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"...characterless residential zone..."
This seems to be the way new housing is going. At ground level around many of these developments there is nothing apart from barriers and entrances to underground parking. Walking past these places is like walking through a ghost town, a complete lack of life.
Tetramesh | Homepage | 05.07.14 - 9:14 a.m. | #
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The trouble is affordable housing usually means a quarter of a million. (£250000 looks less scary). That's certainly not affordable to me!
Richard | Homepage | 05.07.14 - 9:20 a.m. | #
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Where precisely is this particular development? Not living anywhere near the area, I only follow the much taller structures.
BruceTenmile | 05.07.14 - 9:22 a.m. | #
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Very sad. Can't really blame the architects, even though on one interpretation they are letting down their calling. But they doubtless know perfectly well that if they propose something different, those who hold the money will just say "no thanks".
I blame capitalism. But there again, the non-capitalist world is not really known for wonderful architecture either!
Malcolm | 05.07.14 - 9:26 a.m. | #
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The reason they don't like to build affordable housing is that they don't get as much profit from them.
Daniel | 05.07.14 - 10:17 a.m. | #
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^Well you say that, but if they didn't include 'affordable housing' then they'd not get the chance of any profit at all.
BruceTenmile | 05.07.14 - 10:42 a.m. | #
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"Public consultation event"? Hah!
Like you said, under publicised event so that they could tick the relevant box on their planning application.
Why is most modern architecture so dull?
Bronchitikat | 05.07.14 - 11:12 a.m. | #
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The tactic I have noted locally is that PDFs of display boards are put online only after the consultation event has ended, preventing the public to attend prepared.
Dave | 05.07.14 - 12:07 p.m. | #
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From the tiny photo, I'd say that this is the Marshgate Business Centre, as mentioned in the comments of Thursday's post.
martin | 05.07.14 - 12:49 p.m. | #
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More flats and more high rise? Absolute crap is what you should have told them DG.
East London needed regenerating but I'm afraid the planners and authorities have missed a golden opportunity to do it properly.
East London was always a bit of a slum and now it's being turned into a high rise shoe box slum!
Agent Z | 05.07.14 - 1:44 p.m. | #
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I attended the event and told them basically what DG didn't say - to the architect's face unknowingly.. until she revealed who she was. She did seem to take on board some of my suggestions - ie to make the terrace houses look more industrial with the jagged roofs. I also told her about the various industries that once existed here and that it would be nice to pay some homage to it. We will see.
PML | 05.07.14 - 3:15 p.m. | #
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The developer will gloss over any criticism when describing the community engagement in their planning application. Much more effective is to object to the planning application as your comments will certainly be read by the planners and possibly reported to the Planning Committee who make the ultimate decision.
ganching | Homepage | 05.07.14 - 6:40 p.m. | #
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Aren't towpaths publicly owned, how are they allowed to take the land?
Tina Lewis | 05.07.14 - 7:02 p.m. | #
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The developers describe the new waterside route as a 'towpath', although the current reality is private industrial.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 05.07.14 - 7:24 p.m. | #
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@ Tina - no, towpaths are not generally publicly owned or public rights of way.
Paul | 05.07.14 - 9:58 p.m. | #
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The Thames towpath is a public footpath, but canal towpaths are owned by the canal owner, usually the British waterways Board or whatever it's called now
timbo | 06.07.14 - 12:13 a.m. | #
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Ah yes:
"The plans were on display...in the cellar...in the dark...in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet, stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying, 'Beware of the Leopard'"
Ian | 06.07.14 - 4:02 a.m. | #
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All the various waterways south of the Olympic site really ought to have a towpath on at least one side. These would provide human and nature corridors for walkers and bicyclists (and foxes, and hedgehogs!). There's way too many that are either still shut or are dead ends or are impassable because they're industrial. So it's very sad to see paths removed rather than opened up.
Julian Bond | Homepage | 06.07.14 - 8:39 a.m. | #
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