Phone box blight – Haringey make a call
A common Crouch End grumble may be about to be resolved…. Haringey are running a consultation asking for comments on public phone kiosks. Particularly the filthy, urine-stained, anti-social, crime-ridden, drug-peddling examples. Your attention is therefore drawn to the four boxes
Continue ReadingFerme Park Road / Tottenham Lane re-design
People may be interested to learn that Haringey’s highways team are looking to resolve the long-standing issue of the unsafe junction at Ferme Park Road and Tottenham Lane (currently a mini-roundabout). The improvements are proposed in two stages and an
Continue ReadingHaringey’s Town Centres Creative Art Project reaches Crouch End
A scheme designed to deliver large scale artworks for town centres across the borough, the Creative Art Project, has now reached Crouch End and large painted murals amid the shops form the principal proposal. The scheme continues the earlier shutter gallery in
Continue ReadingAll roads lead to Haringey, *again*
High Time for the Crouch End Spring Streaterie Highway 2021 Revisited. We’re reminded not to let a good blog go gently. The following was originally published in May 2020. We didn’t think much has changed so you get to see
Continue ReadingHaringey act against office to residential conversions
CENF have submitted a letter of support for Haringey’s move to apply an ‘Article 4 Direction’, covering Crouch End town centre, designed to restrict permitted development rights which currently allow for the change of use from offices to residential without
Continue ReadingHaringey – Wake up and smell the café
Are you ready for summer? All roads lead to Haringey, part 3. The remit for Neighbourhood Forums calls for the representation not only of the interests of residents, but local businesses too, and we’re facing a difficult moment for a
Continue ReadingBicycling in healthy Hornsey
Designs for cycle routes seem to be appearing daily. TfL has identified its desires, and transport and cycling campaigners are in the slipstream. We wheeled out an overview on the impact for Crouch End previously, and engaged with some proposals
Continue ReadingAll roads lead to Haringey, part 2
Fasten the safety belts For Haringey announcement and update, June 2nd, see below. We posted a couple of weeks ago about Haringey’s role in re-starting the local economy and taking steps to improve travel and the pressure is building. Above
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End – suspended animation
Liveable Crouch End on hold Suspended, on hold, stunned and shuffled off. But fear not, no sooner than news emerges of the TfL cessation of all project spending commitments, than a raft of uncannily similar measures rises again. So, closed
Continue ReadingTour de Crouch End
More Covid transport news Tfl are pedalling furiously to stay ahead of the emergency, despite most of the staff being on furlough. On Friday, new guidance intended for Borough engineers landed – with much to say about cycling and walking
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