Crouch End awaiting delivery – town centre retail survey December 2019
The survey is one of our ongoing exercises, this time detailing the end-December 2019 composition of the Crouch End contiguous shopping centre – that is to say all 301 retail units comprising some 40,000 square metres of floorspace (plus 27
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End, a timetable, an update, Jan 2020
The controversial Liveable Crouch End TfL-backed scheme is alive and kicking – and at an interesting stage in its gestation. In essence, if you have a good idea how to improve Crouch End for walkers and cyclists, now’s a good
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 ReadingCrouch End retail in the Doldrums? – January to May 2019
Retail Survey For the past few years, the Forum has conducted a retail survey looking at openings, closures and the balance of types of business in our well sized district centre. The most recent was in December 2018 with the
Continue ReadingRing Road shock for Crouch End*
Astonished Crouch Enders are reeling, faced with a radical, far-reaching – but hugely disruptive – ring road plan aiming to sever central Crouch End from through traffic. Bulldozing its way through surrounding streets, the proposal aims to deliver a town
Continue ReadingCrouch End reaches peak bean – Town centre retail survey December 2018
Back to one of our ongoing assessments, an annual retail survey of Crouch End town centre (see 2017 here, and 2016 here). Topical too, as few weeks go by without a newspaper article proclaiming the death of the High Street.
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End initiative – drop-in sessions, e-survey, January 2019
The roll-out of public engagement continues for the major roads and travel project for Crouch End. Three drop-in sessions are announced for the general public – Wednesday 9th Januaryfrom 4-8pm at Hornsey Town HallTuesday 15th Januaryfrom 10am-4pm at Hornsey LibrarySaturday
Continue ReadingCrouch End town centre design priorities survey, report
Over the summer the Forum ran a snapshot survey looking at priorities and issues affecting the public realm. This was in direct response to the feedback (and the prodding) we’d experienced as a consequence of the announcement of the Liveable
Continue ReadingCrouch End, North London’s premier nightspot
In the current panic over the future of the High Street, one theme often emerges – retail is on the way out (particularly the comparison shopping variety) and should they want to survive and prosper High Streets must become centres for
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
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