BT 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. STOP PRESS: The application for the advertising hub was refused consent by Haringey’s planners on July 14th. See
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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