Crouch 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 Town Hall revisited, Jan 2020
With the build now under way, news reports have gone a tad quiet on the Town Hall and perhaps people have also lost track of where things are at – so we thought a brief recap might be of use.
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall – contractors on site July
News reaches the Forum of Crouch End’s other grand project, Hornsey Town Hall, now moving (at long last) into the construction phase. (*all structural construction images courtesy Heyne Tillett Steel, planning apps) On Friday, developer FEC issued the first
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall back in planning, variations and amendments
The Hornsey Town Hall developers have, after a tad of a delay, submitted one or two revisions to their project to the Planning Dept. The Forum had a look, and, after a few people contacted us, made some comments. Our
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall arts centre e-survey – a last chance
As mentioned previously, the HTH Arts Centre people (Time+Space Co) and consultants, the Audience Agency, are conducting an e-survey about the future role of the Town Hall arts centre. The survey will close on January 7th, so now’s the time
Continue ReadingTown Hall project round-up, November 2018
We’ve heard a number of ‘what’s up?’ queries about the Hornsey Town Hall development in recent weeks, so we thought we’d post an update of things we know, or at least things we think we know. In brief, the £140m
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall Arts Centre gets in touch – launches consultation, audience survey
News from the new operators of Hornsey Town Hall. The arts operators, Time+Space Co, are set to launch a consultation to enable residents to have their say in how the Town Hall and Arts Centre will be used come 2020/2021. We
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall sold
With the final piece in place*, the ownership of Hornsey Town Hall and site will formally transfer to developers Far East Consortium (FEC) in the next few days, on a 130 year lease. After two decades of uncertainty and deterioration
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall Square – the view from Crouch End
One of the key concerns voiced at the Forum’s March AGM was the future of the Town Hall Square, – and with the whole Hornsey Town Hall kit and caboodle mere weeks away from a transfer of ownership from Haringey
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall – das Kultur Rathaus?
We enjoyed last week’s presentations by the newly appointed Town Hall operator, Piers Read of Time+Space Co. A vision for a wide reaching place of creative enterprise is emerging, though the detail has (mostly) to be determined. He has a
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