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Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
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Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
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I've just seen this, crikey Council hears plans for nearly 1000 new flats in HUGE new tower block
I see there is also a large block or two planned for Cherry Orchard Road and there has been talk of flats smaller than a taxi
I see there is also a large block or two planned for Cherry Orchard Road and there has been talk of flats smaller than a taxi
I've just seen this, crikey Council hears plans for nearly 1000 new flats in HUGE new tower block
I see there is also a large block or two planned for Cherry Orchard Road and there has been talk of flats smaller than a taxi
"Pod lifestyle" the developers would coin it.
I note that they are stripping and re-fitting the old Nestle tower for apartments. Good way to minimise embodied CO2 the developers might say. Too well-built to knock down on the cheap more like.
The Segas house part of the development is listed, not sure if nestle building is or not but George's walk obviously isn't as its been flattened at high street end pretty much
I've just seen this, crikey Council hears plans for nearly 1000 new flats in HUGE new tower block
I see there is also a large block or two planned for Cherry Orchard Road and there has been talk of flats smaller than a taxi
Planning permission doesn't mean building always.
Not sure this has moved past planning approval yet
Croydon set to host the UK's second tallest skyscraper
The site on the Cherry Orchard Road side of the bridge to nowhere is still empty as well.
Croydon is getting a new club called Phase
Possibly in the old strip club which I think was a club before? Or Rileys?
Possibly in the old strip club which I think was a club before? Or Rileys?
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...It was the blurst of times...
If it is that venue, then yes it was a strip club (Hustler?) which always felt completely out of place and before that it was LOOP, a pool club/bar/club - I dj'ed there quite a few times. Then before that, it was the Colliseum, which was a like a smaller Blue Orchid type place.
It's actually a pretty big space and could be a great venue. Loop hinted at something good but never quite made it.
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Maybe the daft fucking council lawyers could put some clauses in about reinstatement of roads after construction or obligations to actually build the overbridge. Sackable offence for a lawyer to miss basic shit, so I presume Croydon council bent over for the builders.
Was looking at a block of flats opened in 2005 by Tony Newman. Fucking disgrace, like most UK residential blocks, with cracked render falling off the walls, galvanised fittings not so galvanised and leakage appearing around windows. Can see the housing crises blow out into a generalised construction crisis with a generation of new builds being shit.
Was looking at a block of flats opened in 2005 by Tony Newman. Fucking disgrace, like most UK residential blocks, with cracked render falling off the walls, galvanised fittings not so galvanised and leakage appearing around windows. Can see the housing crises blow out into a generalised construction crisis with a generation of new builds being shit.
I remember loop. In fact may well have seen you play there bitd!
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Anyone else hear this this morning BBC Radio 5 live - Wake Up to Money, Small business on the big vote
Everyone was waxing very positively about Croydon, a slightly different Croydon to the one I see and read about.
What did others think?
One thing which stood out was a call for Croydon to be zone 3 in order to get cheaper fares. Wouldn't this just push up the cost of house prices?
Everyone was waxing very positively about Croydon, a slightly different Croydon to the one I see and read about.
What did others think?
One thing which stood out was a call for Croydon to be zone 3 in order to get cheaper fares. Wouldn't this just push up the cost of house prices?
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We have several tickets available for the Family Christmas Concert at St Johns church in South Norwood this evening as we can no longer go.
It features musicians from Cypress and Rockmount schools as well as the professional London Mozart Players.
Any reasonable offers accepted, since it is tonight at 7pm!
A Classic Christmas – London Mozart Players
It features musicians from Cypress and Rockmount schools as well as the professional London Mozart Players.
Any reasonable offers accepted, since it is tonight at 7pm!
A Classic Christmas – London Mozart Players
GarveyLives
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Almost exactly a week ago, the police were called at 9.18 p.m. on Sunday 15 December 2019 to Drake Road in Croydon to reports of an injured man. The officers who attended and found local man, 33-year-old Albert Amofa, with a stab wound to his leg.
He was taken by the London Ambulance Service to a west London hospital where he died on Tuesday 17 December 2019.
Detective Chief Inspector Mick Norman, from the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Crime Command, has indicated that they are keeping an open mind as to the motive but it that appears Mr Amofa was simply returning home to be with his family and may have been robbed during an attempt to rob him near his own home.
The Late Albert Amofa
Anyone with information is asked to call the incident room on 020 8721 4005 or via Twitter @MetCC, quoting Cad 7166/15Dec. To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
He was taken by the London Ambulance Service to a west London hospital where he died on Tuesday 17 December 2019.
Detective Chief Inspector Mick Norman, from the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Crime Command, has indicated that they are keeping an open mind as to the motive but it that appears Mr Amofa was simply returning home to be with his family and may have been robbed during an attempt to rob him near his own home.
The Late Albert Amofa
Anyone with information is asked to call the incident room on 020 8721 4005 or via Twitter @MetCC, quoting Cad 7166/15Dec. To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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This is 16 year-old Louis Johnson ...
... on Monday 27 January 2020, he was stabbed to death shortly after 4.30 p.m. at East Croydon station on his way home to his mother in South Norwood.
