You're right - double checked and my contact got it wrong!sorry bout that
nice pics here though:
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King's Cross Lighthouse to get revamp
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marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
What a load of fuss about a manky old lump of scrap. I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was a recycled helter-skelter. I come from Hounslow and was bought up above the family shop next to the building capped by the wonderous Neals Corner minaret, a proper pointless Victorian folly.
that's not a pointless folly, this is a pointless folly
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
That would be cool. When are they building it...? Do they have planning permission.
Btw, do you know when they knocking down that bell tower eye-sore thing in Kings X...? My Grand-Pe said was some kind of advert for the Oyster Bar downstairs but now it looks silly.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
This is from the Camden New Journal April 9th. According to the head of Camden Planning Committee the hunchback Armadillo roof is too French!
Artist’s impression of how the new Lighthouse building on Gray’s Inn Road in King’s Cross could look
‘Hunchback’ Lighthouse gets go-ahead
‘Extremely ugly’ stepped roof plans for iconic structure are criticised at meeting
A NEW look for the iconic Lighthouse building in King’s Cross could end up resembling a “hunchback armadillo”, a planning meeting was told.
Camden’s former planning chairman Councillor Brian Woodrow, who still sits on the development control committee, said on Thursday that an overhaul of the Victorian structure on Gray’s Inn Road would fit better in Paris, rather than central London.
The Lighthouse point looking out over King’s Cross station will stay where it is – but under the scheme a stepped roof will be constructed behind it.
Cllr Woodrow said: “My strong reservation is about the roof. I think it is like a hunchback armadillo, the way it staggers up. It is like a French building which might be appropriate in France, but not here.”
He asked for the council and applicants to be given more time to examine potential revisions. But the developers behind the project said they did not want to go back to the drawing board again and legal advisers warned the panel of councillors that a decision had to be made on the night.
Lib Dem councillor Flick Rea told the committee’s advisers: “Are you saying that all the years I’ve been doing something illegal? Come on, of course we can do this. You can’t bully the committee into saying this is it or it’s nothing.”
She said the back of the design was “extremely ugly” but added that she was “happy to see it preserved”.
Planning officials said possible revisions to the roof had already been discussed and were not considered a way forward. Five councillors voted in favour of the scheme. Two abstained from the decision.
Architects insist their plan is the only way the popular but dilapidated building, which has been empty for two decades, will be saved. The power room will be located at the back of the building because the underground tracks close to the surface prevent digging out a
bigger basement.
David Whittington, from the London Planning Practice, said: “At the present time, the building is an eyesore and casts a negative presence over the King’s Cross. These proposals represent the only deliverable proposals for the site to have emerged in the past 20 years.”
He said the only way to make the refurbishment economically viable was to provide space for shops and offices.
The council’s planning department was criticised for not taking more notice of the King’s Cross Conservation Area Advisory Committee, which claims it was not properly consulted over the changes and was only made aware of the application at the last moment.
Ernest James, the committee’s chairman, said: “We weren’t able to comment at the proper time because we weren’t consulted. Elephantine is one of the kindest remarks that have been said about the roof.”
But Lib Dem councillor Russell Eagling said: “This is a fantastic way of saving a very important building.”
Artist’s impression of how the new Lighthouse building on Gray’s Inn Road in King’s Cross could look
‘Hunchback’ Lighthouse gets go-ahead
‘Extremely ugly’ stepped roof plans for iconic structure are criticised at meeting
A NEW look for the iconic Lighthouse building in King’s Cross could end up resembling a “hunchback armadillo”, a planning meeting was told.
Camden’s former planning chairman Councillor Brian Woodrow, who still sits on the development control committee, said on Thursday that an overhaul of the Victorian structure on Gray’s Inn Road would fit better in Paris, rather than central London.
The Lighthouse point looking out over King’s Cross station will stay where it is – but under the scheme a stepped roof will be constructed behind it.
Cllr Woodrow said: “My strong reservation is about the roof. I think it is like a hunchback armadillo, the way it staggers up. It is like a French building which might be appropriate in France, but not here.”
He asked for the council and applicants to be given more time to examine potential revisions. But the developers behind the project said they did not want to go back to the drawing board again and legal advisers warned the panel of councillors that a decision had to be made on the night.
Lib Dem councillor Flick Rea told the committee’s advisers: “Are you saying that all the years I’ve been doing something illegal? Come on, of course we can do this. You can’t bully the committee into saying this is it or it’s nothing.”
She said the back of the design was “extremely ugly” but added that she was “happy to see it preserved”.
Planning officials said possible revisions to the roof had already been discussed and were not considered a way forward. Five councillors voted in favour of the scheme. Two abstained from the decision.
