Hornsey Library, Library Square update
Rather surprisingly it is now four years since the £3m Hornsey Library restoration project completed and people were pleased to welcome the addition of a revamped and reinvigorated Library concourse to the restoration last year. The concourse and Square project
Continue ReadingCrouch End 2030 — emerging priorities, part two: topic group findings
Crouch End 2030 Workshop Part Two: Topic Group Findings See also part 1. Key take-aways 1. Social and Community There was universal support for measures that build upon existing feelings of belonging and neighbourliness in Crouch End. There was agreement
Continue ReadingCrouch End Character Appraisal: Culture
The area has a long association with the arts – a ‘creative village’ – though the evocation of a nonpareil artistic quarter is something of a conceit. Social capital relies instead upon memories of the mid-20th c. Bohemia of musicians,
Continue ReadingHornsey Library – official celebration
Official Celebration As locals will know, the £3m Hornsey Library restoration project completed during Covid and the building quietly reopened around a year ago. So we’re happy to report a grand opening is belatedly arranged, this – 23rd November 2021 from
Continue ReadingCrouch End conservation update
The current bloom of restoration work across Crouch End appears to be spreading: activity at our most important building, Hornsey Town Hall, is underway, the building now mummified in plastic; while the overhaul of Hornsey Central Library is due to
Continue ReadingHornsey Library Project go-ahead for 2019, submits planning
Haringey Library Services have been gradually making their way through the full complement of library improvements over the last few years (Wood Green and Marcus Garvey having already had makeovers) – and sure enough Crouch End is next on the
Continue ReadingHornsey Library re-designed, drop-in sessions
Haringey Library Services have announced three drop-in sessions to discuss the new look library with the design team: Wednesday 13th June, 430-630pm (today!) Thursday 14th June, 930-1130am Saturday 16th June, 9-11am Images of the new designs are currently on display
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