Say hello to Barratt Homes' 'Brixton Square' on Coldharbour Lane (old Cooltan site)

[CH1]

They taken down some of the fencing so i no longer have to peek behind it. It's just boarded up store fronts, a pavement and playing space where I guessing hedges will go.

It doesn't look as bad as I expected. Maybe if the store fronts became occupied it might even look vibrant - in a Milton Keynes sort of way.

 

[thatguyhex]

When did Lego go that colour?

Futuristic bits for Lego Technic sets, like aerials for spacecraft.

 

[Crispy]

When did Lego go that colour?

Transparent neon green was introduced in the M-Tron range of spaceships, 23 years ago.

I had these ones IIRC: http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6923_Particle_Ionizer, http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6877_Vector_Detector, http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6811_Pulsar_Charger

 

[Rushy]

Futuristic bits for Lego Technic sets, like aerials for spacecraft.

Transparent neon green was introduced in the M-Tron range of spaceships, 23 years ago.

I had these ones IIRC: http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6923_Particle_Ionizer, http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6877_Vector_Detector, http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6811_Pulsar_Charger

Pah! A mere newcommer.
My last lego set was second hand more than 30yrs ago

 

[teuchter]

For the benefit of the gated-community-alarmists, here are pictures of the two gated entrances to the ourtyard at the back of the legoland building (one is onto Coldharbour Lane, one onto the side street.


(The sign says "PRIVATE PROPERTY 24HRS A DAY & DAYS A WEEK" or similar)

I look forward to reading inventive justifications for how this is "different" to the Barratts one.

 

[leanderman]

For the benefit of the gated-community-alarmists, here are pictures of the two gated entrances to the ourtyard at the back of the legoland building (one is onto Coldharbour Lane, one onto the side street.
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(The sign says "PRIVATE PROPERTY 24HRS A DAY & DAYS A WEEK" or similar)

I look forward to reading inventive justifications for how this is "different" to the Barratts one.

This is shared ownership or social housing right?

 

[teuchter]

This is shared ownership or social housing right?

According CH1's post a couple of pages back, it's a mixture of both. It's a shared ownership/social housing gated community.

 

[leanderman]

According CH1's post a couple of pages back, it's a mixture of both. It's a shared ownership/social housing gated community.

Scoundrels

 

[SarfLondoner]

For the benefit of the gated-community-alarmists, here are pictures of the two gated entrances to the ourtyard at the back of the legoland building (one is onto Coldharbour Lane, one onto the side street.
View attachment 43430 View attachment 43431

(The sign says "PRIVATE PROPERTY 24HRS A DAY & DAYS A WEEK" or similar)

I look forward to reading inventive justifications for how this is "different" to the Barratts one.

Can you put up a picture of the front of the building and the entrance please.

 

[teuchter]

Can you put up a picture of the front of the building and the entrance please.

http://goo.gl/maps/wJFIh

 

[SarfLondoner]

The front entrance main glass door is on the main road and is not behind a huge gate.

 

[editor]

The front entrance main glass door is on the main road and is not behind a huge gate.

So it's...



vs

 

[tommers]

Somebody should Photoshop that image. Put arbeit macht frei above it or something. Or the all seeing eye of mordor.

I think I might start sculpting it out of mashed potato like Richard Dreyfus in close encounters. I'm starting to see it when I close my eyes.

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

They taken down some of the fencing so i no longer have to peek behind it. It's just boarded up store fronts, a pavement and playing space where I guessing hedges will go.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha how bloody weird is that, Loulou is my next door neighbour, I've got a bad back humping all her stuff from the lift to her apartment, may try and sort out some sort of compensation claim.

 

[teuchter]

The front entrance main glass door is on the main road and is not behind a huge gate.

Yes, I am aware of this.

 

[editor]

Yes, I am aware of this.

So what is your point? Has anyone complained about the rear entrances of buildings having gates attached?

 

[editor]

I think I might start sculpting it out of mashed potato like Richard Dreyfus in close encounters. I'm starting to see it when I close my eyes.

I'll have to take a new photo just to keep you enthralled. You'll love it even more.

 

[Manter]

is it held closed by string??

 

[teuchter]

So what is your point? Has anyone complained about the rear entrances of buildings having gates attached?

People have complained about big metal gates facing onto the street. Both BS and the legoland one have this. The legoland has one onto CHL and one onto the side street, as well as glass door entrances. Would the BS gate and private courtyard be ok if there was also a glass door communal entrance facing onto the street? What would be the logic of having one (which could only serve the street-facing blocks, on a courtyard development where blocks are most efficiently and conveniently accessed from the courtyard side, and where there will be individual ground floor unit entrances along the length of the CHL elevation?

 

[editor]

is it held closed by string??

They've beefed it up a bit and added name plates to stop thin people slipping inbetween the gaps in the railings.

 

[editor]

People have complained about big metal gates facing onto the street. Both BS and the legoland one have this. The legoland has one onto CHL and one onto the side street, as well as glass door entrances. Would the BS gate and private courtyard be ok if there was also a glass door communal entrance facing onto the street? What would be the logic of having one (which could only serve the street-facing blocks, on a courtyard development where blocks are most efficiently and conveniently accessed from the courtyard side, and where there will be individual ground floor unit entrances along the length of the CHL elevation?

Which main entrance do you find the most attractive?

 

[teuchter]

Which main entrance do you find the most attractive?

Answer my questions and then I'll answer yours.

 

[Gramsci]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha how bloody weird is that, Loulou is my next door neighbour, I've got a bad back humping all her stuff from the lift to her apartment, may try and sort out some sort of compensation claim.

What is under the curved roofs at back of BS?

 

[Manter]

They've beefed it up a bit and added name plates to stop thin people slipping inbetween the gaps in the railings.

Afraid of skinny street urchins? Have they read too much Dickens?

 

[Strangerdanger]

What is under the curved roofs at back of BS?

They are the top floor flats which have a curved vaulted ceiling.

 

[Strangerdanger]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha how bloody weird is that, Loulou is my next door neighbour, I've got a bad back humping all her stuff from the lift to her apartment, may try and sort out some sort of compensation claim.

Blimey, feeling a bit left out now.

 

[SarfLondoner]

The gates at "legoland" look like they are there to stop the public from parking there, The others at bs. are part and parcel of a gated community.

 

[Strangerdanger]

Answer my questions and then I'll answer yours.

In my opinion the brick facade and metal gates are far more attractive (and timeless) than the white and neon, but to each his own. The world would be terribly boring if we all had the same taste.

 

[Gramsci]

They are the top floor flats which have a curved vaulted ceiling.

They look big. I can see them from my place but not the street.

 

[Strangerdanger]

The gates at "legoland" look like they are there to stop the public from parking there, The others at bs. are part and parcel of a gated community.

One could argue the gates at BS are also to keep the public from parking in the courtyard.