Friends said the teenager, who was wearing a tag at the time he was killed, had once been 'badly behaved' but was getting his life back on track.
Earlier on the day of his killing, Louis had been attacked at 11.00 a.m. A 16-year-old friend, who gave her name as Ashanti from Catford, said Louis had told her of the first attack, adding: 'We know he was scared for his life and he knew he was going to lose his life.'
The second, fatal, attack followed a youth offending team meeting in Battersea, where staff offered him a £50 Tesco voucher if he was home with his mother by 6.00 p.m.
He was supposed to take a taxi but decided to get the train home.
He reached East Croydon station at around 4.30pm and was ambushed while crossing a footbridge connecting two platforms.
A 16-year-old boy has now been arrested in Balham by detectives investigating the fatal stabbing.
Anyone with information should contact British Transport Police via text on 61016 or by calling 0800 405 040 and quoting reference 395 of 27/01/2020. Crimestoppers can also be called anonymously on 0800 555 111.
... on Monday 27 January 2020, he was stabbed to death shortly after 4.30 p.m. at East Croydon station on his way home to his mother in South Norwood.
Friends said the teenager, who was wearing a tag at the time he was killed, had once been 'badly behaved' but was getting his life back on track.
Earlier on the day of his killing, Louis had been attacked at 11.00 a.m. A 16-year-old friend, who gave her name as Ashanti from Catford, said Louis had told her of the first attack, adding: 'We know he was scared for his life and he knew he was going to lose his life.'
The second, fatal, attack followed a youth offending team meeting in Battersea, where staff offered him a £50 Tesco voucher if he was home with his mother by 6.00 p.m.
He was supposed to take a taxi but decided to get the train home.
He reached East Croydon station at around 4.30pm and was ambushed while crossing a footbridge connecting two platforms.
A 16-year-old boy has now been arrested in Balham by detectives investigating the fatal stabbing.
Anyone with information should contact British Transport Police via text on 61016 or by calling 0800 405 040 and quoting reference 395 of 27/01/2020. Crimestoppers can also be called anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Oh dear; will it even happen, especially given current climate of shop closures everywhere?
Croydon Westfield shopping centre plan delayed by 'review'
Backers of the £1.4bn Croydon Westfield centre project say the scheme is being reviewed.
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no.Oh dear; will it even happen, especially given current climate of shop closures everywhere?
Croydon Westfield shopping centre plan delayed by 'review'
Backers of the £1.4bn Croydon Westfield centre project say the scheme is being reviewed.www.bbc.co.uk
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I'm not sure why Westfield was supposed to bring so much success when Centrale and whitgift cant fill their sites. Maybe whitgift won't allow as it is decanting? But Centrale has pretty much two whole floors and a food court empty.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Quite simply, the developer's parent company, (URW), has finally publicly acknowledged what was obvious 4 years ago...that with the proposed mix of retail and residential development they won't make the return envisaged. The only chance of 'redevelopment' will be a radically rejigged plan with far more residential...to go with all the other mega-flats going up.
Wait-field: now Labour council leader Newman calls it a ‘mess’
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Bah, I would go and take the daughter of I didn't have band practice.
I went there to make a TV show about London airports back around the time the new Heathrow tower was being built. Amazingly Heathrow at the time (and most airports around the world) still used the wooden blocks and paper system that you see at Croydon airport museum for organising take offs and landing. It's computerised now, but still only a virtual version of the wooden blocks. Take a look if you go.
The main celebration open day is the end of March, my mum was on about taking my son to it as he is a transport nut.
www.historiccroydonairport.org.uk
What’s On – Historic Croydon Airport Trust
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Westfields are shite anyway. They're full of overpriced trendy clothes and makeup shops but rarely actually actually useful.
If I'm in Shepherds bush I get more use out of the W12 centre opposite Westfield which has a poundland, Vue cinema, Lidl, Spoons, Bargain buys, and Argos. The only thing I even use Westfield for is the Apple Store.
If I'm in Shepherds bush I get more use out of the W12 centre opposite Westfield which has a poundland, Vue cinema, Lidl, Spoons, Bargain buys, and Argos. The only thing I even use Westfield for is the Apple Store.
Meant to post about this last week but I went on a walking tour of Croydon last week organised as part of the public engagement for the new Fair Field/College Green (delete according to preference) site.
Was led by John Grindrod, a Croydon born social historian (I guess you'd call him) and author of two excellent books that feature Croydon, Concretopia and Outskirts.
Was a potted history of the various post war architectural gems in Croydon and was great.
My favourite factoid was that Corinthian House has no right angles and the mosaics on the floor outside Voyager House.
John is a really nice guy as well. Very engaging and friendly.
Can only get one pic to upload for some reason..
Was led by John Grindrod, a Croydon born social historian (I guess you'd call him) and author of two excellent books that feature Croydon, Concretopia and Outskirts.
Was a potted history of the various post war architectural gems in Croydon and was great.
My favourite factoid was that Corinthian House has no right angles and the mosaics on the floor outside Voyager House.
John is a really nice guy as well. Very engaging and friendly.
Can only get one pic to upload for some reason..
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