Architects insist their plan is the only way the popular but dilapidated building, which has been empty for two decades, will be saved. The power room will be located at the back of the building because the underground tracks close to the surface prevent digging out a
bigger basement.
David Whittington, from the London Planning Practice, said: “At the present time, the building is an eyesore and casts a negative presence over the King’s Cross. These proposals represent the only deliverable proposals for the site to have emerged in the past 20 years.”
He said the only way to make the refurbishment economically viable was to provide space for shops and offices.
The council’s planning department was criticised for not taking more notice of the King’s Cross Conservation Area Advisory Committee, which claims it was not properly consulted over the changes and was only made aware of the application at the last moment.
Ernest James, the committee’s chairman, said: “We weren’t able to comment at the proper time because we weren’t consulted. Elephantine is one of the kindest remarks that have been said about the roof.”
But Lib Dem councillor Russell Eagling said: “This is a fantastic way of saving a very important building.”
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
What the fuck is a french building?
Still it will make those coming off Eurostar feel at home.
I hope it doesn't smell of garlic.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
Slightly unusual view of the lighthouse. Can't quite work out where its taken from.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Right here I reckon:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...1.529949,-0.121733&spn=0.000305,0.000617&z=21
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...1.529949,-0.121733&spn=0.000305,0.000617&z=21
toblerone3
Grrrrr
Still trying to work out how you figured that out Crispy. That building is a hostel which had a bad reputation in the past.
autumnphyre
New Member
Hey,
Read through everything here and have been trying to find out about this perculiar structure for some time.
Has anyone contacted the estate agents/surveyors DE & J Levy who have their boards stuck all over the building? They might have some records of it's previous uses (whether they are allowed to disclose that kind of information is another matter) or they may know a previous tenant who can shed light on it's history.
Alternatively there are usually records/blue prints/journals/accounts kept in libraries, there's a honking great big one just down the road from the building that keeps those kind of files I think? Anyone checked there?
Just a couple of suggestions, if anyone finds out anything more please let me know I would love to find out.
Would love to go in there before they rebuild it too .......
Read through everything here and have been trying to find out about this perculiar structure for some time.
Has anyone contacted the estate agents/surveyors DE & J Levy who have their boards stuck all over the building? They might have some records of it's previous uses (whether they are allowed to disclose that kind of information is another matter) or they may know a previous tenant who can shed light on it's history.
Alternatively there are usually records/blue prints/journals/accounts kept in libraries, there's a honking great big one just down the road from the building that keeps those kind of files I think? Anyone checked there?
Just a couple of suggestions, if anyone finds out anything more please let me know I would love to find out.
Would love to go in there before they rebuild it too .......
editor
hiraethified
editor
hiraethified
So, two years on and the place is still rotting away. The tower is in a terrible estate now.
New photo feature: http://www.urban75.org/blog/kings-cross-lighthouse-continues-to-rot-away/
New photo feature: http://www.urban75.org/blog/kings-cross-lighthouse-continues-to-rot-away/
Oswaldtwistle
Banned
Amazed there are no takers for shops in such a prime location near Kings Cross. Has the building been squatted or is it still secured?
editor
hiraethified
It was briefly squatted about seven years ago, but as far as I know it's been lying empty ever since.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Can you imagine the pollution levels on that corner.
It's crazy what the car was allowed to do to this city.
It's crazy what the car was allowed to do to this city.
editor
hiraethified
Amen to that.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I thought all those shops were boarded up atm , awaiting redevelopment of the block.
Oswaldtwistle
Banned
Sure, but there is a sign up saying 'all enquiries' and giving a phone number.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
Interesting Urban Exploration of the Lighthouse building with some great rooftop photos
http://www.guerrillaexploring.com/g...house-building&catid=8:accommodation&Itemid=3
http://www.guerrillaexploring.com/g...house-building&catid=8:accommodation&Itemid=3
toblerone3
Grrrrr
davesgcr
Reading books
Crossing the roads around there as a pedestrain is an absolute nightmare - massively unpleasant and dangerous.
The area has definately improved though from an "ambience" point of view - I sed to avoid the street walk to the mercifully closed old KX Thameslink station , as it was well dodgy after about 7pm of an evening (and not much better in the daytime) - the cashpoint around there had the worst BTP reported crime rates in London , and apparently there were folk selling all kinds of things including "user" parnaphanelia. Back in the day.
The area has definately improved though from an "ambience" point of view - I sed to avoid the street walk to the mercifully closed old KX Thameslink station , as it was well dodgy after about 7pm of an evening (and not much better in the daytime) - the cashpoint around there had the worst BTP reported crime rates in London , and apparently there were folk selling all kinds of things including "user" parnaphanelia. Back in the day.
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