Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Invisible publicity re Apex House
As mentioned in the other post on HoL yesterday, there is a Development Management Forum re the Apex House tower block on Wednesday 27th May at CoNEL. These DMF's are semi-statutory requirements for any big development. So you'd think there would be a mighty effort by the developers, in combination with the council, to make sure those most affected would get to hear of the meeting. Imposing a massive chunk of private-sale flats in an unprepossessing tower block, where currently there is a useful 3-storey council admin building, will create resentment the like of which comes bubbling up in myriad ways.
Publicity to date? An obscure web page on the LBH planning portal. A couple of emails to Residents' Associations, which gets to a very select few. And these public notices.
Tags for Forum Posts: 22 storeys, apex house, grainger, planning, regeneration, seven sisters
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Congratulations for spotting these, Pam. Presumably the one on the pavement near Seven Sisters Tube is for dogs.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on
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I see it's still tied to a lamp post - the comment comes to mind
His disdain that of the dog for the lamp-post — which is how he describes the perfect relationship between the journalist and the politician
[Said of the journalist Vincent Hanna, though often attributed to HL Mencken, any quotation buffs]
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A cursory look throws doubt on H.L. Mencken being the author.
Rather than pissing on politicians he seemed to enjoy laughing at them - referring to politicians as "the clowns in the ring".
(Which chimes with my own prejudices about our Dear Leader and the other talent-free acolytes she gathers around her. I suggested 'Send in the Clowns' should be the official song and played at Haringey Council meetings.)
In one of his pieces Mencken described the U.S. as: "this Eden of clowns, with the highest rewards of clowning theoretically open to every poor boy." (That was in 1922.) He viewed a presidential election as "a deafening, nerve-wracking battle to the death between Tweedledum and Tweedledee". While he thought the Roosevelts "a clown dynasty!" (He'd have had fun with Bush and Clinton.)
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