Brady's, Brixton (Railway Hotel): history, chat and plans

[leanderman]

The clock has always been there and it only got covered in graffiti because the council fucked it all up and let the building go to rot.

I knew the clock was already there!

 

[leanderman]

You'd be surprised. The loading bay doesn't really operate at night and there's already lots of residents in that area. The trains may well be an issue, I grant you

Who wouldn't want a train in their living room?

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I'd like to live there

 

[editor]

I've stood in the top floor of Brady#s when a train passes. It's very resonant.

 

[leanderman]

I've stood in the top floor of Brady#s when a train passes. It's very resonant.

Vibrant?

 

[editor]

Vibrant?

Too vibrant for some, I'd wager. They'll soon be complaining to the council that the railway line should be closed down.

 

[lang rabbie]

Are they actually restoring all the clock faces to working order?

 

[editor]

Are they actually restoring all the clock faces to working order?

That is indeed the question...

 

[Rushy]

Are they actually restoring all the clock faces to working order?

Don't know - but I saw the one from the clock tower in Brockwell Park being taken away for repair last week.

 

[colacubes]

The windows on the flats were being put in over the weekend, and I have to say, they're not messing around on the soundproofing front by the looks of it as they are very thick and hefty!

In other news, the boxpark application was withdrawn after going in a 2nd time with more details, but now instead they've put in an application for a bog standard market at the back again.

 

[Pickman's model]

The windows on the flats were being put in over the weekend

have they had the glaziers round to fix them yet?

 

[colacubes]

have they had the glaziers round to fix them yet?

I don't fully understand the technicalities but I assume so as they're now set in.

 

[Pickman's model]

I don't fully understand the technicalities but I assume so as they're now set in.

some put in windows recently

 

[editor]

The shutters have finally come off Bradys. Shame it's been lost as a pub forever thanks to the 'co operative' council.

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/06/...ff-the-former-bradys-public-house-in-brixton/

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Nice to be able to look in the windows now. Also, the old Bradys sign is now gone:

Is it still gonna be a Wahaca?

 

[colacubes]

Not heard otherwise and the construction signs still say it's for Wahaca.

 

[leanderman]

Not heard otherwise and the construction signs still say it's for Wahaca.

My doubt growing

 

[colacubes]

My doubt growing

Spotted this when I walked past last night which seems to confirm it will be a Wahaca:

 

[CH1]

The bedrooms above look quite smart - you can see from the Victoria-bound platform of the station. I was going to volunteer to do photos - but on second thoughts..

 

[thatguyhex]

The shutters have finally come off Bradys. Shame it's been lost as a pub forever thanks to the 'co operative' council.

Yeah. Maybe we should get a plaque up that says "On this spot in 2012 [or whenever it was] Lambeth Council took the money and ran".

 

[CH1]

Here are some pics from the railway station platform.
Not ideal as a vantage point, but you can see the nicely cleaned up clock faces, work currently going on and also that the 1st floor now furnished, albeit sparsely, but in the best possible taste.

 

[editor]

Some more pics:

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/08/wahaca-brixton-set-to-open-up-in-atlantic-road-in-early-october/

 

[leanderman]

Here are some pics from the railway station platform.
Not ideal as a vantage point, but you can see the nicely cleaned up clock faces, work currently going on and also that the 1st floor now furnished, albeit sparsely, but in the best possible taste.
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Unconvinced I'd want a railway line all but running through my home

 

[Ms T]

Love that they're taking that god-awful paint off to reveal the original tiles underneath.

 

[jennyj]

For anyone with a spare £450k:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-47680943.html

 

[editor]

For anyone with a spare £450k:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-47680943.html

So depressing.

 

[leanderman]

For anyone with a spare £450k:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-47680943.html

Do you have to wind up the clock?

• Double Bedroom Incorporating Clock Tower Mechanism
• Exposed Clock Mechanism Features

 

[editor]

Do you have to wind up the clock?

• Double Bedroom Incorporating Clock Tower Mechanism
• Exposed Clock Mechanism Features

There's barely any "clock mechanism" there. It got stripped out years ago. I'd love to see the faces of the nu-residents when they feel a freight train thundering overhead.

And doesn't this look nice?

 

[Rushy]

There's barely any "clock mechanism" there. It got stripped out years ago. I'd love to see the faces of the nu-residents when they feel a freight train thundering overhead.

And doesn't this look nice?

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That stair in the photo is largely as it was, I think. I quite like it.

 

[Rushy]

Yep - I think this is probably the same stair back in 2011.