Town Hall Square re-emerges
Lido? Launch pad? Penguin pool? Well, despite the ill-informed rumours to the contrary, it may just be the long awaited return of the green (it’s a bit late). We look forward to the planting and the lawn, and it looks
Continue ReadingCrouch End, the future takes shape
Crouch End Retail Survey December 2021 Last year the annual survey of the High Street had a definite sense of foreboding, but from the vantage point of December 2021 the pandemic seems, if anything, notable for the lack of visible
Continue ReadingBT demand prime advertising spot on the Town Hall Square
Image from the application, with kiosk replaced (phone boxes 3 & 4 just out of shot). Imagine things without the temporary hoardings. UPDATE JANUARY 2022: BT haven’t finished with us yet – they’ve gone to appeal. We’ll update further down
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 ReadingThe last days of Liveable Crouch End?
Pandemic transformations for Crouch End Streets New pavements? New cycle lanes? Empty buses – and how to reduce car-use? Was the Liveable Crouch End scheme right all along? And what were the final proposals? We don’t know, but see below
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End summer season – update May 2019
Liveable Crouch End – the scheme to improve local travel and the liveability of the neighbourhood – is gradually moving through the preparatory stages, and after a reasonably comprehensive effort to gauge local opinion Haringey have now published their initial consultation findings:
Continue ReadingA new Crouch End? – Liveable Neighbourhoods and new town squares. Part 2, proposals and new thinking
With new cycle routes, better road crossings, redirected main roads, and even a proposed new public square in the centre of town, TfL’s ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods Initiative’ is a big deal for Crouch End. To read Part 1, an introduction to
Continue ReadingA new Crouch End? – Liveable Neighbourhoods and new town squares. Part 1, get on your bike
This is not the first occasion a radical, exciting, contentious proposal for large scale changes to the layout of Crouch End has been proposed, but certainly the first for some time. The ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods’ project is the slightly tortured title
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