Loughborough Junction chitter-chatter
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teuchter
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The banners are part of the watered-down remnants of the "public realm improvements" which initially included the road closure experiment, the one shouted down in a petrol-head campaign (a campaign given support by Brixton Buzz by the way) that succeeded in making Lambeth terminate the experiment before the results were even known. They bear designs created with local primary school kids I believe. I am not sure what the clocks mean; they are different on each banner I think. A puzzle that one day perhaps I will solve. I'll keep you updated
editor
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Maharani
Just like Heaven
Only a matter of time until the gentrifiers get their hands on LJ?
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
More on the Wyck gardens improvements. Btw the sign is wrong. The planning forum wasnt consulted. Council set up invite only steering group to agree this design. Looking at this improvement I feel its a wasted opportunity. It doesnt really do anything. There is no seating for example.Which I asked about.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Looking at this and I am underwhelmed. Is this the end result of all the months of consultation? It's not really different from before. Just tidying up what was there already would have been more cost effective.
And no seating whatsoever in the new Wyck gardens. It's hardly making it more welcoming space.
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Gramsci
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So the banners are one part of helping build the identity of LJ , reflecting the vibrant community and enhancing the quality of life in LJ.
According to Council. It's also how LJAG see it.
Not everyone is happy. Been hearing the new bridge paint job isn't universally liked.
According to Council. It's also how LJAG see it.
Not everyone is happy. Been hearing the new bridge paint job isn't universally liked.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Nothing is ever universally liked.
I think the bridge looks good.
Angellic
Well-Known Member
I was about to say the same thing.
ChrisSouth
Well-Known Member
Me too.
editor
hiraethified
What the fuck is a "vibrant community" and what characteristics separate it from a "non vibrant community?
editor
hiraethified
Even the one that makes no sense to anyone? You don't think the money could have been better spent?
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
I think the bridge looks good.
I think it its separate project to the public realm improvements.
Im just reporting other views Ive heard.
Generally I like the historical fact banners. I'm not sure I have seen that one that makes no sense, I think I counted 15 + banners one day on my way home before I gave up and went to the Junction for a pint.
editor
hiraethified
I sometimes like banners that add interest to the area but the one near me makes no sense at all so it seems a total waste of money.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
That's what LJAG say. I don't see it myself. The grassy bank next to Platform was well used when Brixton Hatter had cider events there.
As you have said previously this is the remnants of the LJAG road closure proposal. This design would have made more sense if it was part of larger scheme to connect the hated farm with the Platform.
But people on estate didn't want that. I would be more pro this design if seating had been built in. It hasn't. I have feeling this from objections from estate.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
It looks like it will have an extra doorway that will open onto a paved terrace area within the Wyck Gardens bit, instead of just opening onto the pavement of Rathgar Rd. I would imagine it will allow a greater range of uses (the paved area I assume can be made use of for outdoor stalls and the like) and give better accessibility. Yes the bank was in use at those cider events but to get up there you had to either climb up over the little wall or walk right around the back and across the grass. No big deal for most people but there are some for whom that's not necessarily easy.
But you can see that it also looks like a run of windows facing into Wyck Gardens have been uncovered. I don't know that building really (only time I've been in I think was at one of those cider days) so I don't know what those windows relate to inside, but perhaps it will give some more daylight to the interior?
Interesting you say people from estate objected to seating being built in. Why?
But you can see that it also looks like a run of windows facing into Wyck Gardens have been uncovered. I don't know that building really (only time I've been in I think was at one of those cider days) so I don't know what those windows relate to inside, but perhaps it will give some more daylight to the interior?
Interesting you say people from estate objected to seating being built in. Why?
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
When I moved into Loughborough Junction 24yrs ago, I'm sure it was public toilets.
Cold Harbour
Active Member
Interesting you say people from estate objected to seating being built in. Why?[/QUOTE]
I imagine the locals are concerned that seating will encourage antisocial behaviour, street drinking etc. I would sit there with a can if I had nowhere else to go.
I imagine the locals are concerned that seating will encourage antisocial behaviour, street drinking etc. I would sit there with a can if I had nowhere else to go.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Yeah it was toilets. If you look at the facade facing the railway, it's symmetrical. There's another entrance on the other end (now hidden by a lean-to).
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Either that or hipster latte drinking (the other end of the gentrification scale).
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Flat whites and cortados, surely?
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