On Crouch End Broadway – Questions for the Local Economy
Crouch End’s sense of place and local identity are highly associated with the town centre. It is the perception of its vitality and retail composition, its relationship with new forms of economic activity and employment, its cultural and creative capacity,
Continue ReadingA leaflet through your letterbox
We at CENF are launching our leaflet this month, coming to a letterbox near you. Look out for ’em! All eight and a half thousand. We’ll gradually get around to every house, apartment, mansion and hovel across Crouch End during
Continue ReadingJune was quite a month for the Neighbourhood Forum
David Winskill reports on the month. June was quite a month for the Neighbourhood Forum. We seem to have sent most of it in the Hornsey Town Square asking visitors to the excellent Crouch End Festival three big questions… Imagine
Continue ReadingCarry on Hornsey Town Hall – Alan Strickland writes to CENF
The end is in sight for the sale of Hornsey Town Hall, and Crouch End is now only a few weeks away from Haringey Council’s decision to approve a preferred developer – at least we hope that things are still
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall, so what’s happening?
Last week we blogged about a letter the Forum has sent to Haringey Council about Hornsey Town Hall and the disposal process. This week the square and the building are in use by the wonderful and hugely popular Crouch End
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall – a solution nears? Is Crouch End right to be wary?
Crouch End is a few short months away from the disposal of the Town Hall, the public square, the annexes and surrounding land to a private developer. Are the incorrigibly civic minded Neighbourhood Forum interested in the development? Do we
Continue ReadingRoad Safety comes to Crouch End
Many Crouch Enders noticed that there was a lot of traffic monitoring kit festooning the Broadway and other parts of Crouch End in the last few months. Transport and the design of roads in the town centre are going to
Continue ReadingTown Hall Square – an alternative to the sell off? A reply from Councillor Arthur
Is there an alternative to the sell-off of Crouch End’s village green? Well, it would appear not. Haringey’s disposal of the Town Hall site, including the whole of the public square, is now well advanced – developers are competing for
Continue ReadingWill Wood Green become a building site for twenty years? – A view from Crouch End
Haringey Council have set out plans for a wholesale transformation of Wood Green town centre, with landmarks such as the Civic Centre, the bus depot, the Library, and Shopping City all destined for the wrecking ball. A bold move? Or
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