Pop Brixton (formerly Grow Brixton) Pope's Road development

[editor]

Jesus.

 

[wurlycurly]

Christ, you must have been really bored to even contemplate writing that essay late on a Friday night.

I do not particularly wish to engage in a phrase-by-phrase forensic examination of Nanker's post, but as you seem so willing to dissect mine in search of any possible grounds for an attack/ search for inconsistencies, I will have to do so to some degree- much to the joy of the entire forum, no doubt.




My observation that so seems to have angered and confused you is that there should be no understanding towards a blatantly prejudiced and racist unjustified attack on a person. There is absolutely no justification for it- end of. And going from there, there is also little justification for labelling anyone 'the enemy' simply because the way they look. And that includes people who happened to be inside Pop Brixton on the day of Nanker's visit.

It could of course be that the majority of people who Nanker observed were actually gentrifiers, and guilty of the ills affecting Brixton. But I'd be curious to know how he could have possibly known that just by looking at them.

If we are suggesting it is possible to identify 'enemies' of ordinary, decent Brixton residents simply by looking at them, I'd be interested to learn what their identifying characteristics might be. Is it the clothes they wear? Their drink of choice? Their accents? If one of those Pop patrons walked into The Albert on a Friday night, would they still clearly stick out as 'the enemy'?

I do not think a pair of abusive bullies deserve more empathy than a group of people whose only crime is, as far as I can tell from Nanker's narrative, have the wrong look about them- whichever look that might have been. If you believe that consists unfair criticism, fair enough. But it certainly has fuck all to do with Pop Brixton.

Step away from the internet now mate. You need a break.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

One day we'll look back on all this and laugh....

 

[elmpp]

i blame editor

 

[editor]

i blame editor

Take a month off. On me.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Oops

 

[SpamMisery]

I blame editor too

 

[T & P]

One day we'll look back on all this and laugh....

And see the enormous irony of it all as well, hopefully.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I wonder what form that might take.

 

[Gramsci]

At the LJ masterplan consultation on Saturday heard comments about Pop. The Council got funding from GLA to do a work based "Pop" at the Farm. "Learning from the mistakes of Pop" was one.

The sooner Pop finishes the better.

 

[trabuquera]

I've got a nasty feeling that whatever permanent structure replaces Pop will be no more devoted to the needs of the local community ... especially if it's to be set in a newly-spiffed-up chainstore-safe yup-approved Station Road. Believe it or not days may come when people look back on Pop as the lesser evil.

 

[editor]

I've got a nasty feeling that whatever permanent structure replaces Pop will be no more devoted to the needs of the local community ... especially if it's to be set in a newly-spiffed-up chainstore-safe yup-approved Station Road. Believe it or not days may come when people look back on Pop as the lesser evil.

Oh, I'm sure whatever follows will be at least as shit as Pop, but Pop will certainly have played its part in 'softening up' the area for something 'nice' to follow.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Pop is just the lube ahead of the buttfucking....

 

[editor]

Pop is just the lube ahead of the buttfucking....

And the rest of Station Road is smothered in the stuff too. Brixton's going to be fucking dull in a few years' time.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I quite like being fucked in the butt.....when I choose to be....

 

[pesh]

Pop is just the lube ahead of the buttfucking....

you have to pay for lube, Pop is basically spit.

 

[sealion]

I quite like being fucked in the butt.....when I choose to be....

Lambeth are good at shafting people maybe give them a call.(when you choose)

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Lambeth are good at shafting people maybe give them a call.(when you choose)

Not sure they are equipped with the care and attention required to get the sufficient amount of pleasure from the experience.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I blame editor too

That's because you're a moronic bandwagon-jumper.

 

[editor]

Flufftastic, extra-lite PR piece here. Peckham, you have been warned.

However, it’s not just about the food – this project exists to support the local community as well as feed it, and all traders must be prepared to give something back to Brixton and its surrounding areas. Pop also offers discounted rates to social enterprises and local start-ups needing to get their businesses off the ground, and houses events spaces, a farm (for plants, not animals) and the relatively new Pop Fields, where you can pitch-up on the Astroturf and watch big sports games and films on a big screen.

