and clean.

 

[teuchter]

I can still see the chimneys from my window here in south London though

 

[RoyReed]

Some photos of the reconstruction work.


Battersea Power Station by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Battersea Power Station by Roy Reed, on Flickr


Battersea Power Station by Roy Reed, on Flickr

 

[hash tag]

At some point, I counted over 30 tower cranes and 2 crawlers on site, they have mostly gone now, as has that view in the final picture. Here's a further two recent ones from the road

 

[teuchter]

I went inside the site a couple of years back ... the building sites I usually find myself on are a lot smaller. It was quite amazing to see the size of the operation. I didn't get to go into the power station building itself though.

Since then, have done a few walks down there, along that access road that goes through the middle of the site and is visible in the middle of RoyReed's bottom photo, above. You can/could see a fair bit from that road, including peering into the middle of the building itself. Should do another one soon...lockdown walk opportunity.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Why've they put those glass boxes on top of the power station? They look fucking shit. Better that they'd knocked it down altogether than used it as a drag disguise for yet another lifeless expanse of yuppie storage cubes.

 

[hash tag]

We peered in just a construction started and even have a tiny bit somewhere Have been down the access road a few times and don't remember being able to see in anymore. Would love to go into the refurbished control room.