Brixton news, rumour and general chat - January 2015

[FridgeMagnet]

Amazingly this one was started by me. Happynooyear and all that sort of thing. And anyway yes same deal as the other ones really, so enjoy....

 

[leanderman]

Well played. HNY!

 

[shygirl]

Happy new year urbanites! It's been a shit year for me and mine, it can only get better!!!!

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I'm a bit freaked out that FridgeMagnet started this thread but shygirl i've met so that assuages the fear, i'm back as well.

Last year was brutal for me and i apologise to those that caught in the crossfire, even when i shoot from the hip i sometimes hit the wrong target.

I wish you all an interesting & peaceful one.

( all my "w" are faded.)

 

[Miss-Shelf]

DEXTER!!!!!!!!!!!! so glad to see you here. Last year you really brightened my new years evening on here. I've been thinking about you this evening and wondering how you are

wish you a much better 2015

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

DEXTER!!!!!!!!!!!! so glad to see you here. Last year you really brightened my new years evening on here. I've been thinking about you this evening and wondering how you are

wish you a much better 2015

Thank you.
I will go naked again but only when i'm tanned and toned and i am out of shape at the moment but i'm working on it already.

I know that many saw me as a role model, almost a porn star of a new form of socialism that they could disagree with but swallow; i truly believed that as well, i still do .

But now, i'm more sophisticated. I know i'm a walking , talking, social time bomb and my fuse was short. it will be fine. tomorrow i will review things and take them all off ignore.

 

[Mr Retro]

My mum and dad visited recently after about 10 years, so I took them around Brixton to see what they thought now. Dad who has that Irish way with words summed it up thusly: "the place is fucken packed and I've never seen so many restaurants with so many fuckers eating in them".

 

[Smick]

My mum and dad visited recently after about 10 years, so I took them around Brixton to see what they thought now. Dad who has that Irish way with words summed it up thusly: "the place is fucken packed and I've never seen so many restaurants with so many fuckers eating in them".

He may have a point, but a very profane one

Which part of Ireland is he from to speak like that?

.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Brixton is so last year.

 

[Mr Retro]

He may have a point, but a very profane one

Which part of Ireland is he from to speak like that?

Cork.

 

[Smick]

Cork.

Class.

 

[leanderman]

Astonished by the scale and speed of the Oval Quarter project (hadn't been up there for 18 months or so).

 

[ash]

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Astonished by the scale and speed of the Oval Quarter project (hadn't been up there for 18 months or so).

I agree it's like a development in Spain 10 years ago without the swimming pools, so many identikit new flats. I popped into the sales office last time I was there and they are only selling off plan for blocks that haven't even been started yet !!

 

[leanderman]

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I agree it's like a development in Spain 10 years ago without the swimming pools, so many identikit new flats. I popped into the sales office last time I was there and they are only selling off plan for blocks that haven't even been started yet !!

I wonder whether 84 per cent have been sold to private landlords - as has happened to 2.1million of the 2.5million homes built between 2000 and 2012.

 

[Manter]

There was a police car and do not cross tape round the pavement in front of the Queen's Head this afternoon when I came back- wonder what they've done this time....

 

[editor]

Some pics from the Prince Albert NYE party which was bloody fantastic.

More here: http://www.urban75.org/offline/new-years-eve-brixton-2014-2015.html

 

[editor]

And this guy truly delivered in the dressing up for NY stakes:

 

[editor]

The Dogstar turned their main room into a video game arcade!

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/01/...ears-eve-party-came-with-a-video-game-arcade/

 

[editor]

Good to see The Cambria busy last night for the folk night (photo feature to follow!).

 

[editor]

Not exactly a looker this new build by JAMM on Brixton Road is it?

 

[cuppa tee]

Not exactly a looker this new build by JAMM on Brixton Road is it?

This building has a dubious planning history, it looks nothing like the original plans said it would
last time i looked the developers were going for retrospective planning permission with a few alterations like window boxes to improve it's look, as for the retail units on the ground floor I swear someone was watching telly in there with those attractive plywood doors open one day last summer

http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/onli...o?activeTab=relatedCases&keyVal=KWWND5BO0FC01

You can just see the new Lexadon project going up next to it as well.......
http://www.lexadon.co.uk/projects/247-brixton-road

 

[SpamMisery]

I prefer it to the block to the left. Just needs the ground floor sorting

 

[editor]

I prefer it to the block to the left. Just needs the ground floor sorting

I wouldn't hold your breath on that one.

 

[leanderman]

I prefer it to the block to the left. Just needs the ground floor sorting

True. Seen worse.

 

[editor]

I took a jaunt around Brixton last night: Brixton – photos from five bars on the first Friday of 2015

 

[Gramsci]

I prefer it to the block to the left. Just needs the ground floor sorting

Its a lot worse than the block to the left.

I cycle by it on a regular basis. Its a revolting building. Looks like something that’s just been put up with no thought to design.

On reading planning officer decision on link put up by cuppa tee this is exactly what happened.

Applicant is also, as per usual with these types, arguing that its to onerous to have affordable housing as part of development.

Reasons for Refusal

The development as built, which constitues a departure from the approved plans, incorporates inappropriate and poor quality design and detailing in relation, but not restricted, to; fenestration, front elevation treatment, the form, size and siting of dormer windows and shopfront design. This
results in a visually dominant and incongruous form of development that would fail to preserve and enhance the character and appearance of the Brixton Road Conservation Area and the character and appearance of the surrounding area in general, contrary to policy S9 of the Core Strategy
(2011) and policies 31, 33, 36, 38, 39 and 47 of the UDP (2007)

 

[boohoo]

I prefer it to the block to the left. Just needs the ground floor sorting

Really? Trust me - that building is an eyesore and it has been there for a while. Considering the building directly next to Jamm is a new build but sympathetically created in keeping with the large Victorian houses next to it, there is no excuse for incredibly lame ugly design - I could do a better job!!!

 

[CH1]

Not exactly a looker this new build by JAMM on Brixton Road is it?View attachment 65901

This building is not to plan. It is built too close to the building behind (which the council were unable to remedy apparently) and the parapets at the side are supposed to be removed.

2050 maybe if enforcement operate at their normal pace.

 

[Mr Retro]

Had a drink for the first time in Effra Social this evening. Don't know if I like the bad-rural-rugby/GAA-club-dining-hall-put-together-on-local-fund-raisers-chic thing they have going.

However it was certainly a welcome reminder of those days of under-11 sporting innocence. Especially with the freezing lack of heating. I was half expecting some limping half-pissed kitman to hand me an unwashed jersey and warn me not to take any shit from their 14 year old half back, assuring me they would be "reported to the board" for fielding overaged players.

 

[SpamMisery]

Really? Trust me - that building is an eyesore and it has been there for a while.

Yeah, I prefer it to the one on the left. Chuck a nice cheese and champagne shop in the empty units and it'd be lovely.