leanderman
Street Party: July 2
It's lucky we already have a Tube station, otherwise a proposal to build one would meet similar disapproval!
Hefty Premier Inn hotel coming to central Brixton
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spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
the thread title always makes me think of this, from Hairspray:
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
It was a gay pub long long before the 80s. It was gay-friendly because of the theatrical tradition in Brixton and so many people living in Brixton worked in theatres, either back stage, front of house or on the boards themselves. Gays were a large part of theatre life, and still are.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
By the fellow residents in your sheltered accommodation, perhaps?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Weird, isn't it?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I share your general scepticism about chains... But chiming with an earlier post, I'd say (unlike Pubs, Restaurants etc) independents in the London Hotel trade don't have the same allure. In fact, alot of them are well dodge. On balance, in this category, I'd take the chain. It's not like we'd have Malmaison as an alternative option.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
...and don't forget the disabled access. It's something hotel chains do well.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Sadly, because Malmaison are pretty good as a boutique hotel chain.
Anyway, somewhere clean and safe to stay would be a positive addition to Brixton. The area really needs a hotel, I think.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
I suppose the good thing about it being a chain is it's probably not going to end up as a temp accommodation hostel or going a bit seedy.
There is a holiday inn or travelodge, whatevs at Colliers Wood which I guess has school trip groups and other tourists staying there. I could see it being useful as handy for getting to the West End etc without having zone 1 room rates. Whether that would be seen as a positive from the locals' pov I wouldn't dare guess.
There is a holiday inn or travelodge, whatevs at Colliers Wood which I guess has school trip groups and other tourists staying there. I could see it being useful as handy for getting to the West End etc without having zone 1 room rates. Whether that would be seen as a positive from the locals' pov I wouldn't dare guess.
I'd see it as a positive and so might a lot of others, given that a lot of people in the area haven't got anywhere (except the living room, if lucky) for visitors to spend the night.
I've just checked the Malmaison site and guess what? No details at all of disabled access. And no option on the website to request it when booking a room. Again.
A bit short sighted of them because (shock, horror, and amazement) even disabled people sometimes want a dirty (or clean, for that matter) weekend.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
"vibrant"
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
I've never forgiven them for installing bus-stops, tbf.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Are tourist apartment rentals driving up prices in Brixton?
How do you feel about cab ranks?
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
as long as the horses are well fed, i'm grudgingly neutral.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I don't know, but I'm sure someone could try and argue that having more tourists around could drive up the prices of some things for locals. That seems to be what certain people in Berlin think.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/09/berliners-angry-over-tourists
That's mostly because of irresponsibly managed holiday apartments though, not hotels and hostels!
Carbon neutral?
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Brixton square might end up as holiday lets.
I've read the blurb. I want to go on holiday there.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
In what way irresponsibly managed?
Among other things, not managing the almost inevitable problems you'd get if a couple of flats in a residential block are continually rented out for a few nights at a time to (for example) stag night groups - noise at very unsociable hours.
Also, if you're sharing a flat with a few friends for just a few nights, you don't often notice or complain that repairs or structural improvements need doing, while long term tenants would be more likely to complain about low water pressure, noisy pipes, or even request a rent reduction for a family sized flat on the 5th floor without a lift.
It doesn't help that rent in Berlin is very low (even now) compared to Paris or London, so holidaymakers are less likely to raise an eyebrow if a landlord decides to charge the top end of reasonable for renting an apartment. Again, not good news for local longterm tenants.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Brixton not adopting the Berlin approach then.
In the interests of honesty, I'd like to make clear that the situations are nowhere near equivalent, and the above is about speculators buyingapartments in blocks (the main form of housing in most of Germany) and then renting them out for as much per week as a German tenant, with a German tenant's rights, would pay per fortnight. In the case of this Holiday Inn, no local housing will be taken out of use, so the "approach" isn't necessary.
And if any poster thinks that I'm implying that teuchter was being dishonest, don't worry. Of course I was.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Of course they're not. Mr. straight-player is being disingenuous again.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Crap article. She's conflating different strands of tension that aren't the same thing at all under a "Berliners angry over tourists" banner. She also doesn't mention the major tension for many Berliners, which is the perceived "dumbing down" of Berlin from a cultural destination to somewhere to go for a stag weekend.