Melanie Brown from the New Zealand Cellar wine shop and bar agrees that Pop’s a great scheme to be part of: ‘It’s created a new enticing environment for locals, which has contributed to the positive growth happening in Brixton, and it’s also allowed many local businesses to flourish and created a network of like-minded individuals to collaborate and support each other.’

WILL PECKHAM LEVELS MATCH POP BRIXTON’S SUCCESS?

 

[editor]

Sooooooooooooo wacky! Totes quirkballs. It's like being at school again!

Sketchbooks Are Dead is a creative experience connecting people through sketchbooks, sketching, food, drink and putting all those elements into a beautifully curated space for people to explore. The event is almost like life drawing but better. Each individual will sit across someone and get the opportunity to draw and build a conversation with each other for a limited amount of time. Once the time is up you move on to start a new conversation and drawing. At the end of the night you will leave with a sketchbook full of interesting drawings of yourself and all the people you meet will leave with a drawing created by you in their book.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

'positive growth' is an interesting term.

'Each individual will shit across someone and get the opportunity to draw and build a conversation with each other for a limited amount of time'

Sounds delightful.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Pop Brixton funding company boss quits - Brixton Blog

 

[editor]

Great news burger fans! The other Side are bringing their "dirty done proper fried chicken" to Pop Brixton from Saturday 24th September.

HONEY SMOKED BUTTER: three words you'll be dreaming 'n' drooling over after visiting fried chicken kings, Other Side. Launching out of their converted British ambulance, Matt and Tommy are no novices when it comes to serving up their delicious buttermilk fried chicken.

"What Other Side have really nailed is the juiciness of the chicken without the usual greasiness" - Enough About Me
Earning their street-food stripes trading at Kerb, Brixton Beach Boulevard and Broadgate Market to name a few, it was about time these Brixton locals bought their fried chicken revolution to South London.

 

[editor]

Pop Brixton funding company boss quits - Brixton Blog

It's been a tough life for James.

James Scott, 24, the chief operating officer of The Collective, the development company that raised £1.5 million to help build Pop Brixton, has resigned “to go travelling”, according to the Property Week website.

As well as funding part of Pop Brixton, The Collective runs a 550-bedroom “co-living space” in Old Oak in West London and is working on a 30-storey tower in Stratford, East London.

It also has projects in Acton, Camden, Hyde Park, King’s Cross and Notting Hill offering “quality, modern and serviced apartments, studios and rooms for young professionals in some of London’s most iconic locations”.

 

[editor]

So I heard that a local band wanted to put on a show at Pop on a Saturday night. They were quoted £270 for a sound engineer, £50 PA hire with - bizarrely - more for each mic, plus other assorted costs. Yep. That sounds like a community minded venue. Not a rip off at all.

 

[Lucy Fur]

So I heard that a local band wanted to put on a show at Pop on a Saturday night. They were quoted £270 for a sound engineer, £50 PA hire with - bizarrely - more for each mic, plus other assorted costs. Yep. That sounds like a community minded venue. Not a rip off at all.

Thats a piss take. And really galling when you consider how many decent live venues in and around Brixton have closed or stopped doing music.

 

[editor]

Thats a piss take. And really galling when you consider how many decent live venues in and around Brixton have closed or stopped doing music.

Like the Canterbury upon which that pointless Pop Fields sports pub sits.

 

[CH1]

I see that Beautiful Christian Books has now taken the unit formerly known as Carl Turner's Pop Brixton Town Centre Regeneration Management Office in Station Road.

So where has the CTPBTCRMO moved to then?

 

[editor]

I see that Beautiful Christian Books has now taken the unit formerly known as Carl Turner's Pop Brixton Town Centre Regeneration Management Office in Station Road.

So where has the CTPBTCRMO moved to then?

Off to fuck up Peckham, I imagine.